Second Grade Curriculum (1^st nine weeks)
Week of..	Story of the week	Target Skills	Word Work Spelling (bonus), Vocab., High Frequency words	Writing & Grammar Write From the Beginning	Science or Soc. St.	Math
8/20-8/24	Beginning of the Year: Class routines, rules/consequences, assessment, etc.				Social Studies Citizenship	ASSESSMENT Unit 1: Numbers and Routines 1.1-1.4
8/27-8/31	Adventures: Silly Stories Dragon Gets By	P: Short vowels a, i C: Story Structure V: HF, Homophones F: Decodable text	bag win is am his has ran if dig sat was I scratch picnic balanced, dairy, diet, hungry, shopper, shopping, vegetables bought front kitchen roll until	WFTB: G: What is a sentence	Science: Introduction to Scientific Thinking pp. xx-xxxii	Unit 1: Numbers and Routines 1.4-1.8
9/3-9/7 *9/3 Labor Day	Adventures: Silly Stories Julius	P: Short vowels o,u,e VCCV C: Fantasy and Realism V: HF, Synonyms F: Decodable text	fox wet nut job leg fun of went mop hug from any block every crumbs, imitation, noise, slurped, spread brought reason special surprise	WFTB: G: Naming Parts of a Sentence	Science Ch. 5 Earth’s Land, Air and Water	Unit 1: Numbers and Routines 1.9-1.11
9/10-9/14	Adventures: Silly Stories Mrs. Brown Goes to Town	P: long vowels CVCe a, i C: Predicting outcomes V: HF, Multiple Meaning F: Decodable text	bite late size made side fine same hide line give have ate shake write commotion, delivered, feathers, released, tire, wearing different floor letter move poor word	WFTB: G: Action Parts of a Sentence	Science Ch. 5 Earth’s Land, Air and Water Ch. 6 Earth’s Weather & Seasons	Unit 1: Numbers and Routines 1.12-1.14
9/17-9/21	Adventures: Exploring Florida Focus on Florida		REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW	WFTB: G: REVIEW	Science Ch. 6 Earth’s Weather & Seasons	Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Facts 2.1-2.4
9/24-9/28	Social Studies: People and Places Unit 1: Where We Live		Pick top 10 from 100 word list climb, fly, know, long, morning, right, some, thought, wall, want	WFTB: G: Correcting Run on Sentences	Social Studies Unit 1: Where We Live	Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Facts 2.5-2.8
10/1-10/5	Adventures: Nature Walk Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night	P: Long vowel, VVCe o,u,e C: Compare and Contrast V: HF, Compound Words F: Decodable text	bone robe use these rope nose cute close hope those one goes drove mule backpack, campfire, camping, hike, lanterns, tent year beautiful even quiet straight	WFTB: G: Telling Sentences and Questions	Social Studies Unit 1: Where We Live	Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Facts 2.9-2.12
10/8-10/12	Adventures: Nature Walk Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett	P: Clusters (r,l,s); Sounds of c C: Fact and Opinion V: HF, Antonyms F: Decodable text	trip swim step nest club stone next brave glad lost space storm exploring, habitat, protect, ranger, tours, urban busy important later touch young	WFTB: G: Commands	Science Ch. 8 Properties of Matter	Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Facts 2.13-2.14 Project 4: Dates on Pennies
10/15-10/19 *10/19 Holiday	Adventures: Nature Walk Across the Pond	P: Double consonants, VCV C: Categorize and Classify V: HF, Multiple Meaning F: Decodable text	bell off all mess add hill well egg will grass across skill bank, crater, edge, moss, path, shallow across brother great stand	WFTB: G: Exclamations	Science Ch. 8 Properties of Matter	Unit 3: Place Value, Money and Time 3.1-3.3
10/22-10/26 *10/26 Teacher Workday	Teacher Choice: Author study, catch-up, assessment			WFTB: G: Revising stringy sentences	Social Studies Unit 2 Our Earth	Unit 3: Place Value, Money and Time 3.4-3.6

Second Grade Curriculum (2^nd nine weeks)
Week of..	Story of the week	Target Skills	Word Work Spelling (bonus), Vocab., High Frequency words	Writing & Grammar Write From the Beginning	Science or Soc. St.	Math
10/29-11/2	Social Studies: People and Places Unit 2: Our Earth		REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW	WFTB: G: REVIEW	Social Studies Unit 2 Our Earth	Unit 3: Place Value, Money and Time 3.7-3.9
11/5-11/9	Adventures: Around Town Chinatown	P: Digraphs, -er, est C: Making judgments V: HF, ABC order F: Decodable text	when sheep both then chase teeth teach dish which than wash catch lunch whistle apartment, delivery, handcarts, market, celebrations during heard lion winter	WFTB: G: Special Nouns	Science Ch. 9 Energy	Unit 4: Addition and Subtraction 4.1-4.5
11/12-11/16	Teacher Choice: Thanksgiving-Native American Story/Teacher Pick				Science Ch. 9 Energy Ch. 10 Forces and Motions	Unit 4: Addition and Subtraction 4.6-4.8
11/26-11/30	Adventures: Around Town Trip to the Firehouse	P: long vowels CVCe a, i C: Predicting outcomes V: HF, Multiple Meaning F: Decodable text	train day mail play trail pay sail hay nail rain they great snail subway chief, dispatch, emergencies, fire engine, firefighters, gear clothes guess order	WFTB: G: Action Parts of a Sentence	Science Ch. 10 Forces and Motions	Unit 4: Addition and Subtraction 4.9-4.10
12/3-12/7	Adventures: Around Town Big Bushy Mustache	Monitoring Student Progress	town house sour frown clown found how mouse brown could should cow around towel bushy, costume, disguise, handsome, mirror, mustache behind soldier story	WFTB: G: One and More Than One	Science Ch. 11 Sound	Unit 5: 3-D and 2-D Shapes 5.1-5.6
12/10-12/14	Adventures: Around Town Jamaica Louise	P: Vowel pairs ee,ea C: Making inferences V: HF, Guide words F: Decodable text	clean keep please feel we be eat tree mean read the people stream steep booth, plaque, station, subway, token believe lady whole	WFTB: G: Nouns that change spelling in the plural	Social Studies Unit 3: Working Together	Unit 5: 3-D and 2-D Shapes 5.7-5.10
12/17-12/21	Social Studies: People and Places Unit 3: Working Together		REVIEW REVIEW Deliveries, flyer, grand opening, grocery store, success, supermarket, barrio, customs, fiesta, harvest, traditions REVIEW	WFTB: G: Commands	Social Studies Unit 3: Working Together	Mid-Year Review and Assessment
12/17-12/21	Holidays Around the Word *team rotation??			WFTB: G:

Second Grade Curriculum (3^rd nine weeks)
Week of..	Story of the week	Target Skills	Word Work Spelling (bonus), Vocab., High Frequency words	Writing & Grammar Write From the Beginning	Science or Soc. St.	Math
1/7-1/11	Teacher Choice: Author study, catch-up, assessment			WFTB: G: Exclamations	Science Ch. 1 All About Plants	Unit 6: Whole Num. Operations & Num. Stories 6.1-6.3
1/14-1/18 *1/18 Workday	Delights: Amazing Animals Officer Buckle and Gloria	P: r-controlled vowel; or ore ar C: drawing conclusions V: HF, entry words F: Decodable text	car smart arm park yard part barn are hard party farm warm department carpet accident, attention, audience, commands, officer, safety board listen told	WFTB: G: Pronouns	Science Ch. 1 All About Plants	Unit 6: Whole Num. Operations & Num. Stories 6.4-6.5
1/21-1/25 *1/21 Holiday	Delights: Amazing Animals Ant	P: nd, nt, mp, ng, nk; base words/endings nouns s, es, ies C: Text organization V: HF, Thesaurus F: Decodable text	king thank hand sing send think bring bang end thing grand young antennae, cocoons, colonies, fungus, larvae, tunnels between care weigh	WFTB: G: Possessive nouns	Science Ch. 2 All About Animals	Unit 6: Whole Num. Operations & Num. Stories 6.6-6.8
1/28-2/1	Delights: Amazing Animals Great Ball Game	P: Vowel pairs oa, ow C: Cause & effect V: HF, parts dictionary. entry F: Decodable text	boat cold road blow gold old load snow hold most toe do goal rainbow accept, advantage, argument, penalty, quarrel ago field half war	WFTB: G: plural possessive nouns	Science Ch. 2 All About Animals	Unit 6: Whole Num. Operations & Num. Stories 6.9-6.12 100^th Day 2/1
2/4-2/8	Social Studies: People and Places Unit 4: Our Country Today		REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW	WFTB: G: REVIEW	Social Studies Unit 4: Our Country Today	Unit 7: Patterns and Rules 7.1-7.2 Project 3: Chinese Calendar
2/11-2/15	Delights: Focus on Biographies	P:r-control vowels; tion ture C: Understanding biography V: HF, abbreviations F: Decodable text	born core short fork snore sport horn torn sort fort morning four forty forest biography champion event fact information president believe afraid beautiful surprised about friend near watch write years	WFTB: G: Nouns and pronouns together	Social Studies Unit 4: Our Country Today	Unit 7: Patterns and Rules 7.3-7.5
2/18-2/22 *2/18 Holiday	Delights: Family Time Brothers and Sisters	P: er ending 2 syllable words C: Making generalizations V: HF, Word Families F: Decodable text	flower water under over better sister brother mother father after other center newborn, distract, twins, pest, teenage middle trouble uncle	WFTB: G: Verbs	Science Ch. 2 All About Animals (catch-up)	Unit 7: Patterns and Rules 7.6-7.8
2/25-2/29	Delights: Family Time Jalapeño Bagels	P: contractions, -le 2 syllable C: Following Directions V:HF dictionary word meaning F: Decodable text	I’ll we’ve I’m you’re isn’t didn’t you’ll I’ve it’s we’ll can’t they’re wouldn’t bakery, recipe, culture, customer, dough, ingredients early hair instead	WFTB: G: Verbs (present tense)	Science Ch. 12 Earth and Space	Unit 7: Patterns and Rules 7.9 Unit 8: Fractions 8.1-8.2
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