2nd Grade Long Term Plan for the 2015-2016 School Year
MELD Instruction
Week
MELD
Resources
MELD
Focus
Linguistic
Features
(Phonology,
Grammar &
Syntax)
Vocabulary
Development
Comprehension
Writing
Authentic
Literacy
Experiences
Assessment
BLOCK ONE BEGINS
(45 days)
Week 1
August 1721
Start Smart
Days 1-4
Responsive
Management
Linguistic
Screener
Start Smart
Days 5-9
Responsive
Management
18-1st day of
Instruction
Week 2
August 2428
Start Smart
Week 3
August 31- Day 10
September 4 Assessment
Responsive
Management
4- Admission
Day
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Protocol
Autobiography
Narrative
Personal Narrative
Advanced Graphic
Organizer
Revisit:
Autobiography
Narrative
Personal Narrative
Introduce: plot,
beginning, middle,
end, draft,
drafting, revise,
revising, edit,
editing,
Retell
Elements of
Narrative
Personal
Narrative
Brainstorm:
Circle Map
The Stories
Julian Tells
Linguistic
Screener
MELD Profile
Folders
Retell
Elements of
Narrative
Sequence
Personal
Narrative
Character,
setting, plot
time order
words
Writing
Process:
prewrite, draft,
revise, edit
Publishing
The Stories
Julian Tells
Writing
Sample
MELD Profile
Folders
Retell
Elements of Fiction
Sequence
Student
Profile
MELD Profile
Folders
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Week
MELD
Resources
MELD
Focus
Constructive Constructive
Conversation Conversation
Lessons
Skills
5 Day Lesson
Week 4
September
7-11
Linguistic
Features
(Phonology,
Grammar &
Syntax)
Identify
Home
Language
versus
Standard
English
7-Labor Day
Week 5
September
14-18
14-Unassigned
15-Mexican
Independence
16-Hispanic
Heritage
17-Constitution
Day
Vocabulary
Development
Create, clarify,
fortify, moral,
fable,
summarize,
synonym,
annotate,
transitional
phrased,
evidence,
society,
circumstances,
dimension
(Personal
Thesaurus)
Comprehension
Summarize
Close Reading
Text Evidence
Cause and
Effect
Writing
Genre
Prewrite:
Tree Map
Brainstorm:
Circle Map
Persuasive
Writing
Authentic
Literacy
Experiences
“The Lion
and The
Mouse”
Assessment
Conversation
Analysis Tool
Article:
“Blare
Gooch”
AMAE/AEMP Art Contest
Focus on reading biographies of Latino heroes and expository writing
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Week
Week 6
September
21-25
23Unassigned
Week 7
September
28–
October 2
Red Ribbon,
Breast
Cancer
AntiBullying,
MELD
Resources
MELD
Focus
 Genre:
Narrative
 Responsive
Management
 Responsive
Days 1-5:
Academic
CCSS
Literacy
Narrative
 Instructional
Writing
Lessons 1-3 Conversations
 Focus on Youth
Culture
 Responsive
Literacy
Days 6-7:
CCSS
Narrative
Writing
Lessons 4-6
 Responsive
Management
 Responsive
Literacy
 Instructional
Conversations
Linguistic
Features
Focus on
“Teachable
Moments”
while
Validating
and
affirming
home
language
Focus on
“Teachable
Moments”
while
Validating
and
affirming
home
language
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Vocabulary
Development
Narrative
Personal
Narrative
Brainstorm
Graphic
Organizer
Flow Map
Comprehension
Demonstrate
key details in a
text.
Demonstrate
key details in a
text.
Temporal
words and
phrases
Writing
Authentic
Literacy
Experiences
Narrative
Writing Traits
of a Narrative
Begin Writing
Process
Brainstorming:
“Small
moments”
Prewrite: Flow
map
Draft:
Composing a
Lead
Those Shoes
or another
Culturally
Relevant
Characteristics
of a Narrative
Drafting
Narrative
Writing:
Descriptive
Language,
Writing
Conclusions,
Temporal
Words and
Phrases
Those Shoes
or another
Culturally
Relevant
Narrative Text
Focus on
conclusion of
literature title
Interactive
Reading
Shared
Reading
Assessment
Group selfevaluates
writer’s
workshop
and teacher
provides
feedback.
Group selfevaluates
writer’s
workshop
and teacher
provides
feedback.
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Week
Week 8
October 59
Week 9
October
12-16
MELD
Resources
MELD
Focus
 Responsive
Academic
Language
 Responsive
Management
Days 6-7:
 Responsive
CCSS
Literacy
Narrative
 Instructional
Writing
Conversations
Lessons 7-9
 Contrastive
Analysis
 Academic
Vocabulary
Days 8-10:
CCSS
Narrative
Writing
Lesson 10
 Responsive
Management
 Responsive
Literacy
 Instructional
Conversations
Linguistic
Features
Past Tense
Marker -ed
Focus on
“Teachable
Moments”
while
Validating and
affirming
home
language
Vocabulary
Development
Authentic
Literacy
Experiences
Comprehension
Writing
Tiering of
vocabulary
Adjectives
Adverbs
Use of
personal
thesaurus
Setting: Focus
on the aspect of
Time
Close reading of
Text for
punctuation
and spelling
Narrative Writing
Revising writing
for
Situationally
appropriate
language, vivid
vocabulary,
Editing Writing:
for Spelling and
Punctuation
Sentence Lifting
“Rainbow
Editing”
Use of
proofreading
symbols
Those Shoes
or another
Culturally
Relevant
Narrative Text
Embedded
After students
share published
stories, peers
provide explicit
feedback about
writing.
Narrative
Writing
Publishing of
Writing
Writing
Celebrations
(Art People,
Tea for Two, I
Can Blog Too)
Review
Mentor text
as needed
to support
writing
Vivid
vocabulary
Assessment
Teacher
writing
conferences
with
students
Peer editing
Teacher
writing
conferences
with
students
Peer editing
Writing
Rubric
Key:
Assessment Window
Holiday Break
45 Day Instructional Block
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