Grade 2 Language Arts — Term 1, Week 8

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Grade 2 Language Arts · Term 1, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	(1) identify long e vowel teams; (2) read words; (3) spell words in context.
Materials	Highlighters, decodable text.
Key vocabulary	vowel team, ee, ea, tree, leaf
Engage (starter)	(10 min) "See the green leaf." Listen to the sounds.
Develop (main)	(35 min) Intro ee and ea. Hand out decodable text; students highlight ee words yellow and ea words green. Word dictation.
Plenary (close)	(10 min) Read highlighted text aloud.
Assessment	Highlighting and dictation accuracy.
Teacher notes	Note that ea can sometimes say short e, but focus on long e here.

Grade 2 Language Arts · Term 1, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	(1) define a series/list; (2) use commas to separate items; (3) punctuate sentences.
Materials	Sentence strips, pasta (for commas).
Key vocabulary	comma, list, series, separate
Engage (starter)	(10 min) Read a list very fast without breathing. Add commas to show pauses.
Develop (main)	(35 min) Explain the rule for commas in a series of 3 or more items. Use pasta to place commas on strips. Worksheet: add commas to lists.
Plenary (close)	(10 min) Whiteboard practice.
Assessment	Correct comma placement.
Teacher notes	Include the serial comma before "and".

Grade 2 Language Arts · Term 1, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	(1) retell a story; (2) include characters, setting, and main events; (3) use a graphic organizer.
Materials	Story map graphic organizers, familiar story.
Key vocabulary	retell, character, setting, events
Engage (starter)	(10 min) "If you tell a friend about a movie, you retell it. Let's retell a story."
Develop (main)	(35 min) Read story. Model filling out the story map. Students use the story map to verbally retell the story to a partner in their own words.
Plenary (close)	(10 min) Choose volunteers to retell to the class.
Assessment	Retell includes all key elements.
Teacher notes	Focus on verbal fluency and comprehension.

Grade 2 Language Arts · Term 1, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	(1) use brainstorm web; (2) write middle and end; (3) use transition words.
Materials	Drafts from Day 34, transition word list.
Key vocabulary	middle, end, sequence, transition
Engage (starter)	(10 min) "What happened next in your story?"
Develop (main)	(35 min) Review the webs and beginning sentences. Provide transition words (then, next, finally). Students draft the middle (the main event) and the end (how they felt).
Plenary (close)	(10 min) Partner read drafts.
Assessment	Draft contains a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Teacher notes	Focus on getting the story down; editing comes later.

Grade 2 Language Arts · Term 1, Week 8 · 60 minutes

Objectives	(1) demonstrate vowel team knowledge; (2) punctuate lists and fix fragments; (3) retell a story.
Materials	Assessment booklet.
Key vocabulary	assessment, review
Engage (starter)	(10 min) Quick review of commas and vowel teams.
Develop (main)	(35 min) Administer Month 2 check-in covering phonics, grammar, and a short reading comprehension passage.
Plenary (close)	(10 min) Free read or drawing time.
Assessment	Formal rubric data.
Teacher notes	Evaluate readiness for Term 1 Month 3.