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2nd Grade Literature and Writing Scope and Sequence Final
Table of Contents
Literature and Writing Yearlong Calendar (all regions)- Page 2
Interdisciplinary Alignment Chart- Page 3
Literature Scope and Sequence Overview and Rationale- Page 4
Writing Scope and Sequence Overview and Rationale- Page 5
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2nd Grade Literature and Writing Calendar (all regions)
Estimates for this 40 week calendar are based on recent versions of the academic calendar. We have attempted to take all regional calendars and noninstructional days (including IA days, PD days, etc.) into consideration.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Unit 0: Culture and
R
Unit 1: Cricket in Times Square
Habits
W
Unit 1: Personal Narrative: Introduction to Narrative Writing
Unit 0: Foundations of Writing
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week11
Week 12
R
Unit 1, con’t
Unit 2: The Human Body
W
Unit 1, con’t
Unit 2: The Human Body: Introduction to Informational Writing
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
R
Unit 2, con’t
Unit 3: Keena Ford/Freckle Juice
Unit 4
W
Unit 2, con’t
Unit 3: Communities of the World: Introduction to Opinion Writing
Unit 4
Week 19
Week 20
R
Week 21
Week 22
Unit 4: Fairy Tales
W
Week 23
Week 24
Unit 5: Insects
Unit 4: Fairy Tales: Deep Dive #1: Narrative and Opinion Writing
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Week 28
Unit 5
Week 29
Week 30
R
Unit 5: Insects
Unit 6: Fighting for a Cause
W
Unit 5: Changes in Matter: Informational Writing (Lab Reports)
Unit 6: Biography: Shared Research and Informational Writing
Week 31
Week 32
R
Week 34
Unit 6, con’t
W
Week 39
Unit 7, con’t
Unit 7, con’t
Week 36
Unit 7: Hurricane Katrina: The Day the Levees Broke: Deep Dive #2
Week 38
R
Week 35
Unit 7: Titanic
Unit 6, con’t
Week 37
W
Week 33
Week 40
EOY Tasks
Portfolio Reflections
EOY Tasks
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2nd Grade- Interdisciplinary Alignment
This provides an overview of how the different subjects align over the course of the year. Timing is less precise than on the calendar above, but reflects overall
sequencing of units. Only units that align across contents are highlighted.
SS
Unit 1: The Geography of Our
Community and Beyond
Unit 2: The Economics of Our
Community and Beyond
Science
Literature
“Week Zero”
Unit 1: Cricket in Times Square
Writing
“Week Zero”
Unit 1: Personal Narrative
Unit 2: The Human Body
Unit 2: The Human Body
Unit 3: Keena Ford and Freckle
Juice
Unit 4: Fairy Tales
Unit 3: Communities of the World
Unit 5: Insects
Unit 5: Changes in Matter
Unit 6: Fighting For a Cause:
Women’s Right to Vote
Unit 6: Biography
Unit 3: Communities of the World
Unit 4: Our Global Community
Unit1: Properties of Matter
Unit 2: Changes in Matter
Unit 4: Deep Dive 1: Fairy Tales
Unit 3: Land and Water on Earth
Unit 4: Changes to the Earth’s
Surface
Unit 5: Investigating Plant and
Animal Relationships in Habitats
Unit 7: Deep Dive 2: Hurricane
Katrina
Unit 7: Titanic
EOY Course Wrap Up
Portfolio Reflection
EOY Course Wrap Up
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Overview of Units
2nd Grade Lit.
1- Text
Cricket in Times
Square
2- Topic
Human Body
3- Text
Keena Ford/ Freckle
Juice
4- Topic
Fairy Tales
5- Topic
Insects
Cricket in Times
Square (780L)classic text,
character/communi
ty building
Human Body
Bundle (see text list
below; 480-800L)Build W&WK
Keena Ford (620L)/
Freckle Juice (370L)
- D&I, classic 2nd
grade texts for
shared reading.
Different version of
classic Fairytales
(220-780L)- Classic
Texts, D&I, W&WK
Insect bundle (580910L): W&WK
Focus
Standards
RL.2.2, RL.2.3,
RL.2.7, SL.2.1a,
SL.2.1b
RI.2.2, RI.2.6,
RI.2.7, SL.2.1c,
SL.2.3
RL.2.2, RL.2.3,
RL.2.5, RL.2.6,
SL.2.2
RL.2.2, RL.2.3,
RL.2.5, RL.2.6,
RL.2.7, RL.2.9,
SL.2.4
Aligns with K-1 TRD
N/A
Alignment
Aligns with Lit. Unit
5
Aligns with K-1 TRD
and SS Unit 3
Predominantly read
aloud- builds off the
CKLA/RAP structure
in K-1; Supplement
with Information
articles about
Crickets, NYC,
Subway; Folktales:
Town Mouse and
Country Mouse;
poetry
Same unit as last
year. Aligns with
topics in K-1 TRD.
Opportunity for
students to really
dig into RI.2.3. Text
is complex but
gradated to
introduce shared
reading.
This unit will be
much more heavily
shared reading than
read aloud.
Similar to last year’s
unit. We will add a
few texts from
countries that are
taught during 2nd
grade SS. Gradated
text to allow for
Shared Reading and
Read Aloud
Begin year with a
classic text. Mentor
text will be a Read
Aloud with
supplemental text
that are gradated
for shared reading
Builds off of
learning from 1st
grade nice entry
point for first info
unit;
Texts provide
opportunity for all
students to share
read entire text.
Follows SS so
students have been
introduced to
countries where the
stories originate
Focus/topic
Core Text/
Rationale
Notes
Sequencing/
Rationale
6- Topic
Fighting for a
Cause: Women’s
Rights
Biographies of
women bundle
(360-910L)- W&WK,
D&I, character
building
7- Topic
Titanic
RI.2.3, RI.2.5,
RI.2.8, RI.2.9,
SL.2.2, SL.2.3
RI.2.2, RI.2.3,
RI.2.5, RI.2.6,
RI.2.7, RI.2.8,
RI.2.9, SL.2.5
RL.2.3, RL.2.5,
RL.2.6, RI.2.3,
RI.2.6, RI.2.8,
SL.2.5
1st grade Sci., 2nd
sci. unit 5; 3rd
grade Lit.
Aligns with sciencewill focus on insect
structures and
functions. Students
will get an
opportunity to read
about insect bodies
while investigating
them. Gradated
text selection
Aligns with SS and
K-1 TRD
N/A
This unit is aligned
with CKLA.
Gradated text to
allow for Shared
Reading and Read
Aloud. The focus is
on 4 women pivotal
in fighting for
women’s rights.
Will be
supplemented with
texts to build
background and
context.
Need for some
background
knowledge about
the world, so comes
toward the end of
the year
Students’ first
exposure to
historical fictionlower lexile but
more qualitatively
complex; Will be
supplemented with
info text and poems
about the ship and
time period to build
more background
knowledge
Will build on
knowledge from 1st
grade science and
also expose
students to topics
explored in science
unit 5
I Survived: Titanic
by Lauren Tarshis
(590L/R)- W&WK,
D&I,
End the year with a
high interest
historical fiction
text. Also part of a
series that kids may
want to read over
the summer.
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2nd Grade Writing Scope and Sequence
2nd Grade
Unit 1
Unit 2
Writing
Personal
The Human Body
Narrative
Focus/ topic
Genre
Content
Alignment
Introduction to
Narrative
Introduction to
Informational,
Mini-Poetry
Loose tie to The
Geography of our
Community
Aligns to Unit 2 in
literature
Informational
Length/
Genre
Distribution4
Unit 4: MiniDeep Dive 2
Fairy Tales
Informative,
Mini-Poetry, and
Introduction to
Opinion
Aligns to units 3
and 4 in social
studies
Lessons that
Matter
Poetry: Big
Thoughts in
Small Packages
Informational
and opinion
Poetry: Big
Thoughts in Small
Packages
5 weeks
5 weeks: 4
informational, 1
poetry
5 weeks: 2
informational, 1
poetry, 2 opinion
PBA Scoring
TCRWP
Alignment3
Unit 3: MiniDeep Dive1
Communities of
the World
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7: Deep
Dive 12
Hurricane
Katrina: The Day
the Levees Broke
Shared research,
informational,
opinion, and
narrative
Aligns to the
Changes to
Earth’s Surface
unit in science
Changes in
Matter
Biography
Narrative and
Opinion
Informational
Shared research
and
informational
Aligns directly to
the fairy tale unit
in literature and
indirectly to the
social studies
curriculum
Opinion
Aligns with
Changes in
Matter unit in
Science
Aligns with
literature
Informational
Informational
Once Upon a
Time: Adapting
and Writing Fairy
Tales; Writing
about Reading
6 weeks: 3
narrative and 3
opinion
Lab Reports and
Science Books
Informational
and opinion
Lab Reports and
Science Books;
Lessons that
Matter
4 weeks
7 weeks: 3
informational, 2
narrative, 2
opinion
4 weeks
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Deep dives allow scholars to write about the same topic through multiple genres. As they deepen their topical knowledge, the quality of their writing will strengthen. A mini
deep dive integrates two of the three types of writing named in the CCSS, and a deep dive integrates all three.
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Illustrative Example of Deep Dive 1: Informational: Lab report of levee project in science; Informational: Shared research on New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina;
Narrative: Surviving Hurricane Katrina (use books about animal survival stories as mentors); Opinion: Based on your knowledge of levees, what should Louisana have done?
What can they do to prevent it from happening again?
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Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study from the Reading and Writing project
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17 weeks of informational writing, 7 weeks opinion writing, 12 weeks of narrative writing
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