2nd grade Instructional Guide

2nd Grade Scope & Sequence

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building

● Use the graphic organizer found in the Reading/Writing Companion and model how to identify elements of realistic fction and expository essays. ● Point out the word banks in the Reading/Writing Companion or provide one if not available when students are completing writing or speaking tasks to support their responses. ● For extended writing prompts, provide the Student Model found in Writer’s Notebook>Teacher Resources>Unit 1 highlighting the language and structure a student will need in order to be able to reproduce their own realistic fction and/or expository essay. ● For extended writing prompts, provide the Writer’s Outline in the Writer’s Notebook >Teacher Resources>Unit 1. Newcomers may only be able to complete the outline and/or a paragraph with word banks using a mix of their home language and English. ● In discussion, model and have students use the sentence frames provided and word banks to support their responses. ● Provide the Visual Vocabulary cards to build content knowledge

Extension

Wonders Connect to Content: Social Studies. Reading/Writing Companion pp. Research and Inquiry Projects (Teacher or Student Choice) “Family Photos” (T) Product: Poster “We Celebrate Our Friends” (T) Product: Poster “A Job for Everyone” (T) Product: Job Description Sheet

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS Science

Wonders TE pg T426 - T429: “Taking Care of Freddy” & “Busy Bees” Strand 2.2: Living Things and Their Habitat

Standard 2.2.1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about patterns of living things (plants and animals, including humans) in different habitats. Emphasize the diversity of living things in land and water habitats. Examples of patterns in habitats could include descriptions of temperature or precipitation and the types of plants and animals found in land habitats. (LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D) Social Studies Wonders TE pg T41 Compare texts: compare what students learned about families from both texts emphasizing the traditions present in both. Social Studies Standard 2.2.1: Locate and identify the poles, equator, continents, oceans, the United States, Utah, and their town or city. Identify and name the states that border Utah and the countries that border the United States. Social Studies Standard 2.2.7: On a map of the world, locate where their families or other families in the community historically came from. With support, curate and share information about the traditional food, cultural customs, recreation, religion, and music of that country/region.

Arts Integration Resources