Exploration: Animals, Animals, Animals Planning & Pacing
Grade 2 • Week 1 120 minutes (*90 minutes)
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
Comprehension Focus Read-Aloud: What If You Had Animal Feet!? SZ TG pp. 16–17 SZ SH p. 4
Comprehension Focus Read-Aloud: Who Would Win? Whale vs. Giant Squid SZ TG pp. 18–19 SZ SH p. 7 Phonics Focus Short Reads Decodables Student Card #45: “It’s a Drone!” • Phonemic Awareness • Before Reading • First Reading • Write From Dictation PB TG pp. 12–13
Comprehension Focus Read-Aloud: Please Be Nice to Sharks SZ TG pp. 20–21 SZ SH p. 10
Comprehension Focus Read-Aloud: What If You Had Animal Ears!? SZ TG pp. 22–23 SZ SH p. 13
Whole Class
Phonics Focus Short Reads Decodables Student Card #44: “A Huge Pet” • Phonemic Awareness • Before Reading • First Reading • Write From Dictation PB TG pp. 10–11
Phonics Focus Short Reads Decodables
Phonics Focus Short Reads Decodables
Small Group
Student Power-Up! Card #3: “The Space Explorer” • Phonemic Awareness • Before Reading
Student Power-Up! Card #3: “The Space Explorer” • Second Reading • After Reading– Discuss the Story • Write From Dictation PB TG pp. 14–15
Group A
Phonics Booster Kit 3
• First Reading PB TG pp. 14–15
Rotate after first session
Word Work Word Study SZ TG p. 32 SZ SH pp. 5–6
Word Work Word Study SZ TG p. 33 SZ SH pp. 8–9
Word Work Word Study SZ TG p. 34 SZ SH pp. 11–12
Word Work Word Study SZ TG p. 35 SZ SH pp. 14–15
Partner/ Group Work
Group B
Writing & Speaking Introduce the focused writing type for the unit: Informative/ Explanatory writing. SZ TG p. 114
Writing & Speaking Introduce and Review Student Writing Samples: • Talk About It Activity • Duplicate and hand out copies from ( SZ TG p. 115) • Discuss the
Writing & Speaking • Introduce • Read-Aloud: Chameleons Are Cool • Talk About It (Bullets 1–2) SZ TG p. 116
Writing & Speaking • Read-Aloud: Chameleons Are Cool • Talk About It (Bullets 3–4) • Review SZ TG p. 116
Whole Class
strengths and weaknesses of each: Sample A (weak), Sample B (strong)
SZ TG p. 114–115
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