ELA G2:M1

Schools and Community

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 1–2 Unit 1: Building Our Background Knowledge: Schools and Their Importance

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Building background knowledge: What do I already know about school? Focused read-aloud: "What Does School Mean to You?": What is school, and why are schools important? Focused read-aloud: The Dot: What is school, and why are schools important? Recording our thinking in the What Is School? notebook Practicing our discussion norms Close read-aloud: The Invisible Boy: Ask and answer questions about how the little boy feels in different parts of the text Responding to text through writing: Using details from the text to describe the boy's feelings Practicing our discussion norms	RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.7 RL.2.7 RI.2.1 RI.2.6 W.2.2 W.2.8 SL.2.1 SL.2.1a L.2.4	Unit 1 Assessment: Writing in Response to The Invisible Boy (RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.7)

Weeks 3–4 Unit 2: Reading and Writing Informational Texts: Challenges in Going to School

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Close read-aloud: Off to Class: Research and note-taking of sections Informative Writing; Writing about schools from Off to Class Setting up writing partners Continued research and note-taking of sections from Off to Class Continued Informative Writing: Writing about a school from Off to Class Readers Theater: Practicing and presenting plays about schools from Off to Class	RF.2.4 RI.2.1 RI.2.2 W.2.2 W.2.8 SL.2.1 SL.2.1a SL.2.1b SL.2.1c SL.2.3 L.2.2 L.2.4	Unit 2 Assessment: Reading and Writing about Schools around the World (RI.2.1, W.2.2)

Weeks 5–6 Unit 3: Performance Task: The Most Important Thing about Schools Books

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Researching similarities and differences: Comparing and contrasting my own school with schools from Off to Class Speaking and Listening: Writing and talking about schools I am researching Using the writing process to write "The Most Important Thing about Schools" book Revising for carefully chosen words that show similarities Editing for conventions Celebrating our learning with a kindergarten class	RI.2.1 RI.2.7 W.2.2 W.2.5 W.2.7 W.2.8 SL.2.1 SL.2.1a SL.2.1b SL.2.1c SL.2.3 SL.2.4 L.2.2	Unit 3 Assessment: Responding to Text through Speaking and Listening (SL.2.1b, SL.2.1c) Final Performance Task: "The Most Important Thing about Schools" book (W.2.2, W.2.5, L.2.2)

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