Second Grade Unit Plan (Reading/Language Arts)

Unit 1: Friends & Family

Dates: September 26- October 13
Focus Standards: RL2.1, RF2.3, RF2.4, SL2.1, L2.1, L2.2
Guiding Questions:
How do friends depend on each other?
How are families around the world the same and different?
How can a pet be an important friend?
What happens when families work together?

Unit 2: Animal Discoveries

Dates: October 17- December 1
Focus Standards: RL2.1, RF2.3, RF2.4, SL2.1, L2.1, L2.2
Guiding Questions:
How do animals survive?
What can animals in stories teach us?
How are offspring like their parents?
What do researchers do?

Unit 3: Live & Learn

Dates: December 5- February 15
Focus Standards: RL2.1, RF2.3, RF2.4, SL2.1, L2.1, L2.2
Guiding Questions:
How do the Earths forces affect us?
What can we see in the sky?
How can people help out their community?
How does weather affect us?
What do researchers do?

Unit 4: Our Life/Our World

Dates: February 20- March 6
Focus Standards: RL2.1, RF2.3, RF2.4, SL2.1, L2.1, L2.2
Guiding Questions:
How does the Earth change?
How are kids around the world different?
How can we understand nature?Units 5/6: Lets Make a Difference/How on Earth
Dates: April 11- May 1
Focus Standards: RL2.1, RF2.3, RF2.4, SL2.1, L2.1, L2.2
Guiding Questions:
What do good citizens do?
How do people get along?
What do heroes do?
What do myths help us understand?
Why is teamwork important?

Poetry Unit
Dates: May 2- May 31
Focus Standards: RL2.1, RF2.3, RF2.4, SL2.1, L2.1, L2.2

Inquiry Unit
Dates: June 1- June 12
Focus Standards: RL2.1, RF2.3, RF2.4, SL2.1, L2.1, L2.2