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CKLA Grade 2 Skills: Unit 5--Sir Gus

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Core Knowledge

Subject English Language Arts — Language, Reading Foundational Skills, Reading Standards for Fiction, Writing

Grade Level Grade 2

Attributes

Good for Parents

Standards Alignment

Common Core State Standards

License

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About This Lesson

Focus: Unit 5 introduces spelling alternatives for vowel sounds and the schwa sound. Students practice chunking phonemes as a means of reading multi-syllable words. They review grammar skills and learn about adjectives, as well as how to identify the subject and predicate in a complete sentence. Additionally, students continue to practice narrative writing by rewriting an ending to a story from their decodable Student Reader, Sir Gus.

Number of Lessons: 30

Lesson Time: 60 minutes each. Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.

Individual Resources: Teacher Guide, Student Workbook, Student Reader

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External resources

Skills Unit 5--Sir Gus

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Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1

Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.3

Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.6

Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7

Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.3

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.3.d

Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.3.e

Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.3.f

Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4.a

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4.c

Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.3

Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.