ELA G2:M4

Providing for Pollinators

Each module is approximately 6-8 weeks of instruction broken into 3 units. The "week at a glance" chart in the curriculum map gives the big picture, breaking down the module into a detailed week-by-week view. It shows how the module unfolds, the focus of each week of instruction, and where the six assessments and the performance task occur.

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Weeks 1-3 Unit 1: Pollinator Characters Who Work Hard to Help Others

Lesson #	Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Week 1	Exploring prefixes and finding meaning through repeated lines in the song "We Do What We Can" Close read-aloud of The Little Hummingbird to understand the central message Focused read-aloud of The Lizard and the Sun to analyze characters who work hard to help others Beginning the cycle of reading, role-play, and determining the central message of a folktale Developing fluency through the Role-Play protocol	RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.4 RL.2.6 W.2.2 SL.2.2 L.2.4 L.2.4b L.2.5 L.2.5a	Close Read-aloud, Culminating Task: The Little Hummingbird (RL.2.2, W.2.2, SL.2.2)
Week 2	Exploring prefixes and finding meaning through repeated lines in the song "We Do What We Can" Continuing the cycle of reading, role-play, and determining the central message of two new fables Partner Reading: "Bunnyyarl the Flies and Wurrunnunnah the Bees" Independent Writing: Determining the Central Message of "The Ants and the Grasshopper" and "Bunnyyarl the Flies and Wurrunnunnah the Bees" Creating watercolor scene paintings to illustrate the text "Bunnyyarl the Flies and Wurrunnunnah the Bees" Comparing and contrasting two versions of the same fable	RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.6 RL.2.9 W.2.2 SL.2.2 SL.2.5 L.2.4 L.2.4b L.2.5 L.2.5a	Entrance Ticket: "We Do What We Can" (RL.2.4, L.2.4b)
Week 3	Unit 1 Assessment, Part I: Responding to a Read-aloud and Recounting and Determining the Central Message in a Story Unit I Assessment, Part II: Creating a Videobook of Stories Reflecting on the Unit 1 guiding question	RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.6 RL.2.9 SL.2.2 SL.2.5	Unit 1 Assessment: Reading, Comparing and Contrasting, and Creating a Videobook of Stories (RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL2.6, RL.2.9, SL.2.2, and SL.2.5)

Weeks 4-5 Unit 2: Reading and Writing Opinions: Helping Pollinators

Lesson #	Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Week 4	Exploring irregular plural nouns and shades of meaning through the poem "The Butterfly Garden" Introducing opinions and reasons with the engagement text Hey, Little Ant! Vote with Your Feet protocol: Forming an opinion Research Reading of informational texts A Place for Bats and "Bats' Roosts in Danger!" Taking notes about the dangers that bats face and why they are important Shared Writing: Opinion piece about why people should protect bats Comparing and contrasting two texts about bats	RL.2.1 RI.2.1 RI.2.2 RI.2.4 RI.2.8 RI.2.9 W.2.1 SL.2.1 SL.2.1a SL.2.6 L.2.1b	N/A
Week 5	Exploring irregular plural nouns and shades of meaning through the poem "The Butterfly Garden" Research Reading of informational texts A Place for Butterflies Taking notes about the dangers that butterflies face and why they are important Unit 2 Assessment, Parts I and II	RI.2.1 RI.2.2 RI.2.4 RI.2.8 RI.2.9 W.2.1 W.2.5 W.2.7 W.2.8 SL.2.1 SL.2.1a SL.2.1b SL.2.1c L.2.1 L.2.1b L.2.2 L.2.2a L.2.2d L.2.5 L.2.5b L.2.6	Entrance Ticket: "The Butterfly Garden" (L.2.1b, L.2.5b) Unit 2 Assessment: Reading and Writing Opinions

Weeks 6-7 Unit 3: Taking Action Through Literacy and Artwork: Helping Butterflies

Lesson #	Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Week 6	Introducing challenge to protect butterflies with Amanda's letter Performance Task Writing: Wildflower seed packet writing piece Creating multiple drafts of scientific drawing of butterfly Participating in critique and revision of butterfly drawings Using word processing tool to type opinion piece	RI.2.1 W.2.1 W.2.6 W.2.8 SL.2.1 SL.2.1a SL.2.1b SL.2.1.c SL.2.3 SL.2.6 L.2.1 L.2.1c L.2.2 L.2.2a L.2.2b L.2.2e	Performance Task: Wildflower Seed Packet (W.2.1, W.2.2, W.2.5, W.2.6, W.2.7, W.2.8)
Week 7	Shared Writing: Celebration of Learning welcome letter Read directions and assemble wildflower seed packets Independent Writing: Reflection on Module 4 Work and Learning notebook Unit 3 Assessment Performance Task and Celebration of Learning	RI.2.3 W.2.8 SL.2.1 SL.2.1a SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.6 L.2.1 L.2.1c L.2.2 L.2.2a L.2.2b	Unit 3 Assessment: Presentation and Reflection on Habits of Character, Work, and Learning (SL.2.1a, SL.2.1b, SL.2.6) Performance Task: Wildflower Seed Packet (W.2.1, W.2.2, W.2.5, W.2.6, W.2.7, W.2.8)

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