- Oak Grove Elementary School
- Syllabus
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2nd Grade Curriculum Overview
Course Descriptions
*All subjects are aligned to Common Core Standards*
English Language Arts – Comprehensive Literacy
Resource: Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Reading and Writing
Reader’s Workshop Using Leveled Class Libraries
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Read-alouds/Shared Reading- quality literature and non-fiction read to and with students as mentor texts for reading mini lessons; the teacher models fluency and thinking while reading
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Daily whole class reading mini-lesson- teacher explicitly teaches/models a skill or strategy using mentor texts
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Guided reading/Strategy groups –small group instruction based on need, using leveled texts to develop decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension skills
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Independent reading- students select and read “just right” books (96% to 100% accuracy) with satisfactory comprehension; literature responses, graphic organizers, reading logs, post-it notes and individual conferences are used to instruct, support, and monitor progress
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Book Clubs/Partner Reading- thinking and talking about books with peers
Our newly revised units include the following:
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Becoming A Big Kid Reader
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Becoming Experts
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Tackling Longer Words and Longer Books
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Growing Knowledge Together
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Stepping Into The World Of A Story
Writer’s Workshop
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Cycling through the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing
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Focus on six traits of writing: ideas, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, and English Language Arts conventions: capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling
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Daily whole class mini-lesson: teacher explicitly teaches/models a skill or strategy using quality fiction and non-fiction books as mentor texts
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Interactive writing: students and teacher share the pen, thought process and writing process
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Shared writing groups/Strategy groups: small group instruction based on need
Independent writing: student-centered writing based on mini-lessons, with individual conferences to instruct and monitor progress
Our newly revised units include the following:
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Making Small Moments Big
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Chapter Books: Writing Nonfiction from the Heart
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Finding Awesome Everywhere: Celebrating through Opinion Writing
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Writing Research-Based Nonfiction
Word Study
Fundations
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A multi-sensory, systematic, and explicit program to teach phonics, spelling patterns, trick words (phonetically irregular words) and vocabulary.
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Whole group activities include drill sounds; dictation of sounds, words, and sentences using dry erase boards, magnetic letters, gel boards, paper and pencil; tapping out and “marking up” syllables.
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Small group work based on need
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Fundations homework: daily dictation and worksheet packet
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Independent practice at SpellingCity.com
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Tier 2 vocabulary instruction
Mathematics - Text: iReady Classroom Mathematics
i-Ready Classroom Mathematics uses the Try-Discuss-Connect instructional routine to help students engage in productive struggle, participate in mathematical discourse, and make connections between different models and solution strategies. Language plays a critical role in learning during each part of the routine.
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Unit 1: Numbers Within 20
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Addition, Subtraction, and Data
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Unit 2: Numbers Within 100
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Addition, Subtraction, Time, and Money
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Unit 3: Numbers Within 1,000
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Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction
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Unit 4: Length
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Measurement, Addition and Subtraction, and Line Plots
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Unit 5: Shapes and Arrays
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Partitioning and Tiling Shapes, Arrays, Evens and Odds
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Key Math Standards for Grade 2
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction (1 and 2 step word problems)
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Add and subtract within 20 (fluently!)
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Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication (repeated addition and arrays)
Number and Operations in Base Ten
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Understand place value (to 1000)
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Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract (two and three digit numbers, with and without regrouping)
Measurement and Data
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Measure and estimate lengths in standard units
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Relate addition and subtraction to length
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Work with time (to the 5 minutes) and money (counting dollars and cents)
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Represent and interpret data (tables and graphs)
Geometry
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Reason with shapes (solid figures and plane shapes) and their attributes
Social Studies - Resource: PNW Boces
An integrated Social Studies and English Language Arts curriculum will include 4 units of study, plus holidays:
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Active Citizenship: Rules, consequences, symbols, voting
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Communities: Rural, urban, and suburban
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Geography of Communities: Continents, oceans, landforms, maps
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Change and Interdependence of Communities: Then and Now
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National Holidays (throughout the year)
Science
Science 21 Next Generation, “hands-on” learning with 3 units of study:
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Structure and Properties of Matter
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Earth’s Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth
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Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
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