ReadyGEN at a Glance SECOND GRADE UNDERSTANDING …

ReadyGEN at a Glance

SECOND GRADE

UNIT 1 MODULE A

UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITIES

Second Grade FOUNDATIONAL

SKILLS:

HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS

A, his, was, then, as, is, of, to, with, he, the,

will, what, when, things, that, have, fun, it,

good, at, her, age, make, every, small, home,

machine, face, huge, rock, work, draw, color

Short vowels

Long vowels CVCe

PBA Task Write A NEW STORY

Narrative Task:

Students will write a narrative in which they write a new story using the

characters from Trouble at the Sandbox. (DOK L4)

Students will:

draw or describe the characters and setting.

write a short sequence of events with a beginning, middle, and end.

use temporal words to signal event order.

scared sank

carrying bravely

upset background

breath probably

calm mumbled

searched properly

shrugged nodded

awesome corner

tipped

shade

plastic

spade

shadow

tumbling thumped bounded

vanished crackled

ambling speck

nibbling peering


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 1 MODULE B

UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITIES

Second Grade FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS:


sun, not, out, hot, of, front, felt, well, said, must,

mother, build, one, father, see, in, an, hole, day,

now, jumped, up, from, early, ran, eat

Consonant Blends

Inflected Endings –s, -ed, -ing

PBA Description Compare And Contrast Communities

Informative/Explanatory Task:

Students will write a compare-and-contrast paragraph about two of

the communities the read about in Friends Around the World.

(DOK L2)

Students will:

Introduce the two communities.

Include at least one fact about each community that is the same.

Include at least one fact about each community that is different.

Provide a closing sentence.

subway frozen

uniform meal

parka seasons

outback pours

favorite floods

scored

traditional

caribou

exchange

facts

country

bandage

barbecue

learned

common

activities

exciting


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 2 MODULE A

MAKING DECISIONS


SKILLS:


Let, me, tell, white, about, by, friend, one, you,

had, came, gone, some, should, through, there,

went, this, before, far, much, more, do, hard,

still, I, listen, heard, once

Consonant Digraphs ch, tch, sh, th, wh

r-controlled ar, or, ore, oar

PBA Description Write About A Decision

Narrative Task:

Students will write a short narrative about a character who makes a

decision about money. (DOK L2)

Students will:

create a plot with a beginning, middle, and end.

include at least two events.

use temporal words to signal the order of events.

include details that express the thoughts and feelings of the

character.

write a sentence that wraps up the story.

fined

accident

rich

absolutely

vanish

positively

spoiled

charcoal

exchanged

boost

tulips

block

save

college

downtown

coins

bargain

savings


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 2 MODULE B

MAKING DECISIONS


SKILLS:


full, does, yard, bones, my, yard, she, have, run,

either, they, second, off, great, sure, laughed,

like, saw, put, also, first, done, forward, fast,

into, time, ago, corner, toward, say, enough

Contractions

r-controlled er, ir, ur

PBA Description WRITE AN OPINION

Opinion Task:

Students will write an opinion paragraph about something they

want and why they should have it. (DOK L3)

Students will:

introduce what they want.

state their opinion about why they should have it.

supply reasons that support their opinion.

use linking words that connect their reasons to the opinion.

spending

earn

choices

agree services

valuable measures

refuse useful

bought skills

sold chores

borrow

doubt

compassionate

mention

concerned

exactly

responsible

financial


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 3 MODULE A

BUILDING IDEAS


SKILLS:


are, together, go, give, won’t, after, bought,

probably, people, remember, door, seemed,

horse, main, problem, visit, how, brought, wait,

thinks, minute, would, our, class, read, foot,

got, again

Plurals

Vowel Digraphs ai, ay

Vowel Patterns e, ee, ea, y

PBA Description Write A Biographical Sketch

Informative Task:

Students will research an American who did something special to help

our country. The research should focus on the contributions he or she

made to our country. (DOK L4)

Students will:

conduct shared research with a small group.

write three questions and their answers that are found during

shared research.

write three paragraphs that state their questions and answers.

use appropriate question words, such as what, when, and why.

unusual

energy

honor extinct

politics grateful

popular conservation

strike proverb

experts preserve

rights

swarmed

strenuous

mount

balance

wobbling

avid

portrait


Second GRADE

UNIT 3 MODULE B

BUILDING IDEAS



our, class, room, read, foot, got, again, pretty, very,

science, won, town, watched, shoes, because, guess,

old, farm, cat, different, most across, been, pushed,

car, always, wash, answers, school, river, smile, such,

even, where, something, park, never, caught, believe,

everyone

Vowel Patterns e, ee, ea, y, o, oa, ow

Compound Words

PBA Description Design A Park


Students will design a park and explain how the park

will benefit their community. (DOK L3)

Students will:

write about the qualities and characteristics of

their park.

write about how the park will benefit the

community.

illustrate their newly designed park..

community

inventor

creative harvest

destroyed projects

harming champions

products links

homeless electronic

donated solve

disaster

healthy

heap

rubble

packets

scoop

petition

sprinkling

patch

undoubtedly


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 4 MODULE A

FACING CHALLENGES AND CHANGE


SKILLS:


river, smile, such, even, where, something, park,

never, caught, believe, everyone, bright, sky,

fine, try, tiny, believe, child, play, many, kind,

sometimes, don’t, their, way, store, city, too,

question, clothes, hours, money, spot, next,

question

Compound Words

Vowel Patterns I, ie, igh, y

Comparative Endings –er, -est

PBA Description Write About Henry And Chin

Narrative Task:

Students will write a short story about Henry and Chin from The Earth

Dragon Awakes that describes an adventure the boys might have during

the rebuilding of San Francisco after the earthquake.

(DOK L4)

Student will:

Write a short sequence of events about Henry and Chin’s adventure.

Include details to describe how the characters feel and what they

are thinking.

Describe the actions of the characters.

Use temporal words to signal event order.

Provide a conclusion.

dialect trample

twitches revenge

plunges parched

dazed insurance

scatters ruins

missiles confidence

surges courage

fortune

advise

tended

lovingly

precious

essential

protected


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 4 MODULE B

FACING CHALLENGES AND CHANGE



set, able, table, water, today, tree, turn, want,

seen, show, find, get book, for, these, ask, maybe,

down, seat, asked, let’s, box, full, seeds, soil,

plant, land, brown, grow, rope, speak, wild, ride

Final Syllable –le

Vowel Patterns oo, u

Diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy

PBA Description Write A Magazine Article


Students will use information they have learned from the selections to

write an informative magazine article explaining a natural event. (DOK L3)

Students will:

Introduce a topic.

Use facts and definitions to develop information.

Provide a conclusion.

Magazine articles can be gathered and showcased on a bulletin board in the

classroom.

rotating explore

violent pressure

alerts erupts

absorbs poisons

electrical faulty

dissolves extreme

collapse shelters

wreck

damage

measure

level

grind

collapse

steep

loose


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 5 MODULE A

PIONEERING NEW IDEAS AND NEW WORLDS



young, travel, direction, clear, street, several,

music, wide, eyes, picture, only, moon, single,

thought, another, new, thought, hear, gave, goes,

blue, free, anything, enjoy, place, told, garden,

quickly, learns, teacher, you’re, little

Syllable Patterns

Vowel Digraphs oo, ue, ew, ui

Suffixes –ly, -ful, -er, -or, -ish

PBA Description Write About Lessons Learned

Opinion Task:

Students will think about some of the lessons that we can learn from

Johnny Appleseed such as: use what you have, share what you have, respect

nature. Students will choose one of the lessons and write their opinion

about why they think the lesson is still important in today’s world. (DOK L3)

Students will:

introduce the lesson they learned.

state an opinion about the lesson.

supply reasons that support the opinion.

use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and

reasons.

provide a conclusion.

tangled tattered

wild hero

amazed creatures

visitors legend

beneath stretch

clever thankful

planter

settlers

orchards

nickname

frontier


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 5 MODULE B

PIONEERING NEW IDEAS AND NEW WORLDS



family, them, swim, night, hills, soft, so, games,

space, those, boys, come, away, other, write, two,

each, know, man, who, truck, animals, happy, signs,

cool, brother, clean, country, month, long

Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis-

Consonant Patterns kn, wr, gn, mb, ph, gh, ck, ng

PBA Description Write About A Journey West

Narrative Task:

Students will write a short story about a pioneer child who shows

bravery using ideas and information from the texts they read. (DOK L3)

Students will:

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.


typical

territory

opportunities

blizzard

progress

destiny

advertisement

conflict

fortune

bound

swaying howling

baking constant

shriveling mounds

squashed

stable


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 6 MODULE A

CHANGING THE WORLD



stop, best, summer, stopped, walk, name, arm, tail,

mouth, rains, surprise, returns, keep, flowers, trip,

but, might, king, ever, afraid, bike, mountain, south,

north, important, almost, dog

Vowel Patterns aw, au, augh, al

Inflected Endings –s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, -est

Abbreviations

PBA Description Write a Book Review

Opinion Task:

Students will write a book review about which of the selections they liked

best, 68 Ways to Save the Planet Before Bedtime or On Meadowview

Street. (DOK L3)

Students will:

introduce the book they choose.

state an opinion about the book.

supply three or more reasons that support their opinion.

use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and

reasons.


reflected

resources

dangerous

litter reuse

waste reason

impossible passenger

persuade packaging

switch selfish

completely sponsored

reduce monitor

produce dragging

pleaded

unpacked

zipping

shallow


SECOND GRADE

UNIT 6 MODULE B

CHANGING THE WORLD



might, paint, take, move, smile, nation, sections,

action, left, ball, found, team, without, please, life,

back, no, feel, power, small, lights, stay, wrong, start,

right, stream, were, check, started, latest, shop,

which, can’t, late

Final Syllables –tion, -ture, -ion

Suffixes –ness, -less, -able, -ible

Prefixes mis-, mid-, non-

PBA Description Agree Or Disagree

Opinion Task:

Using Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize or A Picture Book of Eleanor

Roosevelt, students will identify an opinion the author includes about Nobel or

Roosevelt. Students will then agree or disagree with the opinion, using text-based

evidence. (DOK L3)

Students will:

introduce the selection and the part of the text they are writing

about.

state an opinion about that part of the text.

answer the questions: Do you agree or disagree with the author?

Why?

supply three or more reasons that support their opinion.

use linking words to connect the opinion and reasons.


liquid estate

ignite terribly

startled escape

ports accomplishment

invention legacy

dynamite

prevent

will

awkward

serious

pure

stricken

rights

minorities

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