GRADE 2
UNIT 3: OPINION WRITING Week Days 1 and 2
UNIT 5: INFORMATIONAL WRITING Week Days 1 and 2
Days 3 and 4
Day 5
Days 3 and 4
Day 5
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• Mode Lesson: Claim/Opinion • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 4–7 • Mentor Text: Red Shoes • Mode Lesson: Evidence • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 8–11 • Mentor Text: Red Shoes • Mode Lesson: Logic • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 12–15 • Mentor Text: Red Shoes • Trait Lesson: Punctuating Powerfully (Conventions) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 8–9 • Mentor Text: The Whales
• Trait Lesson: Creating a Mighty Middle (Organization) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 6–7 • Mentor Text: A to Z: Kenya • Trait Lesson: Communicating With Sparkle and Pizzazz (Voice) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 6–7 • Mentor Text: Detective Blue • Trait Lesson: Picking “Just Right” Words (Word Choice) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 6–7 • Mentor Text: Gone With the Wand Invite students to choose a favorite piece of writing from the unit and share it with the class.
Conventions: Teach a grade-level standard for conventions and have students apply it by editing a piece of their writing from this week.
• Mode Lesson: Facts and Details • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 4–7 • Mentor Text: Misunderstood Shark: Friends Don’t Eat Friends* • Mode Lesson: Structure and Features • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 8–11 • Mentor Text: Misunderstood Shark: Friends Don’t Eat Friends* • Mode Lesson: Clarity and Focus • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 12–15 • Mentor Text: Misunderstood Shark: Friends Don’t Eat Friends* • Trait Lesson: Using Juicy Details (Ideas) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 10–11 • Mentor Text: Tony Baloney
• Trait Lesson: Reaching Out to the Reader (Voice) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 8–9 • Mentor Text: Detective Blue
Conventions: Teach a grade-level standard for conventions and have students apply it by editing a piece of their writing from this week.
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• Trait Lesson: Stretching for Never-Before-Tried Words (Word Choice)
• TCP Teaching Guide, pages 8–9 • Mentor Text: Gone With the Wand • Trait Lesson: Varying Sentence Lengths (Sentence Fluency) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 8–9 • Mentor Text: Hot Rod Hamster Invite students to choose a favorite piece of writing from the unit and share it with the class.
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UNIT 4: NARRATIVE WRITING Week Days 1 and 2
UNIT 6: OPINION WRITING Week Days 1 and 2
Days 3 and 4
Day 5
Days 3 and 4
Day 5
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• Mode Lesson: Plot • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 4–7 • Mentor Text: Finding Home
• Trait Lesson: Starting Sentences in Different Ways (Sentence Fluency) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 6–7 • Mentor Text: Hot Rod Hamster • Trait Lesson: Staying With the Big Idea (Ideas) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 8–9 • Mentor Text: Tony Baloney • Trait Lesson: Finishing With an Excellent Ending (Organization) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 8–9 • Mentor Text: A to Z: Kenya Invite students to choose a favorite piece of writing from the unit and share it with the class.
Conventions: Teach a grade-level standard for conventions and have students apply it by editing a piece of their writing from this week.
1
• Mode Lesson: Claim/Opinion • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 4–7 • Mentor Text: Surprise! • Mode Lesson: Evidence • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 8–11 • Mentor Text: Surprise! • Mode Lesson: Logic • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 12–15 • Mentor Text: Surprise! • Trait Lesson: Making Smooth-Sounding Sentences (Sentence Fluency) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 10–11 • Mentor Text: Hot Rod Hamster
• Trait Lesson: Adding a Terrific Title (Organization) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 10–11 • Mentor Text: A to Z: Kenya • Trait Lesson: Saying Things in New Ways (Voice) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 10–11 • Mentor Text: Detective Blu e • Trait Lesson: Using Words to Create Meaning (Word Choice) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 10–11 • Mentor Text: Gone With the Wand Invite students to choose a favorite piece of writing from the unit and share it with the class.
Conventions: Teach a grade-level standard for conventions and have students apply it by editing a piece of their writing from this week.
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• Mode Lesson: Characters • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 8–11 • Mentor Text: Finding Home
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• Mode Lesson: Setting • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 12–15 • Mentor Text: Finding Home • Trait Lesson: Applying Basic Grammar (Conventions) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 10–11 • Mentor Text: The Whales
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*Hybrid text. See page 2 for an explanation.
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