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Alternate Unit 5
2nd Grade
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Explain what role Miss Kelly plays in the solution to Andrew’s problem by identifying and describing roles between characters.
Book: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume — Chapter 5
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How does Miss Kelly help Andrew solve his problem? Why does she help him?
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Why did Andrew decorate his face and neck with blue dots?
How does Miss Kelly respond to Andrew’s “freckles?” Why?
Model fluent reading: Watch as I read this page fluently. What do you notice about how I read Nicky’s dialogue?
The book ends with Sharon telling Nicky that she knows a “secret recipe” to get rid of freckles. What does this show us about Sharon?
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RL.2.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RF.2.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.2.1.f — Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
L.2.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
RF.2.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
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.
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.
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.
SL.2.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
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Make sentences better and more interesting by combining two or more sentences.
Describe Sharon by making inferences based on the words and phrases Judy Blume uses to characterize and describe Sharon.
Standards
L.2.6RF.2.4RL.2.3RL.2.5
Describe how Andrew is desperate by analyzing details to draw conclusions about characters’ actions and motivations.
L.2.6RF.2.4RL.2.3
Describe how Andrew has changed and how Sharon’s and Andrew’s personalities contributed to the change by making inferences about character change and relationships.
L.2.6RF.2.4RL.2.3RL.2.6
Describe how Andrew feels about Sharon by making inferences based on evidence that shows a character’s perspective on another character.
RF.2.4RL.2.3RL.2.6
RF.2.4RL.2.3
L.2.1.f
Explain how other people influenced the decisions that Andrew made and what we can learn from him to make our lives better by identifying and interpreting key details that support the main lesson of a text.
L.2.1.cRL.2.2RL.2.5SL.2.1SL.2.2W.2.2
Predict what will happen in Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up by identifying and explaining evidence about character actions and motivations.
Explain why Keena’s mom thinks a journal is a good idea by drawing conclusions about character motivation and relationships.
Describe Eric and Keena’s relationship by drawing conclusions about character motivation and relationships.
L.2.6RF.2.4RL.2.3RL.2.4
Describe the relationship between Keena and her dad by identifying and describing evidence that shows character relationships and feelings.
Explain how Keena’s feelings about second grade change by identifying evidence that shows character feelings and character change.
Describe what “mess” Keena gets herself into and what she decides to do by identifying evidence that shows character conflict and perspective.
Write a letter to Keena describing what she should do by stating an opinion and supporting the opinion with details from the text and personal connections.
RL.2.2RL.2.5W.2.1
Describe the conflicting feelings that Keena has by identifying and explaining evidence that shows character feelings and perspective.
Describe what makes Keena believe that it really is her birthday and how her mom responds by identifying and explaining evidence that shows character feeling and perspective.
Describe how Ms. Campbell responds to Keena’s lies and what this tells us about Ms. Campbell by identifying and explaining evidence that shows character feeling and perspective.
RF.2.4RL.2.3RL.2.4
Write a letter to Keena describing what she should do by stating a claim and supporting the claim with details from the text and personal connections.
RL.2.2RL.2.5SL.2.1SL.2.2W.2.1
Explain how Keena feels about Linny and why they become friends by identifying and describing key details that show character feelings and relationships.
Explain why Keena decides to go into Ms. Hanson’s classroom by identifying and describing key details that show character feelings and motivations.
Analyze how Ms. Campbell is feeling and why by Close Reading a text to determine evidence that deepens understanding of character feelings and motivations.
Describe how Keena, Eric, and Ms. Campbell show forgiveness by identifying and describing key details that support the main lesson of a text.
RF.2.4RL.2.2RL.2.3
Discuss and debate unit Essential Questions by stating an opinion and supporting the opinion with evidence and details from the entire unit.
L.2.6RL.2.3RL.2.5SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.6W.2.8
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Write a letter to an incoming second grader describing what lessons you have learned from the unit texts and how they can apply them to their own life.
L.2.1.fL.2.2.bSL.2.4W.2.1W.2.5W.2.8
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