North Platte Curriculum Map
Grade: 2nd Grade
Subject : Reading
Committee Members: Sue Johnson, Julie Kinnaman, Kristi Burford – Updated Fall 2008
Months
READING
ON GOING
Content
Fluency
Types of Text
September and
October
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Phonics
Study Skills
October and
November
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Phonics
Study Skills
Essential
Question
Skills
Assessment
-Poetry
-Drama/Play
-Nonfiction
-Fiction
-Make predictions
-Story elements
(characters, setting,
problem, solution)
-Suffixes (s, es, ed, ing)
-Context Clues
-Short vowels
-Long vowels
-Parts of a book (title
page, copyright page,
table of contents,
glossary)
-Syllabication
-ABC order to 2nd letter
-Story elements (problem
and solution)
-Make inferences
(picture clues and prior
knowledge)
-Base words
-Prefixes (re- and un-)
-Compound words
-oo, ue, ew
-ow, ou, oi, oy
-are, or, ore, ear, ar, ir,
ur, er
-Use diagrams/ graphs
-Elements of nonfiction
(**headings, captions)
-Fact and opinion
Standards
4.1.5
Book 1 – Unit 1 Test
4.1.3
4.1.6
4.1.2
4.1.1
4.1.1
4.1.4
4.1.1
Book 1 – Unit 2 Test
4.1.3
4.1.6
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.1
Resources
-McGraw/Hill
-Text Talk
-Readers’ Theatre
-Spaulding
-Read Well
-Phonics resources
-Versa Tiles
-Dictionaries
-Leveled Readers
-McGraw/Hill Book 1 –
Unit 1
-Leveled Readers
-Modern Curriculum
Press Phonics
-Brainpopjr videos on
authors Cynthia Rylant
and Ezra Jack Keats
-StarLore videos
- McGraw/Hill Book 1 –
Unit 2
-Leveled Readers
-Modern Curriculum
Press Phonics
-Brainpopjr videos on
inferences, and story
elements
4.1.1
4.1.3
4.2.1
4.6.2
**Supplement on your
own
North Platte Curriculum Map
Grade: 2nd Grade
Subject : Reading
Committee Members: Sue Johnson, Julie Kinnaman, Kristi Burford – Updated Fall 2008
November
December
January
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Phonics
Study Skills
February and
March
Comprehension
-Book 1 – Unit 3 Test
-Book 2 – Unit 1 Test
-Nebraska State
Standard: 4.1.4
4.1.3
4.1.5
4.1.3
4.1.2
4.1.1
Book 2 – Unit 2 Test
4.1.3
4.1.7
4.1.2
4.1.1
Phonics
-Words with blends
-en, le
-Follow 1 or 2 step
directions
-Ask how, why, and what
questions (form
generalizations)
-Main idea
-Homophones
-Homographs (**)
-Multiple meaning words
-Figurative language
-Review all skills
Study Skills
-Review all skills
Study Skills
Comprehension
Vocabulary
-McGraw/Hill Book 1 –
Unit 3
-McGraw/Hill Book 2 –
Unit 1
-Leveled Readers
-Modern Curriculum
Press Phonics
-Brainpopjr videos on
synonyms and antonyms
and tenses/endings
4.1.4
-Suffixes (-ly, -ful)
Vocabulary
Phonics
April and May
-Identify characteristics
of: realistic fiction and
fantasy
-Identify cause/effect
-Draw conclusions
-Compare and contrast
-Context clues
-Synonyms/Antonyms
-Inflectional endings
-Silent letters
-Short e: ea
-Long e: y, ey
-Soft c and g
-oo, aw, au, ph, tch, ch
-Use reference materials
(glossary and dictionary)
-Summarize
-Sequence of events
-McGraw/Hill Book 2 –
Unit 2
-Leveled Readers
-Modern Curriculum
Press Phonics
4.1.7
Book 2 – Unit 3 Test
Nebraska State
Standards:
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.5
4.1.6
4.1.7
4.1.8
4.1.7
4.1.2
4.1.1
-McGraw/Hill Book 2 –
Unit 3
-Leveled Readers
-Modern Curriculum
Press Phonics
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own