Second Grade Pacing Guide Required Assessments-Everyone completes and information can be used for report cards Weekly lesson test-purpose is to guide instruction/planning for week 5 and as an assessment tool Theme test-purpose is to see if students can apply the skills taught in the theme Optional Assessments-Teacher choice for certain students and/or lessons/themes; Information is not used for report cards First Marking Period (August 25-Oct. 29) Lesson Phonics/ Spelling Reading Skill Reading Strategy 1 Short vowels /a/ a /i/ i CVC pattern with longer words Characters Use Graphic Organizers Short vowels /e/ e /o/ o /u/ u Inflections –s, -es Long vowel /a/ a_e Long vowel /i/ i_e Long vowel /o/ o_e Long vowel /(y)oo/ u_e CVCe pattern with long words Characters Use graphic organizers Main ideas and details Answer questions 2 3 HFW Already, prove, sign, police, eight Covered, through, everything, woods, guess Different, children, short, ears, finally, hundred Fluency Accuracy Grammar Sentences Writing Form Sentences about a picture Writing Trait Required Assessments Ideas Accuracy Statements and questions Paragraph Ideas Reading rate Commands and Exclamations Description Organization Optional Assessments Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson testSelection comp. and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary 4 5 6 Long vowel /e/ ee, ea Inflections – ed, -ing Theme Review Main ideas and details Answer questions Theme Review Theme Review Long vowel /i/ ie, igh Inflections – ed, -ing Make predictions Use prior knowledge 7 Long vowel /a/ ai, ay Compound words 8 r-controlled vowel /ar/ ar (Need an umlaut over the a) Syllable pattern C-le Make predictions Use prior knowledge Plot Use story structure Sugar, bicycle, special, sometimes, exercise Theme review Reading rate Parts of a Sentence Paragraph of information Organization Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Straight, cheer, brother, lose, team, caught Intonation Nouns Summary Word choice Coming, knee, idea, laughed, million, curve, world Ago, accept, fair, though, clear, half Intonation Singular and plural nouns Directions Word choice Expression Proper nouns Story Sentence fluency Weekly lesson testSelection comp. and focus skill Theme test-Comp. (All selections) Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Theme testGrammar and Vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson testSelection comp. and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Second Marking Period (Oct. 30-January 15) Lesson Phonics/ Spelling 9 Long vowel /o/ oa, ow Compound words 10 Theme Review 11 Digraphs /ch/ ch, tch /sh/ sh /th/ th Reading Skill Reading Strategy Plot Use story structure Theme Review Theme Review Author’s purpose Ask questions 12 Long vowel /e/ ey, y Author’s purpose Ask questions 13 Consonants /s/ c /j/ g, dge Fiction and nonfiction Monitor Comp: Reread HFW Fluency Grammar Writing Form Writing Trait Believe, impossible, enough, brought, understand, early, quite Theme review Expressi on More proper nouns Letter of invitation Sentence fluency Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Draw, picture, question, minute, bought, worry, especially, sure Imagine, favorite, year, enjoy, cook, board, popular, expensive Wear, tough, woman, young, shoes, wash, above Punctuation Abbreviations Personal narrative Voice Punctuation Singular possessive nouns Paragraph that gives information Voice Phrasing Plural possessive nouns Story: Dialogue Conventions Required Assessments Weekly lesson testSelection comp. and focus skill Theme test-Comp. (All selections) Optional Assessments Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Theme testGrammar and Vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson testSelection comp. and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary 14 r-controlled vowel /^ur/ ir, ur, ear 15 16 Fiction and nonfiction Monitor Comp: Reread Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Digraph /n/ kn /r/ wr /f/ gh, ph Suffixes –ly, -ness Setting Monitor Comp: Read ahead Interesting, touch, thumb, care sweat, father Theme review Phrasing Pronouns Paragraph that explains Conventions Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review None Intonation Adjectives How-to paragraph Organization Weekly lesson testSelection comp. and focus skill Theme test-Comp. (All selections) Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Theme testGrammar and Vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Third Marking Period (January 18-March 25) Lesson Phonics/ Spelling 17 Short vowel /e/ ea Syllable pattern V/CV Vowel diphthong /oi/ oi, oy Suffixes –ful, -less 18 Reading Skill Reading Strategy Fluency Grammar Writing Form Writing Trait Setting Monitor Comp: Read ahead Intonation Adjectives for senses Description Organization Locate information Answer questions Accuracy Number words Poem Word choice Required Optional Assessments Assessments Weekly lesson test-Selection comp. and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary 19 20 21 22 23 24 r-controlled vowels /^ir/ ear, eer Syllable pattern VC/V Theme Review Locate information Answer questions Accuracy Words that compare Narrative Word choice Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme testComprehension (All selections) Vowel diphthong /ou/ ou, ow Abbreviations Plot Use story structure Expression Presenttense action verbs Personal Narrative Sentence fluency Theme testGrammar and Vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill r-controlled vowel /^or/ or, ore, our Syllable patterns V/CV and VC/V Vowel diphthong /oo/ oo, ew, ue, ui, ou Prefixes mis-, re-, un- Plot Use story structure Expression Subjectverb agreement Fantasy Sentence fluency Use graphic aids Summarize Reading rate Past-tense verbs Paragraph of information Word choice r-controlled vowel /^ar/air, are Contractions Use graphic aids Summarize Reading rate Forms of be Paragraph that compares or contrasts Word choice Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Fourth Marking Period (March 26-June 3) Lesson Phonics 25 Theme Review 26 27 28 29 30 Reading Skill Reading Strategy Fluency Grammar Writing Form Writing Trait Required Optional Assessments Assessments Theme Review Theme Review Theme review Theme review Theme Review Theme Review Theme testComprehension (All selections) Vowel variant /oo/ oo, ou Prefixes dis-, over-, pre- Cause and effect Use graphic organizers Punctuation Irregular verbs Letter Ideas Vowel variant /^o/ aw, au(gh) Inflection –es (f to v) Vowel variant /^o/ a(l), ough Suffix –tion Cause and effect Use graphic organizers Punctuation More irregular verbs Report about a person Ideas Make inferences Monitor Comp: Reread Phrasing Helping verbs Book report Conventions Long vowel /a/ ea, ei(gh), ey Inflections -er, -est Theme Review Make inferences Monitor Comp: Reread Phrasing Contractions Folktale Conventions Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme Review Theme testComprehension (All selections) Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Theme testGrammar and Vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Selection comprehension and focus skill Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Weekly lesson test-Grammar and vocabulary Theme testGrammar and Vocabulary