2nd and 3rd Grade 2015-2016
The Leonardo da Vinci Project
Middleburg Community
Charter School
Thematic Unit Planner
Grade: Second and Third Grade
Teachers: Ms. Browning and Ms. Morgan
Yearly Theme: Change
Quarter
Theme
Topics
1st
Where in the
World
Geography, Physical Properties,
Simple Machines, Ancient
Greece and Rome
2nd
Cycles of Change
Ancient Mali, Economics, Water
Cycle, Earth Patterns
3rd
Adapting to
Change
4th
America: Land
and People
Explorers, Geography,
Environments, Food Chains,
Interdependence, Adaptations
Famous Americans and
Holidays, Government, Soil,
Energy, K-3 SOL Review
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Quarterly Thematic Unit Planner
Theme
Where in the World
Quarter
1st
Big
Questions
Where in the world do we see change?
How does the world around us work?
How does the world around us affect our lives?
Topics
Geography, Physical Properties, Simple Machines, Ancient Greece and
Rome
SOLs
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION – THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
3.1
The student will plan and conduct investigations in which
a) predictions and observations are made;
b) objects with similar characteristics are classified into at least two sets
and two subsets;
c) questions are developed to formulate hypotheses;
d) volume is measured to the nearest milliliter and liter;
e) length is measured to the nearest centimeter;
f) mass is measured to the nearest gram;
g) data are gathered, charted, and graphed (line plot, picture graph, and
bar graph);
h) temperature is measured to the nearest degree Celsius;
i) time is measured to the nearest minute;
j) inferences are made and conclusions are drawn; and
k) natural events are sequenced chronologically.
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES – 1 WEEK
3.3
The student will investigate and understand that objects are made of
materials that can be described by their physical properties. Key concepts
include
a) objects are made of one or more materials;
b) materials are composed of parts that are too small to be seen without
magnification; and
c) physical properties remain the same as the material is reduced in size.
SIMPLE MACHINES – 2 WEEKS
3.2
The student will investigate and understand simple machines and their uses.
Key concepts include
a) types of simple machines (lever, screw, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined
plane, and wedge);
b) how simple machines function;
c) compound machines (scissors, wheelbarrow, and bicycle); and
d) examples of simple and compound machines found in the school, home,
and work environment.
GEOGRAPHY – 1 WEEK
3.5
The student will develop map skills by
a) positioning and labeling the seven continents and four oceans to create
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a world map;
b) using the equator and prime meridian to identify the Northern,
Southern, Eastern and Western hemispheres;
ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME – 4 WEEKS
3.1
The student will explain how the contributions of ancient Greece and Rome
have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, government
(direct and representative democracy), and sports.
3.4
The student will develop map skills by
a) locating Greece, Rome, and West Africa;
b) describing the physical and human characteristics of Greece, Rome, and
West Africa;
c) explaining how the people of Greece, Rome, and West Africa adapted to
and/or changed their environment to meet their needs.
3.7
The student will explain how producers in ancient Greece, Rome, and the
West African empire of Mali used natural resources, human resources, and
capital resources in the production of goods and services.
READING
2.6
The student will use language structure to expand vocabulary when reading.
c) Use knowledge of simple abbreviations.
3.3
The student will apply word-analysis skills when reading.
b) Use knowledge of homophones.
3.4
The student will use strategies to read a variety of fiction and nonfiction
materials.
a) Preview and use text formats.
b) Set a purpose for reading
c) Apply meaning clues, language structure, and phonetic strategies.
d) Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words.
e) Read fiction and nonfiction fluently and accurately.
f) Reread and self-correct when necessary.
WRITING
3.8
The student will write legibly in cursive.
3.9
The student will write descriptive paragraphs.
a) Develop a plan for writing.
b) Focus on a central idea.
3.10
The student will write stories, letters, simple explanations, and short reports
across all content areas.
a) Use a variety of planning strategies.
c) Identify the intended audience.
e) Use available technology.
3.11
The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling.
a) Use complete and varied sentences.
b) Use the word I in compound subjects.
f) Use simple abbreviations.
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1st Quarter
Week
Content
1
Geography
2
Geography
3
4
5
6
7
8
Ancient
Greece and
Rome
Ancient
Greece and
Rome
Ancient
Greece and
Rome
Physical
Properties
Simple
Machines
Simple
Machines
Science
Lab
SEA Lab
Math
StoryTown
Reading SOLs
Writing
Fact
Fluency
Unit
Unit 1
Place
Value and
Multi digit
+/Unit 1
Place
Value and
Multi digit
+/-
Open Week
Fiction/Poetry
3.4a
Homophones
Open Week
AIMS
Build a
Physical
compound
Science:
machine
Simply
(aerial
Machines
screw)
?????
AIMS
Finish and
Unit 1
Physical
paint
Place
Science:
aerial
Value and
Lever Load
screw
Multi digit
Ups
+/Unit 2 and 4
AIMS
Physical
Geometry
Science:
Compound
Components
????
Unit 2 and 4
Geometry
AIMS
Physical
Science: A
Closer Look
at Parts
?????
AIMS
Physical
Unit 3
Add and
Sub word
problems
Unit 3
Add and
Theme 1
Characters
and Setting
Use Graphic
Organizers
Theme 1
Characters
and Setting
Use Graphic
Organizers
Theme 1
Locate Info
Use Prior
Knowledge
Theme 1
Locate Info
Use Prior
Knowledge
Theme 1
Use Graphic
Organizers
Use Prior
Knowledge
Open Week
3.5b Make
connections
3.5d Compare/
contrast settings,
characters, events
3.5l Differentiate
fiction/nonfiction
Nonfiction
3.6c Preview and
use text features
3.6b Use
background
knowledge
Word Analysis
and Resources
3.4b Roots,
affixes,
synonyms,
antonyms
3.4d Use context
with unfamiliar
words
3.7a/3.4g*
Reference
materials
Theme 2
Fact and
3.7b* Table of
Unit 1
Writing
Community
Unit 1
Writing
Community
Unit 1
Writing
Community
Writing
SOLs
Composing
and Written
Expression
3.9a
Audience
3.9b
Prewriting
strategies
Usage and
Mechanics
3.10a*
Complete
sentences
3.10g
Abbreviations
Unit 1
Writing
Community
3.10i
Articles
a/an/the
Unit 1
Writing
Community
3.10j*
Spelling sight
words and
irregular
plurals
Unit 1
Writing
Community
Open Week
3.8*
Cursive
Growing
Words
unre-
dis-
in-, il-,
im-, ir-
-ed
-ing
-ly
-s, -es
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9
Simple
Machines
Science:
Property
Flips ?????
AIMS
Physical
Science:
Fold a
Garden
??????
Sub word
problems
Opinion
Reread
Unit 3
Add and
Sub word
problems
Theme 2
Fact and
Opinion
Reread
contents, index,
charts
Open Week
Review
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Quarterly Thematic Unit Planner
Theme
Cycles of Change
Quarter
2nd
Big
Questions
How does change effect living things?
What cycles can we find in change?
Topics
Ancient Mali, Economics, Earth Patterns, Water Cycle
SOLs
ANCIENT MALI – 2 WEEKS
3.2
The student will study the early West African empire of Mali
by describing its oral tradition (storytelling), government
(kings), and economic development (trade).
ECONOMICS – 3 WEEKS
3.7
The student will explain how producers use natural resources
(water, soil, wood, and coal), human resources (people at
work), and capital resources (machines, tools, and buildings)
to produce goods and services for consumers.
3.8
The student will recognize the concepts of specialization
(being an expert in one job, product, or service) and
interdependence (depending on others) in the production of
goods and services (in ancient Greece, Rome, the West African
empire of Mali, and in the present).
3.9
The student will identify examples of making an economic
choice and will explain the idea of opportunity cost (what is
given up when making a choice).
WATER CYCLE – 1 WEEKS
3.9
The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and
its relationship to life on Earth. Key concepts include
a) the energy from the sun drives the water cycle;
b) processes involved in the water cycle (evaporation,
condensation, precipitation);
c) water is essential for living things; and
d) water supply and water conservation.
EARTH PATTERNS – 3 WEEKS
3.8
The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and
cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts include
a) patterns of natural events (day and night, seasonal changes,
phases of the moon, and tides); and
b) animal and plant life cycles.
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READING
2.6
The student will use language structure to expand vocabulary
when reading.
b) Use knowledge of contractions and singular possessives.
3.5
The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of
fiction and poetry.
a) Set a purpose for reading.
b) Make connections between previous experiences and
reading selections.
c) Make, confirm, or revise predictions.
e) Identify the author’s purpose.
f) Ask and answer questions.
3.6
The student will continue to read and demonstrate
comprehension of nonfiction.
a) Identify the author’s purpose.
b) Make connections between previous experiences and
reading selections.
c) Ask and answer questions about what is read.
3.7
The student will demonstrate comprehension of information
from a variety of print resources.
a) Use dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, and other
reference books, including online reference materials.
WRITING
3.8
The student will write legibly in cursive.
3.9
The student will write descriptive paragraphs.
c) Group related ideas.
e) Revise writing for clarity.
3.10
The student will write stories, letters, simple explanations, and
short reports across all content areas.
e) Use available technology.
3.11
The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
c) Use past and present verb tense.
d) Use singular possessives.
g) Use apostrophes in contractions with pronouns.
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Week
Content
Math
1
Ancient Mali
2
Ancient Mali
3
Economics
+ National
Holidays
Economics
+ National
Holidays
Economics
Unit 5
Use addition
and subtraction
Unit 5
Use addition
and subtraction
Unit 5
Use addition
and subtraction
Unit 5
Use addition
and subtraction
Unit 5
Use addition
and subtraction
Unit 6
Patterns
4
5
6
Water Cycle
7
Earth Patterns
8
Earth Patterns
9
Earth Patterns
Unit 7 Mult.
And Div. with
0-5
9 and 10
Unit 7 Mult.
And Div. with
0-5
9 and 10
Mid year
Assessment
2nd Quarter
StoryTown
Reading SOLs
Theme 2
Main Idea and Details
Summarize
Theme 2
Main Idea and Details
Summarize
Theme 2
Reread
Summarize
Open Week
Theme 3
Plot
Use Story Structure
Theme 3
Plot
Use Story Structure
Theme 3
Author’s Purpose
Ask Questions
Theme 3
Author’s Purpose
Ask Questions
Theme 3
Use Story Structure
Ask Questions
Fiction/Poetry
3.5a
Set a purpose
3.5c
Make, confirm and
revise predictions
3.5h
Problem and solution
3.5i
Main idea
3.5j
Supporting details
Word Analysis and
Resources
3.4b Roots, affixes,
synonyms, antonyms
3.4d Use context with
unfamiliar words
3.7a/3.4g* Reference
materials
3.7b* Table of
contents, index,
charts
Writing
Unit 2
Writing
Process
Unit 2
Writing
Process
Unit 2
Writing
Process
Open Week
(4 square)
Personal
Narrative
Personal
Narrative
Personal
Narrative
Personal
Narrative
Open Week
Writing
SOLs
Composing
and Written
Expression
3.9c
Topic
sentence
3.9d
Paragraph on
one topic
3.9e
Organization
strategies
3.9f
Include
details
Usage and
Mechanics
3.10a*
Complete
sentences
3.10f
Series comma
3.10j*
Spelling sight
words and
irregular
plurals
3.8*
Cursive
Growing
Words
en-, emnonin-, imover-
-er, -or
-er
-est
-ion, -tion, ation, -ition
Review
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Quarterly Thematic Unit Planner
Theme
Adapting to Change
Quarter
3rd
Big
Questions
What is adaptation?
How do living things adapt to change?
Topics
Explorers, Geography, Environments, Interdependence, Food Chains,
Adaptation
SOLs
EXPLORERS – 3 WEEKS
3.3
The student will study the exploration of the Americas by
a) describing the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus,
Juan Ponce de Léon, Jacques Cartier, and Christopher
Newport;
b) identifying reasons for exploring, the information gained,
and the results from the travels.
3.5
The student will develop map skills by
c) locating the countries of Spain, England, and France;
d) locating the regions in the Americas explored by
Christopher Columbus (San Salvador in the Bahamas),
Juan Ponce de Léon (near St. Augustine, Florida), Jacques
Cartier (near Quebec, Canada), and Christopher Newport
(Jamestown, Virginia);
GEOGRAPHY – 1 WEEK
3.5
The student will develop map skills by
e) locating specific places on a simple letter-number grid
system.
3.6
The student will interpret geographic information from maps,
tables, graphs, and charts.
ENVIRONMENTS – 2 WEEKS
3.6
The student will investigate and understand that environments
support a diversity of plants and animals that share limited
resources. Key concepts include
a) water-related environments (pond, marshland, swamp,
stream, river, and ocean environments);
b) dry-land environments (desert, grassland, rain forest, and
forest environments); and
c) population and community.
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FOOD CHAINS – 1 WEEK
3.5
The student will investigate and understand relationships
among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key
concepts include
a) producer, consumer, decomposer;
b) herbivore, carnivore, omnivore; and
c) predator and prey.
INTERDEPENDENCE – 1 WEEK
3.10 The student will investigate and understand that natural events
and human influences can affect the survival of species. Key
concepts include
a) the interdependency of plants and animals;
b) the effects of human activity on the quality of air, water, and
habitat;
c) the effects of fire, flood, disease, and erosion on organisms;
and
d) conservation and resource renewal.
ADAPTATIONS – 2 WEEKS
3.4
The student will investigate and understand that behavioral and
physical adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs. Key
concepts include
a) methods of gathering and storing food, finding shelter,
defending themselves, and rearing young; and
b) hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry, instinct, and
learned behavior.
READING
2.6
The student will use language structure to expand vocabulary
when reading.
d) Use knowledge of antonyms and synonyms.
3.4
The student will expand vocabulary when reading.
b) Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms.
d) Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words.
g) Use word reference resources including the glossary,
dictionary, and thesaurus.
3.5
3.6
The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of
fictional text and poetry.
e) Identify the author’s purpose.
The student will continue to read and demonstrate
comprehension of nonfiction texts.
a) Identify the author’s purpose.
e) Draw conclusions based on text.
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g) Identify the main idea.
i) Compare and contrast the characteristics of biographies
and autobiographies.
k) Identify new information gained from reading.
l) Read with fluency and accuracy.
3.7
The student will demonstrate comprehension of information
from a variety of print and electronic resources.
a) Use encyclopedias and other reference books, including
online reference materials.
b) Use table of contents, indices, and charts.
WRITING
3.8
The student will write legibly in cursive.
3.9
The student will write descriptive paragraphs.
d) Include descriptive details that elaborate the central idea.
3.10
The student will write stories, letters, simple explanations, and
short reports across all content areas.
b) Organize information according to the type of writing.
d) Revise writing for specific vocabulary and information.
e) Use available technology.
3.11
The student will edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
e) Use commas in a simple series.
h) Use correct spelling for high-frequency sight words,
including irregular plurals.
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Week
Content
Science
Lab
1
Geography
2
Explorers
(review map
skills)
BP video on
Food Chains
AIMS Life
Science Binder
Pages 23 – 28
Vor-acious
Eaters
“
pgs 170
food chains
student
differentiated
“
Pgs131-155
Paste Up
Habitats
3
4
5
Explorers
(review
Geography)
Explorers
(review
economics)
Environem
nets
Continuation
of week 4
6
Environem
nets
7
Food
Chains
Self made
graphic
organizer for
their own
environment.
AIMS Binder
Pgs 216-232
8
Interdependence
Open Week
9
Adaptations
Culminating
activity to be
determined.
SEA Lab
Math
Unit 7
(part 2)
Unit 7
(part 2)
Unit 8
Area and
perimeter
Unit 10
Time
Unit 11
Fractions,
Decimals,
prob., Div.
Unit 11
Fractions,
Decimals,
prob., Div
Unit 11
Fractions,
Decimals,
prob., Div
Unit 9
Multi. and
Div. w/
6,7,89
Unit
Multi. and
Div. w/
6,7,8
3rd Quarter
StoryTown
Open Week
Theme 4
Compare and
Contrast
Read Ahead
Theme 4
Compare and
Contrast
Read Ahead
Theme 4
Theme
Use Story
Structure
Theme 4
Theme
Use Story
Structure
Theme 4
Read Ahead
Use Story
Structure
Open Week
Theme 5
Sequence
Reread
Theme 5
Sequence
Reread
Reading SOLs
Writing
Fiction/Poetry
3.5e Author’s
purpose
Nonfiction
3.6a Author’s
purpose
3.6e Supporting
details
3.6g Main idea
3.6i Biographies
and autobiographies
3.6k Identify
new info
Word Analysis
and Resources
3.4b Roots,
affixes,
synonyms,
antonyms
3.4d Use context
with unfamiliar
words
3.7a/3.4g*
Reference
materials
Expository
Nonfiction
Expository
Nonfiction
Writing
SOLs
Composing
and Written
Expression
3.9g
Revise for
clarity
Growing
Words
Review
Expository
Nonfiction
3.11
Short reports
sub-
Expository
Nonfiction
Expository
Nonfiction
Expository
Nonfiction
Leonardo
da Vinci
Writing
Leonardo
da Vinci
Writing
Leonardo
da Vinci
Writing
3.12
Technology
Usage and
Mechanics
3.10a*
Complete
sentences
3.10b
Transition
words
3.10c
Use I in
compound
subjects
3.10d
Past and
present tense
3.10j*
Spelling sight
words and
mis-
pre-
inter-
Review
-ible, able
-al, -ial
-y
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Adaptations
Unit 9
Multi. and
Div. w/
6,7,8
Theme 5
Cause and
Effect
Answer
Questions
3.7b* Table of
contents, index,
charts
Leonardo
da Vinci
Writing
irregular
plurals
3.8*
Cursive
-ness
Review
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2nd and 3rd Grade 2015-2016
Quarterly Thematic Unit Planner
Theme
America: Land and People
Quarter
4th
Big
Questions
How can we describe America?
How does America change?
Topics
Famous Americans and Holidays, Government, Soil, Energy, K-3 SOL
Review
SOLs
PEOPLE AND HOLIDAYS – 2 WEEKS
3.11
The student will explain the importance of the basic principles
that form the foundation of a republican form of government
by
a) describing the individual rights to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness; and equality under the law;
b) identifying the contributions of George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks,
Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King, Jr.;
c) recognizing that Veterans Day and Memorial Day honor
people who have served to protect the country’s freedoms.
GOVERNMENT – 2 WEEKS
3.10
The student will recognize why government is necessary in the
classroom, school, and community by
a) explaining the purpose of rules and laws;
b) explaining that the basic purposes of government are to
make laws, carry out laws, and decide if laws have been
broken;
c) explaining that government protects the rights and
property of individuals.
3.12 The student will recognize that Americans are a people of
diverse ethnic origins, customs, and traditions, who are united
by the basic principles of a republican form of government and
respect for individual rights and freedoms.
ENERGY – 3 WEEKS
3.11 The student will investigate and understand different sources of
energy. Key concepts include
a) the sun’s ability to produce light and heat energy;
b) sources of energy (sunlight, water, wind);
c) fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) and wood; and
d) renewable and nonrenewable energy resources.
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SOIL – 2 WEEKS
3.7
The student will investigate and understand the major
components of soil, its origin, and importance to plants and
animals including humans. Key concepts include
a) soil provides the support and nutrients necessary for plant
growth;
b) topsoil is a natural product of subsoil and bedrock;
c) rock, clay, silt, sand, and humus are components of soils;
and
d) soil is a natural resource and should be conserved.
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4th Quarter
StoryTown
Reading SOLs
Week
Content
Math
1
Soil
2
Soil
Unit 11
Fractions,
Decimals,
prob., Div
Unit 12
3D Figures
3
Energy
Unit 13
Measurement
4
People and
Holidays
Unit 13
Measurement
5
Government
Unit 13
Measurement
6
SOLs
7
Open Week
Unit 14
Directions
and Locations
Review and
SOL
8
Health
Family Life
Review and
SOL
9
Health
Family Life
Extend
10
Open Week
Extend
Theme 6
Make Inferences
Ask Questions
Theme 6
Make Inferences
Ask Questions
Theme 6
Make Predictions
Read Ahead
Theme 6
Make Predictions
Read Ahead
Theme 6
Ask Questions
Read Ahead
Open Week
11
Open Week
Extend
Open Week
12
Writing
Open Week
Ficition/Poetry
3.5f Ask and
answer questions
Fiction
Theme 5
Cause and Effect
Answer Questions
Theme 5
Reread
Answer Questions
Open Week
3.5g Draw
conclusions
Fiction
Nonfiction
3.6d Ask and
answer questions
Fiction
3.6e Draw
conclusions
3.6f Summarize
Word Analysis
and Resources
3.4b Roots,
affixes, synonyms,
antonyms
3.4d Use context
with unfamiliar
words
3.7a/3.4g*
Reference
materials
3.7b* Table of
contents, index,
charts
Fiction
Writing
SOLs
Composing
and Written
Expression
Growing
Words
fore-
deUsage and
Mechanics
3.10a*
Complete
sentences
transsuper-
Fiction
3.10e
Singular
possessives
Functional
Nonfiction
3.10h
Apostrophes
-ment
Functional
Nonfiction
3.10j*
Spelling
sight words
and
irregular
plurals
-ic
Functional
Nonfiction
Unit 7
Revisiting
Open Week
-ity, -ty
-ous, -ious
Review
3.8*
Cursive
Review
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