Big Idea:
Animal Discoveries
How do animals play
a part in the world
around us?
Read Aloud Reading/
Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Access
Complex Text
(ACT)
Vocabulary
Words
High-Frequency
Words
Oral Vocabulary
Words
Phonics Fluency Skill Writing
Unit 2: Informative/
Explanatory Text
How-to Text;
How-to Directions
Research
Week 1
Weekly Concept:
Animals in Nature
Essential Question:
How do animals survive?
Title: “Swamp Life”
Genre: Fiction
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Short Text: A Visit to
the Desert
Lexile: 490L
Genre: Fiction/
Realistic Fiction
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot
Main Selection Genre:
Fiction/Realistic Fiction
Title: Sled Dogs Run
Lexile: 480L
Paired Selection Genre:
Informational Text/
Expository
Title: “Cold Dog, Hot
Fox”
Lexile: 510L
Strategy: Make, Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot
Main Selections Genre: Realistic
Fiction
Titles:
A: Hippos at the Zoo
O: Where Are They Going?
E: Where Are They Going?
B: An Arctic Life For Us
Paired Selections Genre:
Informational Text
Titles:
A: “Hippos”
O: “A Whale’s Journey”
E: “A Whale’s Journey”
B: “What is a Ptarmigan?”
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Purpose;
Connections of Ideas
Literature
Anthology: What
Makes This
Text Complex?;
Organization;
Specific Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words:
adapt, climate,
eager, freedom,
fresh, sense, silence,
shadows
Additional
Academic Words:
opinion
Vocabulary
Strategy: Prefixes
because, cold,
family, friends, have,
know, o, picture,
school, took
capture, chorus,
croak, reason, visitor
Phonemic
Awareness:
Phoneme Addition;
Phoneme
Substitution;
Phoneme Blending
Phonics/ Spelling
Skill: short o, long
o: o_e
Structural Analysis:
Doubling Final
Consonants; Drop
Final e: -ed, -ing
Phrasing Writing Trait: Ideas:
Descriptive Details
Writing Product:
Story
Grammar Skill:
Nouns
Mechanics: Commas
in a Series
Write About
Reading: Analyze
Illustrations
Weekly:
How do animals
survive in
their natural
environments?
Week 2
Weekly Concept:
Animals in Stories
Essential Question:
What can animals in
stories teach us?
Title: “The Fox and
the Crane”
Genre: Fiction/Fable
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Short Text: The Boy
Who Cried Wolf
Lexile: 460L
Genre: Fiction/Fable
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot:
Problem and
Solution
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Problem and
Solution
Main Selection
Genre: Fiction/Fable
Title: Wolf! Wolf!
Lexile: 580L
Paired Selection Genre:
Informational Text/
Expository
Title: “Cinderella and
Friends”
Lexile: 520L
Strategy: Make, Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot:
Problem and Solution
Main Selections Genre: Fable
Titles:
A: The Cat and the Mice
O: The Dog and the Bone
E: The Dog and the Bone
B: The Spider and the Honey
Tree
Paired Selections Genre: Fable
A: “Beware of Tiger!”
O: “The Dingo and His Shadow”
E: “The Dingo and His Shadow”
B: “The Girl and the Spider”
Reading/
Writing Workshop:
Purpose: Specific
Vocabulary;
Organization
Literature
Anthology: What
Makes This
Text Complex?;
Connections of
Ideas; Specific
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words:
believe, delicious,
feast, fond, lessons,
remarkable, snatch,
stories
Additional Domain
Words: morsel,
scrumptious
Additional
Academic Words:
fable, root words
Vocabulary
Strategy: Suxes
change, cheer, fall,
five, look, open,
should, their, won,
yes
aection, crave,
frustrated,
nourishment, seek
Phonemic
Awareness:
Phoneme Deletion;
Phoneme
Segmentation;
Phoneme Blending
Phonics/ Spelling
Skill: short u, long
u: u_e
Structural Analysis:
CVCe Syllables
Expression Writing Trait: Ideas:
Supporting Details
Grammar Skill:
Singular and Plural
Nouns
Grammar
Mechanics: Commas
in a Series
Write About
Reading: Analyze
Themes
Weekly:
How can animal
fables teach us
lessons?
Week 3
Weekly Concept:
Animal Habitats
Essential Question:
What are features of
dierent animal habitats?
Title: “Explore a
Coral Reef”
Genre: Informational
Text
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Short Text: A Prairie
Guard Dog
Lexile: 480L
Genre: Informational
Text/Nonfiction
Narrative
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Skill: Main Topic and
Key Details
Text Features: Bold
Print, Subheading,
Chart, Labels
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, Revise
Prediction
Skill: Main Topic and
Key Details
Main Selection
Genre: Informational
Text
Title: Turtle, Turtle,
Watch Out!
Lexile: 520L
Paired Selection Genre:
Informational Text/
Expository
Title: “At Home in the
River”
Lexile: 500L
Strategy: Make, Confirm, Revise
Predictions
Skill: Main Topic and Key Details
Main Selections Genre:
Informational Text
Titles:
A: A Tree Full of Life
O: A Tree Full of Life
E: A Tree Full of Life
B: A Tree Full of Life
Paired Selections Genre:
Nonfiction
A: “Life in a Termite Mound”
O: “Life in a Termite Mound”
E: “Life in a Termite Mound”
B: “Life in a Termite Mound”
Reading/
Writing Workshop:
Purpose:
Connections of
Ideas; Genre
Literature
Anthology: What
Makes This
Text Complex?;
Connections of
Ideas; Specific
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words:
buried, escape,
habitat, journey,
nature, peeks,
restless, spies
Additional Domain
Words: hatch,
raccoons
Vocabulary
Strategy: Suxes
almost, buy, food,
out, pull, saw, sky,
straight, under, wash
defend, encounter,
located, positive,
react
Phonemic
Awareness:
Phoneme
Segmentation;
Phoneme
Substitution;
Phoneme Blending
Phonics/ Spelling
Skill: Soft c and g
Structural Analysis:
Prefixes: re-, un-, dis-
Phrasing Writing Trait:
Organization:
Sequence
Writing Product:
Kinds of Nouns
Grammar
Mechanics: Capital
Letters Possessive
Nouns
Write About
Reading: Analyze
Key Details
Weekly:
What are the
features of animal
habitats?
The Key to Building Strong Readers and Writers
A: Approaching Level
O: On Level
E: ELL
B: Beyond Level
Grade 2 • Unit 2 • Scope and Sequence
Not shown: Start Smart Introduction to Key Instructional Routines and Procedures.