Grade Level & Subject: Grade 2 Reading		Curriculum Map	Year 2003-04
Calendar	August	September	October/November
	First Nine Weeks - August - October
Possible Resources	Collections Grade 2 Harcourt 2001 (Anchor Text)
Nine Weeks Focus	Collections Grade 2 Student Pages 1-153 2-1 (Anchor Text) Children learn how people discover new things about themselves through experiences and relationships and that these differences make each person special.
Skills/Standards (To teach and measure)	Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition, and Fluency 3. Blend phonemes (sounds) of letters and syllables to read unknown words with one or more syllables. 4. Use knowledge of common word families (e.g., -ite or –ate) to sound out unfamiliar words. 7. Identify words as having either short or long vowel sounds. Acquisition of Vocabulary 1. Use knowledge of word order and in-sentence context clues to support word identification and to define unknown words while reading. 3. Classify words into categories (e.g., colors, fruits, vegetables) 4. Read accurately high-frequency sight words. 6. Determine the meaning of compound words (e.g., lunchroom, baseball) by explaining the relationship between the words contained in the compound. Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies, and Self-Monitoring Strategies 1. Establish a purpose for reading (e.g., to be informed, to follow, to follow directions or to be entertained). 3. Compare and contrast information in texts with prior knowledge and experience. 5. Create and use graphic organizers, such as Venn Diagrams and webs, to demonstrate comprehension. 6. Answer literal, inferential, and evaluative questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media. 7.Monitor comprehension by recognizing when text does not make sense and look back or read on to reinforce comprehension. 8. Monitor reading comprehension by identifying word errors and self-correcting. Reading Applications: Informational, Technical, and Persuasive Text 2. Arrange events from informational text in sequential order. Reading Applications: Literary Text 2. Describe characters and setting.
Assessment Choices	Textbook Assessments for Comprehension