My SidewalksSecond Grade

Unit 1 Week 2Day 1

in • The sound for i is /i/ and the sound for n is

/n/. Listen as I blend the sounds for i and n. What is the word?

w i n

it rip fit dig

if

• You can already read this word. What is the first letter? Is this letter a vowel or a consonant? The last letter is a consonant. What is the last letter? What is the word? What is the beginning sound in if? What is the end sound? Now let’s look more at the letter I and the sound it can make. /i/

big

• The letter is stands for /i/ This is how I blend this word: /b/ /i/ /g/, big. Now you try:

/b/ /i/ /g/, big

big

Kid Lit Kick His Pin thick

Let’s try the same thing with these words

Your turn Have each child blend two of the following words:

Sit Lick Did Tick Mix hill

Spell and writeWhat sounds do you hear in hit? What is the letter for /h/? Let’s all write h. What is the letter for /i/? Write i. What is the letter for /t/? Write t.

Him Bit

Sick Pig

Lip Pick

High Frequency Wordsafraid So surprise worry

Here are some words that we won’t sound out. We’ll spell them. This word is afraid: a, f, r, a, i d, afraid . What is this word? What are the letters in this word? Now you write afraid.

Let’s look at the sounds in afraid that you do know. What is this letter? (f), What is the sound for this letter? Continue with r, d

Tell me a sentence using afraid.

Continue with other words

Oral VocabularyAscend Descend Orbit

Ascend: The astronauts ascend to outer space in their spaceship. Ascend means to go up. You ascend to the next floor when you walk upstairs. Show me how you ascend stairs.

Descend: When they are finished exploring outer space, the astronauts descend back to Earth in their spaceship. Descend means to go down. You descend when you walk down stairs. Show me how you descend stairs.

Orbit: When the astronauts are in outer space, they orbit Earth. Orbit means to go around a planet or something else in space. Earth and other planets orbit, or go around, the Sun. Spaceships orbit Earth. Imagine that you are in a spaceship and your desk is Earth. Show me how you orbit Earth

Write each word in a sentence.

The selections this week are about outer space. Picture walk before reading.

Before Reading: Page 28-29 What does the first pictures how? The dark spots on the moon are deep

pits called craters . The light parts show the thick dust that covers the moon. What is happening in the second picture? Yes, the spaceship is starting ot blast off into space, the area around Earth. The ship will ascend, or go up, to outer space.

Page 30-31 Who do you think is inside the spaceship? Yes, astronauts are people trained to fly spaceships. Where has this spaceship landed? Flat, round disks help the ship sit on the moon’s thick dust. What is the print in the dust? Yes, the print shows where an astronaut stepped on the moon.

Page 32-33 What does the first picture show? The astronauts descend, or go down, to Earth after exploring the moon. What is this girl dressed as? Yes, this girl is at space camp. Let’s read to find out about outer space.

You will read these words in the selection They are Astronaut space

During Reading: As we read, ask yourself: What did I learn? What is this mainly about? After I read, I

ask myself(Model using page 28): What is this mainly about? The author talks about a place that astronauts go that has big rocks, sand, and thick dust. I think this page is mainly about the moon.

After Reading: How do the astronauts feel when they ascend to outer space? What do the astronauts

see from their ship as they orbit around the moon? What will the astronauts do after they descend to Earth?

Re-read p28-30 for FluencyChoral Read, Partner Read, Independent Read

My SidewalksSecond Grade

Unit 1 Week 2Day 2

Partner Read: p31-33(Have children re-read 3 or 4 times)

ink

The sound for I is /i/ and the sound for nk is /ngk/. Listen as I blend the sounds for these letters. What is the word? Ink is used for writing. A pen is filled with ink.

sang What is the word?

Sink Rang Wing bank

back and sink• You already can read words like these. What are the words? What sounds do they end with?

What letters stand for that sound? Today we are learning about two other sounds that come at the end of words and are spelled with two letters.

• This is a swing and a skunk. What sound do you hear at the end of swing? Say it with me:: /ng/. The two letters ng stand for the sound /ng/ when they are together. What sound do you hear at the end of skunk? Say it with me: /ngk? The two letters nk stand for the sound /ngk/ when they are together.

ring sank

The two letters ng at the end of this word stand for /ng/. This is how I blend this word: /r/ /i/ /n/ /g/, ring. (Repeat with sank)

Let’s try the same thing with these words.

Bang Mink Hang Tank Sing Junk

Your turn:

Wink Rang Think Rink Thing lung

High Frequency Wordsafraid So surprise worry

Here are some words that we won’t sound out. We’ll spell them. This word is afraid: a, f, r, a, i d, afraid . What is this word? What are the letters in this word? Now you write afraid.

Let’s look at the sounds in afraid that you do know. What is this letter? (f), What is the sound for this letter? Continue with r, d

Tell me a sentence using afraid.

Continue with other words

Franklin Chang-Diaz, Astronaut pp. 34-41

Before Reading: p. 34-37: What is the man in the first picture wearing? A spacesuit is a uniform that a person

wears in space. What is the man’s job? What is the boy doing in the other pictures? Yes, this boy is pretending to go up in space in a box.

p. 38-41 Here are pictures of the same boy and man. Where do you think the man is? What do you think he does there? Yes, astronauts can fly spaceships and fix things on the ship.

You will read these words in the selection:

During Reading: As we read, ask yourself: What am I learning? What is this mainly about? (Model with

34-37) What is this mainly about so far? Yes, he had a big wish. (Model with 38-41) What more did you learn about Franklin Chang-Diaz? Yes, he got

his wish. He learned how to fix things. Now he fixes things in space.

Astronaut space

• After Reading: What did you learn? What was the selection mainly about? (Model

how to summarize) The first four pages were about how Franklin Chang-Diaz had a wish to become an astronaut. The next pages told how he learned to fix things and become an astronaut. I put that all together and pick the most important ideas. The selection is mainly about how Franklin Chang-Diaz became an astronaut.

Shared Writing

What was Franklin Chang-Diaz’s wish? He wanted to____________________.

What should you do if you want to be an astronaut?

You should__________________.