CLARKSTON ELEMENTARY 2013-14 YEAR AT A GLANCE

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Related Standards Formative Assessment Activities
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Close Reading skills
Benchmark book sets: Chose a
level 18 bags and teach whole
group with close reading questions
Trade Books: (suggestions from
ELA appendix B)
Benchmark Posters:
Use text to teach strategy not
strategy to teach.
1. Draw Conclusions
2. Identify Sequence of Events
3. Making Connections
4. Asking Qusetions
Unit 1: Closed Syllable patterns
RF2.3.A, L2.2.D
Unit 2: CVC Syllable patterns
RF2.3.A, L2.2.D
Unit3: Open Syllable patterns
L2.2.D, RF2.3.A
Unit4:Long a Diagraph Syllables
L2.2.D, RF2.3.A
Unit 5:Long o Diagraph Syllables
L2.2.D, RF2.3.B
Unit 6:Long e diagraphs L2.2.D,
RF2.3.B
Unit 7:Long i diagraphs L2.2D,
RF2.3.B
Unit 8:r-controlled s syllable
L2.2.D,
Unit 9:r-controlled o syllable
L2.2.D
Making, revising, and predicting;
Making Inferences; Authors
Purpose; Analyze Story Elements
See Second grade Trimester 1
Timeline
Dibles
Teacher Observation
ORFA
Spiral Up Units 1-9
CSA 2
nd
grade test
Reading Logs
Written responses
Spelling Tests
Benchmark book bags
Close reading Strategies
Spiral Up
Group and individual writing
See Common Core Grade Level Flip
Chart
CLARKSTON ELEMENTARY 2013-14 YEAR AT A GLANCE



Content
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Skills
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Close reading Skills
Benchmark book sets: Choose a
level 22 book and teach whole
group with close reading
questions.
Trade Books: (suggestion from ELA
appendix B)
Benchmark Posters: Used text to
teach strategy not strategy to
teach text.
Use text to teach strategy not
strategy to teach.
1. Make, revise and confirm
predictions
2. Make Inferences
3. Identify Authors Purpose
4. Analyze Story Elements

Unit 10: r-controlled e,I,u syllable
L2.2D
Unit 11: R-controlled/ar/ syllable
L2.2.D
Unit 12: Vowel Diphthongs /oi/
syllable RF2.3.B
Unit 13: Vowel Diphthongs /ou/
syllable RF2.3.B
Unit 14: Variant long vowels/oo/
RF2.3.B
Unit 15: Variant short vowels
RF2.3.B
Unit 16: Variant vowel /o/ RF2.3.B
Unit 17: Consonant +le syllable
L2.2.D
Unit 18: Compound words and
silent letters L2.2.D, RF2.3.C
Unit 19: Contractions L2.2.C, L2.1.C
Unit 20: Regular Plurals L2.2.F
Make revise and Confirm
Predictions, Make References,
Identify Authors Purpose, Analyze
story elements
See Second Grade
Trimester 2 Timeline
Dibles
Teacher Observation
ORFA
Spiral Up Units 10=20
CSA 2
nd
grade test
Reading Logs
Written responses
Spelling Tests
Benchmark book bags
Close reading Strategies
Spiral Up
Group and individual writing
See Common Core Grade Level Flip
Chart
CLARKSTON ELEMENTARY 2013-14 YEAR AT A GLANCE



Content
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Skills
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Related Standards Formative Assessment Activities
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Close Reading Skills
Benchmark Book sets; Choose a level 28
book and teach whole group with close
reading questions.

Trade Books: (suggestion from ELA
appendix B)
Benchmark Posters:
Use text to teach strategy not strategy to
teach.
1. Identify Main Idea and
Supporting Details
2. Compare and Contrast
3. Cause and Effect
4. Summarize Information

Unit 21: Irregular Plurals L2.1.B
Unit 22: -ed, -ing, endings RF2.3.D,
L2.4.B
Unit 23 : -er,-or endings RF2.3.D,
L2.4.B
Unit 24: Comparatives L.2.5.B,
RF2.3.D
Unit 25: -y endings RF2.3.D,
L2.4.B
Unit 26: -ly endings RF2.3.D, L2.4.B
Unit 27: Prefix un- RF2.3.D, L2.4.B
Unit 28: Prefix re- RF2.3.D, L2.4.B
Unit 29: Prefix dis- RF2.3.D, L2.4.B
Unit 30: Suffix less RF2.3.D, L2.4.B
Unit 31: Suffixes sion, -tion, -ion
RF2.3.F
Unit 32: Greek Roots RF2.3.D
L2.4.C
Identify main Idea with supporting
details, Compare and contrast, Cause
and effect. Summarize information
See Second Grade
Trimester 3 Timeline
Dibles
Teacher Observation
ORFA
Spiral Up Units 10=20
CSA 2
nd
grade test
Reading Logs
Written responses
Spelling Tests
Benchmark book bags
Close reading Strategies
Spiral Up
Group and individual writing
See Common Core Grade Level Flip Chart
CLARKSTON ELEMENTARY 2013-14 YEAR AT A GLANCE