Unit

1
Exploration

Reading
Street
(Common Core)
2nd Grade

By Michelle Fu
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 The Twin Club
Unit 1, Week 1
Main Selection, pp.26-43
Paired Selection, pp.48-49
Question of the Week: What can we learn by exploring different communities?

Phonics: short vowels and Text-Based Comprehension

consonants *Character and Setting
Language: alphabetize *Monitor and Clarify
Spelling:
Fluency
rock job
*Appropriate rate
sack mess
list sad Writing and Conventions
tag dust *Trait: conventions
desk chop *Mini-Lesson: personal narrative
rib drum *Conventions: sentences

High Frequency Words and Selection Vocabulary

beautiful country friend

front someone somewhere

cousins meadow parents promise

Amazing Words
investigate rural urban downy

perch founders muttered unanimous

 Exploring Space
With an Astronaut
Unit 1, Week 2
Main Selection, pp.58-71
Paired Selection, pp.76-79
Question of the Week: What can we learn by exploring space?

Phonics: Long vowels VCe Text-Based Comprehension

Language: positional words *Main Idea and Details
Spelling: *Text Structure
page huge Fluency
size rice *Accuracy
late space
race mice Writing and Conventions
nose blaze *Trait: sentences
fine vote *Mini-Lesson: expository nonfiction
*Conventions: subjects

High Frequency Words and Selection Vocabulary

everywhere woman machines

live move work world

astronaut experiment gravity shuttle telescope

Amazing Words

ascend descend orbit universe

enormous journey launch meteorite

 Henry and Mudge
And the Starry Night
Unit 1, Week 3
Main Selection, pp.88-103
Paired Selection, pp.108-111
Question of the Week: What can we discover by exploring nature?

Phonics: consonant blends Text-Based Comprehension

Language: synonyms *Character and Setting
Spelling: *Story Structure
stop stream
hand breeze Fluency
clip nest *Accuracy and Appropriate Rate
twin ask
Writing and Conventions
strap mask
*Trait: organization
brave state
*Mini-Lesson: realistic fiction
*Conventions: predicates

High Frequency Words

father straight couldn't

bear mother build love

drooled lanterns shivered snuggled

Amazing Words

galaxy tranquil wildlife secure

fledglings detective fascinating slimy

 A Walk in the
Desert
Unit 1, Week 4
Main Selection, pp.120-139
Paired Selection, pp.144-147
Question of the Week: What can we learn by exploring the desert?

Phonics: inflected endings Text-Based Comprehension

Language: alphabetize *Main Idea and Details
Spelling: *Important Ideas
dropped dropping Fluency
excited exciting *Appropriate Phrasing
lifted lifting
hugged hugging Writing and Conventions
smiled smiling *Trait: word choice
talked talking *Mini-Lesson: brief report
*Conventions: declarative and
interrogative sentences

High Frequency Words and Selection Vocabulary

animals early eyes

full warm water

cactus climate desert coyote harsh

Amazing Words

arid landform ledge haven

precipitation extinct dunes forbidding

 The

Strongest
One
Unit 1, Week 5
Main Selection, pp.156-173
Paired Selection, pp.178-181
Question of the Week: How does exploration help us find answers?
Comprehension
Phonics: consonant digraphs
*Skill: Facts and Details
Language: synonyms
*Strategy: predict and set purpose
Spelling:
that shape Fluency
when chase *expression and intonation
them patch
itch math Writing and Conventions
wish whale *Trait: conventions
what bunch *Mini-Lesson: Play Scene
*Conventions: imperative and
exclamatory sentences

High Frequency Words and Selection Vocabulary

gone learn often

pieces though together very

dangerous gnaws narrator relatives

Amazing Words

delicate inquire sturdy exhibit

resist stun genius satisfaction

 Guided Readers for 2.1

Unit 1, Week 1: Unit 1, Week 2:

The Twin Club Exploring Space
BL: Country Mouse and BL: All About
City Mouse Astronauts
OL: The New Kid OL: An Astronaut
A: County Friends, Space Walk
City Friends A: Look At Our Galaxy

Unit 1, Week 3:
Unit 5, Week 4:
Henry and Mudge
A Walk in the Desert
BL: Camping with Pup
BL: Desert
OL: Camping at
OL: Desert Animals
Crescent Lake
A: The Hummingbird
A: At Home in the
Wilderness

Unit 1, Week 5: Notes:

The Strongest One
BL: Too Many Rabbit
Holes
OL: Glooskap and
The First Summer
A: The First People
To Fly
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