2nd

Grade Civic Ideals and Practices Inquiry

Do We
Have
to Have Rules?

Supporting Question 2

Supporting
Question
Social Studies
Practices

Can we make classroom rules that reflect our values?

Gathering, Using, and Interpreting Evidence

Civic Participation

Comparison and Contextualization

Inquiry Process and Skills

Acquire background knowledge

Connect

Share what is known about the

general topic to elicit and make
connections to prior knowledge.
[
ESIFC 1.1
]

Identify arguments of others. [SS Practices

A.5]

Identify the main topic of a

multi-paragraph text as well as
the focus of specific paragraphs
within the text. [Lit for Hist
RI.2.2]

Develop questions

Wonder

Asks I wonder questions about the

research topic. [
ESIFC 2.2
]

Develop questions about the

community. [SS Practices A.1]

Know and use various text features

(e.g., captions, old print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus,
icons) to locate key facts or
information in a text efficiently. [Lit
for Hist RI.2.5]

Analyze and
summarize evidence to answer the research questions

Investigate

Finds facts and briefly summarizes

them via writing, drawing, or
verbalization to answer research
questions. [
ESIFC 1.4]

Recognize arguments and

identify evidence [SS Practices
A.5]

Explain how specific images (e.g., a

diagram showing how a machine
works) contribute to and clarify a
text. [Lit for Hist RI.2.7]

Identify the role of the individual

in classroom, school, and local
community participation. [SS
Practices F.4]

Describe how reasons support

specific points the author makes in a
text .[Lit for Hist RI.2.8]

Formative Performance Task:

Categorize values and establish a
set of classroom rules.

With guidance and support from

adults and peers, focus on a topic and
strengthen writing as needed by
revising and editing. [Lit for Hist
W.2.5]

Interpret information

Construct

Demonstrates simple organizational

skills such as sorting and categorizing
[
ESIFC K.4
]
Present answers and conclusions

Express

Presents information in a variety of

ways (e.g., art, music, poetry,
movement, verbally, and/or written
language). [ESIFC 2.6]
Reflect on own learning

Reflect

Identifies own strrengths and sets

goals for improvement [
ESIFC 2.7]