Quarter 4 Unit 2: Reading and Responding to Narrative Text

(20 days)

 

Full Curriculum

 

Written Curriculum

 

Reading Standards for Literature 
Key Ideas and Details
RL.2.2    Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

 

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.2.7    Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

 

Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.2.3    Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
b.    Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
d.    Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.    

 

Writing Standards 
Text Types and Purposes
W.2.3    Write narratives in which they recount a well- elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

 

Research to Build and Present Knowledge
W.2.8    Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

 

Speaking and Listening Standards
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
SL.2.6    Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 2 Language standards 1 and 3 on pages 26 and 27 for specific expectations.)

Language Standards 
Conventions of Standard English
L.2.1    Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
c.    Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). 

 

L.2.2    Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
d.    Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

 

Standards that support the focus standards
Reading Standards for Literature 
Key Ideas and Details
RL.2.1    Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

 

Fluency
RF.2.4    Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
a.    Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
b.    Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

 

Writing Standards 
Production and Distribution of Writing
W.2.5    With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

 

W.2.6    With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
Language Standards 

 

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L.2.6    Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).

Standards that recur
Reading Standards for Literature 
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RL.2.10    By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

 

Concepts and Skills

Concepts to be learned and skills to be used

When reading

• RECOUNT stories

• • DETERMINE central message or lesson

• USE information from illustrations and words in print or digital text to DEMONSTRATE understanding of its characters, setting or plot

When applying foundational skills

• KNOW and APPLY phonics and words analysis skills

• • KNOW spelling-sound correspondences for common vowel teams

  • DECODE words with common prefixes and suffixes

When writing

• WRITE narratives

• • RECOUNT well-elaborated event or short sequence of events

  • DESCRIBE actions, thoughts and feelings (with details)

  • USE temporal words to SIGNAL event order

  • PROVIDE sense of closure

• RECALL information from experiences to ANSWER a question

• GATHER information from provided sources to ANSWER a question

When speaking and listening

• PRODUCE complete sentences in order to PROVIDE detail or clarification

When using language

• DEMONSTRATE command of conventions of standard English grammar and usage

• • USE reflexive pronouns

 

• DEMONSTRATE command of conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

• • GENERALIZE learned spelling patterns

 

Essential Questions

• How does recounting a story help me determine the central lesson or message? (RL.2.2)

• How can I show understanding of the characters, setting, and plot of a text? (RL.2.7)

• How does a writer use information from resources to answer a question? (W.2.8)

• When do I use reflexive pronouns? (L.2.1c)