Duval County ELA Curriculum Scope and Sequence for K-5
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Our ELA curriculum for grades 3, 4 and 5 is being updated to align to new standards and newly adopted resources. Please check back throughout the school year for updates. To view a calendar or unit overview, click on the title to expand the content.
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Kindergarten Instructional Calendar 2022-23
Calendar Key: Change in background color indicates a new Benchmark Advance Reading Unit.
August 2022
Testing Window: PM1: August 15, 2022-September 30, 2022
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
4
5
8
Pre-planning
9
Pre-planning
10
Pre-planning
District Training Day
11
Pre-planning
12
Pre-planning
15
First Day of School
Launch Foundations and Routines (FR)
16
17
18
19
22
23
24
25
26
29
30
31* Early Release Day
September 2022
Testing Window: PM1 August 15, 2022-September 26, 2022
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
5
Schools Closed
6
7
8
9
12
13
Flex Day
14
Begin Unit 1: Plants and Animals Have Needs
Unit 1 Week 1
15
16
19
20
21
Unit 1 Week 2
22
23
26
27
28* Early Release Day
Unit 1 Week 3
29
30
October 2022
Testing Window: iReady Diagnostic
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3
4
5
Begin Unit 2: Every Story Has Characters
Unit 2 Week 1
6
7
10
11
12
Unit 2 Week 2
13
14
Weather Day
17
Planning Day
18
19
20
21
Unit 2 Week 3
24
25
26 * Early Release Day
27
28
Flex Day
31
Begin Unit 3: Rules at Home and School
Unit 3 Week 1
November 2022
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
4
7
Unit 3 Week 2
8
9
10
11
Schools Closed
14
15
Unit 3 Week 3
16
17
18
21
22
Flex Day
23
Schools Closed
24
Schools Closed
25
Schools Closed
28
Begin Unit 4: Writers Tell Many Stories
Unit 4 Week 1
29
30* Early Release Day
December 2022
Testing Window: PM2 December 5, 2022-January 27, 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
5
Unit 4 Week 2
6
7
8
9
12
13
14* Early Release Day
15
16~
19 Schools Closed
20 Schools Closed
21 Schools Closed
22 Schools Closed
23 Schools Closed
26 Schools Closed
27 Schools Closed
28 Schools Closed
29 Schools Closed
30 Schools Closed
January 2023
Testing Window: PM2 December 5, 2022-January 27, 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
2
Schools Closed
3
Planning Day
4
Begin Unit 5: Technology at Home and School
Unit 5 Week 1
5
6
9
10
11
Unit 5 Week 2
12
13
16
Schools Closed
17
18
19
Unit 5 Week 3
20
23
24
25* Early Release Day
26
Begin Unit 6: Stories Have a Message
Unit 6 Week 1
27
30
31
February 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
Unit 6 Week 2
3
6
7
8
9
Unit 6 Week 3
10
13
14
15
16
Begin Unit 7: Holidays and Celebrations
Unit 7 Week 1
17
Weather Day
20
Schools Closed
21
22* Early Release Day
23
24
27
Unit 7 Week 2
28
March 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
6
Unit 7 Week 3
7
8
9
10~
13
14
15
16
17
20
Planning Day
21
Begin Unit 8: Weather and Seasons
Unit 8 Week 1
22
23
24
27
28
Unit 8 Week 2
29* Early Release Day
30
31
April 2023
Testing Window: iReady Reading Diagnostic TBD
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3
4
Unit 8 Week 3
5
6
7
Schools Closed
10
11
12
Flex Day
13
Begin Unit 9: Meeting Our Needs and Wants
Unit 9 Week 1
14
17
18
19
20
Unit 9 Week 2
21
24
25
26* Early Release Day
27
Unit 9 Week 3
28
May 2023
Testing Window: PM3 May 1, 2023- June 2, 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
4
Flex Day
5
Flex Day
8
Begin Unit 10: Forces and Motions
Unit 10 Week 1
9
10
11
12
15
Unit 10 Week 2
16
17* Early Release Day
18
19
22
Unit 10 Week 3
23
24
25
26
29
Schools Closed
30
Weather Day
31
Flex Day
June 2023
Testing Window: PM3 May 1, 2023-June 2, 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
Flex Day
2
Flex Day
5
Weather Day
6
Weather Day
7
Weather Day
8
Planning Day
9
Planning Day
12
13
14
15
16
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
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K- Unit 1 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Alphabet Review
Week 2: Focus Skill: m/m/, Preview: s /s/
Week 3: Focus Skill: a/a/, Preview i /i/
High Frequency Words- I, like (Challenge: eat)
Reading
Week 1: First Reading: Ask and Answer Questions to Learn about Animals and Their Needs, Identify Parts of a Book, Identify the Topic and Multiple Details, First Reading: Create Mental Images About How Plants Live and Grow, Use Pictures to Support the Meaning in a Text, Build Knowledge: Plants and Animals Have Needs.
Week 2: First Reading: Ask and Answer Questions about What Plants Need to Live and Grow, Identify Parts of a Book, Find Text Evidence: Describe the Relationship Between Illustrations and the Text, Recognize Informational Text Features: Photographs, Labels, and Captions, Recognize Informational Text Features: Illustrations, Captions, and Labels, Build Knowledge: Plants and Animals Have Needs.
Week 3: First Reading: Create Mental Images about Animals and Their Needs, Identify the Topic and Multiple Details, Find Text Evidence: Informational Text Features: Labels and Captions, Recognize Informational Text Features: Illustrations, Captions, and Labels, Demonstrate Knowledge: Plants and Animals Have Needs- Complete Knowledge Blueprint, Build Vocabulary: Relate Unknown Words to Background Knowledge
Communications
Week 1: Draw and Share a Message
Week 2: Draw, Write, and Share a Message
Week 3: Shared Writing: Draw, Write, and Share a Message
Assessments
Week 1-2: Weekly Assessments and/or Progress Monitoring
Week 3: Unit 1 Assessment
- Bolded areas are a review and spirals to the next week
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K- Unit 2 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Focus Skill: s/s/, Preview: t /t/, r /r/
Week 2: Focus Skill: t/t/, Preview: f /f/, h /h/, b /b/
Week 3: Focus Skill: n/n/, Preview: w /w/, p /p/
High-Frequency Words
Week 1: the, we
Week 2: go see
Week 3: go, see, like, I, the, we (Challenge- was, her, down)
Reading
Week 1: First Reading: Draw Inferences to learn about Characters’ Experiences in a Story, Describe the Main Characters in a Story, First Reading: Distinguish between Important and Unimportant Information About Characters, Build Vocabulary: Identify and Explain Descriptive Words in a Text, Use Main Characters and Important Events to Retell a Story, Compare and Contrast Characters’ Experiences in Stories, Build Knowledge: Every Story Has Characters
Week 2: First Reading: Draw Inferences to learn about Characters’ Experiences in a Story, Describe the Main Characters in a Story, Find Text Evidence: Describe Important Events in a Story, Build Vocabulary: Identify and Explain Descriptive Words in a Text, Explain the Roles of Author and Illustrator, Compare and Contrast Characters' Experiences in Stories, Build Knowledge: Every Story Has Characters
Week 3: First Reading: Distinguish Between Important and Unimportant Information About Characters, Describe Important Events in a Story, Find Text Evidence: Describe Main Characters in a Story, Build Vocabulary: Ask and Answer Questions About Unfamiliar Words in a Text, Explain the Roles of Author and Illustrator in a Story, Demonstrate Knowledge: Every Story Has Characters
Communications
Week 1-3: Shared Writing: Draw and Write a Narrative Text
Assessments
Week 1-2: Weekly Assessments and/or Progress Monitoring
Week 3: Unit 2 Assessment
- Bolded areas are a review and spirals to the next week
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K- Unit 3 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Focus Skill: i/i/, preview o/o/
Week 2: Focus Skill: f/f/, preview c/k/, j/j/
Week 3: Focus Skill: p/p/, preview g/g/, d/d/,k/k/
Reading
Week 1: Make Connections to Understand Why Rules are Important, Use Topic and Details to Retell a Text, Summarize and Synthesize Why Following Rules and Making Good Choices is Important, Describe Main Characters in a Story, Recognize that Text Conveys Meaning and Illustrations Support the Meaning.
Week 2: First Reading: Make Connections to Learn Why We Follow Rules at School, Use Topic and Details to Retell a Text, Find Text Evidence-How Images Support the Meaning of the Text, Recognize Informational Text Features: Table of Contexts, Identify the Topic of Details in a Text.
Week 3: First Reading: Summarize and Synthesize to Learn How Rules Help Us, Describe How the Illustrations Support the Story, Find Text Evidence: Describe Story Characters, Compare and Contrast the Experiences of Characters in Stories, Demonstrate Knowledge: Rules at Home and School
Communications
Week 1-3: Draw and Write an Expository Text
Assessments
Week 1-2: Weekly Assessments and/or Progress Monitoring
Week 3: Unit 3 Assessment
Bolded areas are a review and spirals to the next week.
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K- Unit 4 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Focus Skill: i/i/, preview o/o/
Week 2: Focus Skill: f/f/, preview c/k/, j/j/
Week 3: Focus Skill: p/p/, preview g/g/, d/d/,k/k/
Reading
Week 1: Make Connections to Understand Why Rules are Important, Use Topic and Details to Retell a Text, Summarize and Synthesize Why Following Rules and Making Good Choices is Important, Describe Main Characters in a Story, Recognize that Text Conveys Meaning and Illustrations Support the Meaning.
Week 2: First Reading: Make Connections to Learn Why We Follow Rules at School, Use Topic and Details to Retell a Text, Find Text Evidence-How Images Support the Meaning of the Text, Recognize Informational Text Features: Table of Contexts, Identify the Topic of Details in a Text.
Week 3: First Reading: Summarize and Synthesize to Learn How Rules Help Us, Describe How the Illustrations Support the Story, Find Text Evidence: Describe Story Characters, Compare and Contrast the Experiences of Characters in Stories, Demonstrate Knowledge: Rules at Home and School
Communications
Week 1-3: Draw and Write an Expository Text
Assessments
Week 1-2: Weekly Assessments and/or Progress Monitoring
Week 3: Unit 3 Assessment
Bolded areas are a review and spirals to the next week.
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K- Unit 5 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Focus Skill: b/b/, review h/h/
Week 2: Focus Skill: u/u/
Week 3: Focus Skill: r/r/
Reading
Week 1: First Reading: Draw Inferences to Learn about Technology, Use Topic and Details to Retell a Text, Recognize How Photographs and Captions Support the Text, Build Vocabulary: Ask and Answer Questions about Multiple-Meaning Words, First Reading: Distinguishing Between Important and Unimportant Information to Learn about Technology, Describe Characters, Setting, and Important Events.
Week 2: Recognize Informational Text Features: Illustrations and Captions, Find Text Evidence: Use Topic and Details to Retell a Text, Describe How Images Support the Meaning of the Text, Use Topic and Details to Retell Informational Texts, Build Knowledge: Technology at Home and School (Add to Blueprint)
Week 3: Identify and Describe Characters, Setting, and Important Events, Describe How the Illustrations Support the Text, Build Vocabulary: Sort Words into Categories, Find Text Evidence: Compare and Contrast Characters’ Experiences in Stories, Demonstrate Knowledge: Technology at Home and School (Complete the Blueprint)
Communications
Week 1: Draw and Write an Expository Text
Week 2: Shared Writing: Brainstorm Ideas, Chose Topic and Draft, Revise and Expand Expository Text.
Week 3: Shared Writing: Focus on Writer’s Craft: Expository Text (Edit and Publishing)
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K- Unit 6 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Focus Skill: e/e/, review r/r/
Week 2: Focus Skill: g/g/
Week 3: Focus Skill: d/d/
Reading
Week 1: First Reading: Make Connections to Stories that Teach about Working Together, Retell a Story Using Characters, Setting, and Important Events, First Reading: Summarize and Synthesize to Understand the Importance of Working Together, Build Vocabulary: Identify and Explain Descriptive Words in a Text, Retell a Story Using Characters, Setting, and Important Events, Compare and Contrast Characters’ Experiences in Stories, and Begin Knowledge Blueprint.
Week 2: First Reading: Make Connections to Traditional Stories that Teach Lessons, Find Text Evidence: Describe Setting, Use Illustrations to Support Meaning in a Text, Describe Important Story Events, and add to the Knowledge Blueprint.
Week 3: First Reading: Summarize and Synthesize to Understand How to Accomplish Big Things, Retell Familiar Stories Including Details, Build Vocabulary: Ask and Answer Questions about Unfamiliar Words, and Demonstrate Knowledge: Stories Have a Message (Complete the Blueprint)
Communications
Week 1-3: Opinion Process Writing
Assessments
- Week 1-2: Unit 6 Progress Monitoring Assessments
- Week 3: Unit 6 Assessment
Bolded areas are a review and spirals to the next week
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K- Unit 7 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Focus Skill: w/w/
Week 2: Focus Skill: l/l/
Week 3: Focus Skill: j/j/
Reading
Week 1: First Reading: Apply Strategies to Learn about Holidays and Celebrations, Identify the Topic and Multiple Details in a Text, Describe Similarities Between Two Events, Build Vocabulary: Ask and Answer Questions about Unfamiliar Words, First Reading: Apply Strategies to Learn About Celebrating People, Text Features: Describe How Images Support the Meaning of the Text, Begin the Blueprint.
Week 2: First Reading: Apply Strategies to Learn About People We Celebrate, Find Text Evidence: Describe Similarities Between Two Individuals, Build Vocabulary: Ask and Answer Questions about Unfamiliar Words In A Text, Explain the Difference Between Opinions and Facts, Find Text Evidence: Recognize How Images Support the Text, and Add to the Blueprint.
Week 3: First Reading: Apply Strategies to Learn about Holidays and Celebrations, Explain the Difference Between Opinions and Facts, Find Text Evidence: Recognize How Images Support the Text,
Communications
Week 1-3: Narrative Process Writing
Assessments
- Week 1-2: Unit 7 Progress Monitoring Assessments
- Week 3: Unit 7 Assessment
Bolded areas are a review and spirals to the next week
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K- Unit 8 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Focus Skill: k/k/
Week 2: Focus Skill: y/y/
Week 3: Focus Skill: v/v/, q/kw/
Reading
Week 1: First Reading: Ask questions to Learn About Weather and Seasons, Identify the Topic and Multiple Details in a Text, First Reading: Apply Strategies to Learn About Weather and Seasons, Describe How Pictures Support Meaning in a Story, Describe Main Characters, Setting, and Important Events in a Story.
Week 2: Recognize and Use Informational Text Features: Captions, Describe How Pictures Support Meaning In a Text, Find Text Evidence: Use Titles, Headings, and Illustrations to Confirm the Topic of a Text, Use Topic and Details to Retell Informational Texts.
Week 3: Use Main Characters, Setting, and Important Events to Retell a Story, Find Text Evidence: Describe Main Characters, Setting, and Important Events in a Story, Compare and Contrast Characters’ Experiences in Stories, Demonstrate Knowledge: Weather and Seasons.
Communications
Week 1-3: Explanatory Writing
Assessments
- Week 1-2: Unit 8 Progress Monitoring Assessments
- Week 3: Unit 8 Assessment
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K- Unit 9 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Focus Skill: x/ks/, z/z/
Week 2: Focus Skill: Long a (final -e)
Week 3: Focus Skill: Long o (final -e)
Reading
Week 1: First Reading: Apply Strategies to Learn Why People Choose the Work They Do; Identify the Topic and Multiple Details in a Text; Use Topic and Details to Retell a Text; First Reading: Apply Strategies to Describe Why People Work; Describe Story Characters, Setting, and Important Events. Begin Knowledge Blueprint.
Week 2: Apply Strategies to Distinguish Between Wants and Needs; Use Text Features: Captions, Labels, and Illustrations; Use Illustrations to Support the Meaning of a Text. Add to Knowledge Blueprint.
Week 3: First Read: Apply Strategies to Learn About Earning Money; Find Text Evidence: Compare and Contrast the Experiences of Characters in Stories; Describe How Illustrations Support Meaning; Demonstrate Knowledge: Meeting Our Wants and Needs-Complete Knowledge Blueprint.
Communications
Week 1-3: Opinion Process Writing
Assessments
- Week 1-2: Unit 9 Progress Monitoring Assessments
- Week 3: Unit 9 Assessment
Bolded areas are a review and spirals to the next week
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K- Unit 10 Overview
Kindergarten Reading and Communication
Foundations
Week 1: Focus Skill: Long i (final -e)
Week 2: Focus Skill: Long u (final -e)
Week 3: Focus Skill: Long e (final -e, _e)
Reading
Week 1: First Reading: Apply Strategies to Understand What Makes Things Move; Describe How Pictures Support Meaning in a Text; First Reading: Apply Strategies to Learn About Forces and Motion; Describe How Pictures Support Meaning in a Text; Identify Topic and Details in Two Informational Texts.
Week 2: First Reading: Apply Strategies to Learn About Forces; Find Text Evidence: Identify the Topic and Multiple Details in a Text; Use Text Features to Identify the Topic and Details in a Text; Retell Informational Text Using Topic and Details.
Week 3: First Reading: Apply Strategies to Learn About Objects in Motion; Find Text Evidence: Retell Informational Text Using Topic and Details; Demonstrate Knowledge: Forces and Motion-Complete the Blueprint.
Communications
Week 1-2: Poetry Process Writing
Week 3: Writing Reflection: Narrative, Expository, Opinion, Poetry, and Shared Writing.
Assessments
- Week 1-2: Unit 10 Progress Monitoring Assessments
- Week 3: Unit 10 Assessment
Bolded areas are a review and spirals to the next week
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First Grade Instructional Calendar 2022-23
Calendar Key: Change in background color indicates a new Benchmark Advance Reading Unit.
August 2022
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8 Pre-Planning
9 Pre-Planning
10 Pre-Planning
District Training Day
11 Pre-Planning
12 Pre-Planning
15
Launch Foundations and Routines (FR)
16
17
18
19
22
23
24
25
26
29
30
31* Early Release Day
Testing Window: PM1 Reading August 15 - September 26, 2022
September 2022
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
5 Schools Closed
6
7
8
9
12
13
Flex Day
14
Begin Unit 1:
Plants and Animals Grow and Change
Unit 1 Week 1
15
16
19
20
21
Unit 1 Week 2
22
23
26
27
28* Early Release Day
Unit 1 Week 3
29
30
Testing Window: i-Ready Reading Diagnostic October 3-12, 2022
October 2022
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3
4
5
Begin Unit 2:
Many Kinds of Characters
Unit 2 Week 1
6
7
10
11~
12
Unit 2 Week 2
13
14 Weather Day
17 Planning Day
18
19
20
21
Unit 2 Week 3
24
25
26* Early Release Day
27
28
Flex Day
31
Begin Unit 3
Being a Good Community Member
Unit 3 Week 1
November 2022
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
4
7
Unit 3 Week 2
8
9
10
11 School Closed
14
15
Unit 3 Week 3
16
17
18
21
22
Flex Day
23 Schools Closed
24 Schools Closed
25 Schools Closed
28
Begin Unit 4
Stories Have a Narrator
Unit 4 Week 1
29
30* Early Release Day
December 2022
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
5
Unit 4 Week 2
6
7
8
9
12
Unit 4 Week 3
13
14* Early Release Day
15
16~
19 Schools Closed
20 Schools Closed
21 Schools Closed
22 Schools Closed
23 Schools Closed
26 Schools Closed
27 Schools Closed
28 Schools Closed
29 Schools Closed
30 Schools Closed
Testing Window: PM2 Reading January 4 - 27, 2023
January 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
2 School Closed
3 Planning Day
4
Begin Unit 5
Technology at Work
Unit 5 Week 1
5
6
9
10
11
Unit 5 Week 2
12
13
16 Schools Closed
17
18
19
Unit 5 Week 3
20
23
24
25* Early Release Day
26
Begin Unit 6
Stories Teach Many Lessons
Unit 6 Week 1
27
30
31
Testing Window: i-Ready Reading Diagnostic February 6 - 28, 2022
February 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
Unit 6 Week 2
3
6
7
8
9
Unit 6 Week 3
10
13
14
15
16
Begin Unit 7
Past, Present, Future
Unit 7 Week 1
17 Weather Day
20 School Closed
21
22*
23
24
27
Unit 7 Week 2
28
March 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
6
Unit 7 Week 3
7
8
9
10~
13
14
15
16
17
20
Planning Day
21
Begin Unit 8
Observing the Sky
Unit 8 Week 1
22
23
24
27
28
Unit 8 Week 2
29* Early Release Day
30
31
April 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3
4
Unit 8 Week 3
5
6
7
School Closed
10
11
12
Flex Day
13
Unit 9
We Use Goods and Services
Unit 9 Week 1
14
17
18
19
20
Unit 8 Week 2
21
24
25
26* Early Release Day
27
Unit 8 Week 3
28
Testing Window: PM3 May 1, 2023 – June 2, 2023
May 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
4
Flex Day
5
Flex Day
8
Unit 10
Exploring Sound, Light, and Heat
Unit 10 Week 1
9
10
11
12
15
Unit 10 Week 2
16
17* Early Release Day
18
19
22
Unit 10 Week 3
23
24
25
26
29 Schools Closed
30 Weather Day
31
Flex Day
Testing Window: PM3 May 1, 2023 – June 2, 2023
June 2023
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
Flex Day
2~
Flex Day
5
Weather Day
6
Weather Day
7
Weather Day
8
Planning Day
9
Planning Day
12
13
14
15
16
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
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1st- Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Overview
Foundations
Week 1
Focus Skill: short a
High Frequency Words: and, go, the, see, she
Week 2
Focus Skill: short i
High Frequency Words: little, play, you, with
Week 3
Focus Skill: short o
High Frequency Words: have, jump, no, one, for
Reading
Week 1: Ask Questions, Identify the Topic and Relevant Details, Retell the Text Using Topic and Relevant Details, Create Mental Images, Retell a Text by Using Story Elements
Week 2: Ask Questions, Identify the Topic and Relevant Details, Find Text Evidence: Use Text Features and Use Text Features to Retell a Text, Compare and Contrast Two Texts on the Same Topic
Week 3: Creating Mental Images, Identify and Describe Main Story Elements and Moral, Find Text Evidence, Identify and Describe Main Story Elements
Communication
Week 1: Write a Narrative, Write an Opinion;
Grammar- Common and Proper Nouns
Week 2: Write an Expository Text, Write an Opinion, Write a Narrative;
Grammar- Present-Tense Verbs and Past-Tense Verbs
Week 3: Write an Opinion, Write a Narrative;
Grammar- Singular and Plural Nouns, Future-Tense Verbs, Verb Tenses
Formal Assessment Opportunities
Weekly and Unit Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Cumulative Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3
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1st- Unit 2 Overview
Unit 2 Overview
Foundations
Week 1
Focus Skill: short e
High Frequency Words: look, are, said, to, my
Week 2
Focus Skill: short u
High Frequency Words: come, here, to, of
Week 3
Focus Skill: l-blends
High Frequency Words: put, what, want, this, saw
Reading
Week 1: Use text evidence to identify and describe characters and sequence of events; relevant details in the text for charters and events.
Week 2: Identify and describe characters and sequence of events using text evidence; retell using main story elements.
Week 3: Identify and describe characters and sequence of events using text evidence; retell using main story elements.
Communication
Weeks 1-3: Write narratives that retell two or more appropriately sequenced events, including relevant details and a sense of closure.
Formal Assessments
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (This assessment is cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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1st- Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Overview
Foundations
Week 1
Focus Skill: r-blends
High Frequency Words: now, do, which, went
Week 2
Focus Skill: s-blends
High Frequency Words: was, there, then, out
Week 3
Focus Skill: Final consonant blends
High Frequency Words: who, good, by, them
Reading
Week 1: Identify topic and relevant details in an informational text; make connections to relevant details.
Week 2: Identify topic and relevant details in an informational text; use text features to understand the text.
Week 3: Identify topic and relevant details in an informational text; retell using topic and important details.
Communication
Weeks 1-3: Write expository texts about a topic, using a source, providing facts and a sense of closure; improve writing by planning, editing, and revising.
Formal Assessments
Weekly Assessments (end of Weeks 1 & 2)
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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1st- Unit 4 Overview
Unit 4 Overview
Foundations (Phonics and Spelling)
Week 1
Consonant Digraphs: th, sh, ng
High Frequency Words: our, these, were, could
Week 2
Consonant Digraphs: ch, tch, wh
High Frequency Words: once, hurt, upon, that
Week 3
Words with Three Letter Blends
High Frequency Words: when, because, from, their
Reading
Week 1: Identify and describe main elements of a story; asking questions; creating mental images.
Week 2: Identify and describe main elements of a story; using text evidence; explain who is telling the story.
Week 3: Identify and describe main elements of a story; create mental images; use descriptive words.
Communication
Weeks 1-3:
Writing- Write opinions about a topic or text with at least one supporting reason from a source and a sense of closure; improve writing by planning, editing, and revising.
Grammar- Form plurals -y t -ies; Commas in a series
Formal Assessment Opportunities
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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1st- Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Overview
Foundations (Phonics and Spelling)
Week 1
Focus Skill: Long a (final e); Approximate Sounds
High Frequency Words: many, right, start, why
Week 2
Focus Skill: Long o (final e); Contractions with 'll,-re
High Frequency Words: find, how, over, under
Week 3
Focus Skill: Soft c and g; Contractions with "not"
High Frequency Words: far, give, too, try
Reading
Week 1: Identify the topic of and relevant details in a text; explain similarities and differences between information provided in visuals and words in an informational text; identify and describe main story elements.
Week 2: Identify the topic of and relevant details in a text; use text features including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations to demonstrate understanding of texts; explain similarities and differences between information provided in visuals and words.
Week 3: Identify and describe the main story elements in a story; find text evidence.
Communication
Weeks 1-3:
Writing- Write an explanation/expository piece about a topic with at least one supporting reason from a source and a sense of closure; improve writing by planning, editing, and revising.
Grammar- Using Interjections; Form and Use Past-Tense Irregular Verbs
Formal Assessment Opportunities
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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1st- Unit 6 Overview
Unit 6 Overview
Foundations (Phonics and Spelling)
Week 1
Focus Skill: Long i (final -e); Vce Syllables
High Frequency Words: after, call, her, large
Week 2
Focus Skill: Long u, e (final -e); Inflectional Endings (drop final -e)
High Frequency Words: house, long, off, small
Week 3
Focus Skill: Long a Vowel Teams; Inflectional Endings (double final consonant)
High Frequency Words: brown, live, work, year
Reading
Week 1: Identify and explain the moral of a story; Identify and describe the main characters, setting, and sequence of events; Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic.
Week 2: Identify and describe the main characters, setting, and sequence of events; Identify and explain the moral of a story.
Week 3: Identify and describe the main characters, setting, and sequence of events; Identify and explain the moral of a story.
Communication
Weeks 1-3:
Writing- Write opinions about a topic or text with at least one supporting reason from a source and a sense of closure; Improve writing by planning, editing, and revising.; share writing orally.
Grammar- Proper Nouns; Form Simple Sentences
Formal Assessment Opportunities
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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1st- Unit 7 Overview
Foundations (Phonics and Spelling)
Week 1
Focus Skill: Long o Spellings; Alphabetical Orders to Two Letters
High Frequency Words: always, found, know, your
Week 2
Focus Skill: Long e Spellings; Prefixes un- and re-
High Frequency Words: all, draw, people, where
Week 3
Focus Skill: Long i Spellings; Open Syllables
High Frequency Words: again, country, round, they
Reading
Week 1: Identify the topic of and relevant details in a text; use text features to understand a text; retell an informational text using topic and important details.
Week 2: Use text features to understand a text; identify the topic of and relevant details in a text; explain similarities and differences between information provided in visuals and words.
Week 3: Use text features to understand a text; identify the topic of and relevant details in a text; explain similarities and differences between information provided in visuals and words.
Communication
Weeks 1-3:
Writing-Write expository texts about a topic, using a source, providing facts and a sense of closure.; improve writing by planning, editing, and revising; share writing orally.
Grammar- Possessive Nouns; Noun-Verb Agreement
Formal Assessment Opportunities
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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1st- Unit 8 Overview
Foundations (Phonics and Spelling)
Week 1
Focus Skill: r-Controlled Vowel /ar/; Compound Words
High Frequency Words: four, boy
Week 2
Focus Skill: r-Controlled Vowel /or/; Approximate Sounds
High Frequency Words: move, change
Week 3
Focus Skill: r-Controlled Vowel /ur/; Syllables
High Frequency Words: every, earth
Reading
Week 1: Apply strategies to learn about observing the sky; identify and describe main story elements- sequence of events; apply strategies to learn about moon observation and exploration; explain similarities and differences between information in visuals and text; compare and contrast two texts on the same topic.
Week 2: Apply strategies to learn about the sky; explain similarities and differences between information in visuals and text; find text evidence-use text features to demonstrate understanding; find text evidence-identify topic and relevant details.
Week 3: Draw inferences to learn about the night sky; identify and describe main story elements-sequence of events; find text evidence-identify and explain the moral of a story; find text evidence-compare and contrast two texts on the same topic; demonstrate knowledge-observing the night sky.
Communication
Weeks 1-3
Writing- Opinion Process Writing
Grammar- Pronouns (Personal, Possessive, and Indefinite)
Formal Assessment Opportunities
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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1st- Unit 9 Overview
Foundations (Phonics and Spelling)
Week 1
Focus Skill: Vowel Sound /ou/; Comparative Inflectional Endings -er, -est
High Frequency Words: before, done
Week 2
Focus Skill: Vowel Sound /oi/; Suffix -ly
High Frequency Words: walk, buy
Week 3
Focus Skill: Vowel Sounds /oo/; Vowel-Team Syllables
High Frequency Words: does, another
Reading
Week 1: Apply strategies to learn how people use goods and services; Identify the topic and relevant details in a text; Retell a text using the topic and important details; Apply strategies to learn how people use goods and services; Identify an author's opinion about a topic.
Week 2: Apply strategies to learn how people use goods and services; Identify the topic and retell relevant details; Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic; Identify an author's opinion about a topic; Compare and contrast two text on the same topic.
Week 3: Apply strategies, Identify and explain the moral of a story; Identify and describe main story elements; Complete the Blueprint.
Communication
Weeks 1-3
Writing- Expository Research Report Process Writing
Grammar- Use comas in a series; Use plural possessives
Formal Assessment Opportunities
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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1st- Unit 10 Overview
Foundations (Phonics and Spelling)
Week 1
Focus Skill: Silent Letters, Apply Phonics and Vocabulary in Context
High Frequency Words: better, carry, learn, very
Week 2
Focus Skill: Vowel Sound /o/, Apply Phonics and Vocabulary in Context
High Frequency Words: mother, father, never, below
Week 3
Focus Skill: Long e Spelled -y, -ey, Apply Phonics and Vocabulary in Context
High Frequency Words: blue, answer, eight, any
Reading
Week 1: Apply Strategies to Understand Sound, Light, and Heat-Identify the topic of and relevant details in a text,
Identify and Explain Descriptive Words and Phrases, Use Context Clues to Explain Who Is Telling the Story, Use text features including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations to demonstrate understanding of texts.
Week 2: Apply Strategies to Understand Sound, Light, and Heat-Identify the topic of and relevant details in a text, Identify and Explain Descriptive Words and Phrases, Identify and Describe Main Story Elements (Characters), Make Inferences and Describe Main Story Elements (Setting), Compare and Contrast Two Texts on the Same Topic.
Week 3: Apply Strategies to Understand Sound, Light, and Heat-Identify the topic of and relevant details in a text, Use text features including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations to demonstrate understanding of texts, Compare and Contrast Two Texts on the Same Topic, Demonstrate Knowledge.
Communication
Weeks 1 and 2: Writing a Narrative Poem and Acrostic Poem
Week 3: Writing Reflection
Grammar:
Week 1- Irregular Plural Nouns
Week 2- Past-Tense Irregular Verbs
Week 3- Subject Verb Agreement
Formal Assessment Opportunities
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Cumulative Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 that includes weeks 1-3
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Second Grade Instructional Calendar 2022-23
Key: Change in background color indicates a new Benchmark Advance Reading Unit.
August
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
4
5
8 Pre-Planning
9 Pre-Planning
10 Pre-Planning
11 Pre-Planning
12 Pre-Planning
15 First Day of School
Foundations and Routines Unit
16
17
18
19
22
23
24
25
26
29 Unit 1 Week 1
30
31 *Early Release
September
Testing Window: FAST PM1 Reading (8/15-9/26)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
5 Schools Closed
6 Unit 1 Week 2
7
8
9
12
13 Unit 1 Week 3
14
15
16
19
20 Unit 1 Assessment
21 Unit 2 Week 1
22
23
26
27
28 * Early Release Day
Unit 2 Week 2
29
30
October
Testing Window: i-Ready Diagnostic Reading (10/3-10/28)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3
4
5 Unit 2 Week 3
6
7
10
11 ~
12 Unit 2 Assessment
13 Flex Day
14 Weather Day
17 Planning Day
18 Unit 3 Week 1
19
20
21
24
25 Unit 3 Week 2
26 *Early Release Day
27
28
31
November
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1 Unit 3 Week 3
2
3
4
7
8 Unit 3 Assessment
9 Unit 4 Week 1
10
11 Veteran’s Day- No School
14
15
16
17 Unit 4 Week 2
18
21
22 Flex Day
23 Schools Closed
24 Schools Closed
25 Schools Closed
28
29
30 *Early Release
Unit 4 Week 3
December
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
5
6
7 Unit 4 Assessment
8 Unit 5 Week 1
9
12
13
14 *Early Release Day
15 Flex Day
16 Flex Day
19 Schools Closed
20 Schools Closed
21 Schools Closed
22 Schools Closed
23 Schools Closed
26 Schools Closed
27 Schools Closed
28 Schools Closed
29 Schools Closed
30 Schools Closed
January
Testing Window: FAST PM2 Reading (1/4-1/27)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
2 Schools Closed
3 Planning Day
4 Unit 5 Week2
5
6
9
10
11 Unit 5 Week 3
12
13
16 Schools Closed
17
18
19 Unit 5 Assessment
20 Unit 6 Week 1
23
24
25 *Early Release Day
26
27 Unit 6 Week 2
30
31
February
Testing Window: i-Ready Diagnostic Reading (2/6-2/28)
DCPS PMA 3 (2/21-3/8)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3 Unit 6 Week 3
6
7
8
9
10 Unit 6 Assessment
13 Unit 7 Week 1
14
15
16
17 Schools Closed- Weather Day
20 Schools Closed
21
22 *Early Release Day
Unit 7 Week 2
23
24
27
28
March
Testing Window: DCPS PMA 3 (2/21-3/8)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1 Unit 7 Week 3
2
3
6
7
8 Unit 7 Assessment
9 Flex Day
10 Flex Day
13 Spring Break
14 Spring Break
15 Spring Break
16 Spring Break
17 Spring Break
20 Planning Day
21 Flex
22 Unit 8 Week 1
23
24
27
28
29 *Early Release Day
Unit 8 Week 2
30
31
April
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3
4
5 Unit 8 Week 3
6
7 No school
10
11
12
13 Unit 8 Assessment
14 Unit 9 Week 1
17
18
19
20
21 Unit 9 Week 2
24
25
26 *Early Release
27
28 Unit 9 Week 3
May
Testing Window: FAST PM3 Reading (5/1-6/2)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
4
5 Unit 9 Assessment
8 Flex Day
9 Unit 10 Week 1
10
11
12
15
16 Unit 10 Week 2
17 *Early Release Day
18
19
22
23 Unit 10 Week 3
24
25
26
29 Schools Closed
30
31 Unit 10 Assessment
June 1 Flex Day
June 2 ~
Flex Day
Last Day of School
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2nd- Unit 1 Overview
Foundations
- Week 1: Short Vowels, Blends, Consonant Digraphs
- Week 2: Words with Closed and Open Syllables
- Week 3: Words with Long a
Reading
- Week 1: Two passages – quick look at central idea and relevant details, touch on text features & main story elements.
- Week 2: One passage – closer look at central idea and relevant details – day 5 compares important details in multiple passages.
- Week 3: One passage – focus on plot structure and main story elements
Communications
- Weeks 1-3: Researching, drafting, writing and editing an expository essay. Essay is not published at the end of the unit.
Formal Assessments
- Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
- Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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2nd- Unit 2 Overview
Foundations
- Week 1: Long o: oa, o, oe, ow, o_e
- Week 2: Long e: ee, ea, e, y, ey, ie, e_e
- Week 3: Long i: ie, I, y, igh, i_e
Reading
- Week 1: Two passages – quick look at characters (describing and perspective), touch on theme.
- Week 2: One passage – closer look at character perspective
- Week 3: One passage – focus on character – day 4 compares character perspective in multiple passages.
Communications
- Weeks 1-3: Researching, drafting, writing and editing an opinion essay. Essay is not published at the end of the unit.
Formal Assessments
- Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
- Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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2nd- Unit 3 Overview
Foundations
- Week 1: Long /u/: u, ew, ue, u_e
- Week 2: r-controlled vowel ar
- Week 3: r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur
Reading
- Week 1: Two passages –informational and literary– central idea and relevant details/perspective
- Week 2: One passage – closer look at central idea and relevant details ~day 5 compares texts
- Week 3: One passage – focus on character – describing and perspective ~day 5 is a poem.
Communications
▪Weeks 1-3: Researching, drafting, writing, editing, and publishing an expository essay.
Formal Assessments
- Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
- Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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2nd- Unit 4 Overview
Foundations
Week 1: r-controlled vowels or, oar, ore
Week 2: r-controlled vowel ear, eer, ere
Week 3: r-controlled vowels eir, are, ear, ere
Reading
Week 1: Two passages –literary– story elements, character perspective, theme ~day 4 – new routine – two reading mini lessons
Week 2: One passage – closer look at story elements, character perspective, theme
Week 3: One passage – focus on character – describing and perspective - day 4 comparing theme ~day 5 is a poem.
Communication
Weeks 1-3: Researching, drafting, writing, an editing a fictional diary essay ~focus on character
Formal Assessments
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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2nd- Unit 5 Overview
Foundations
Week 1: VCe and Consonant -le Syllables
Week 2: Vowel Teams /oi/: oi, oy
Week 3: Vowel Teams /ou/: ou, ow
Reading
Week 1: Two passages –informational– central idea and relevant details, explain how text features contribute to the meaning of the text, author’s purpose
Week 2: One passage – closer look at central idea and relevant details, explain how text features contribute to the meaning of the text, author’s purpose
Week 3: One passage – relevant details, author’s purpose – day 3 using context clues for vocabulary- day 4 comparing and contrasting relevant details ~day 5 is a poem.
Communications
Weeks 1-3: Researching, drafting, writing, editing, and publishing an opinion essay ~using informational text for supporting evidence
Formal Assessments
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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2nd- Unit 6 Overview
Foundations
Week 1: Vowel Team /oo/; oo, ui, ew, ue, u
Week 2: Vowel Teams /oo/; oo, u
Week 3: Vowel Teams /o/; aw, au, al, (w)a
Reading
Week 1: Two passages –literary– summarize/synthesize text, theme and character perspective
Week 2: One passage – a closer look at theme and character perspective - how a character's perspective changes over time
Week 3: One passage – theme and character perspective – day 2 using context clues for vocabulary- ~day 5 is a poem.
Communications
Weeks 1-3: Researching, drafting, writing, editing, and publishing a fictional narrative
Formal Assessments
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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2nd- Unit 7 Overview
Foundations
Week 1: Compound Words and Silent Letters
Week 2: Inflectional Endings with Spelling Changes
Week 3: Related Root Words
Reading
Week 1: 2 Informational Texts - Students are beginning to choose which metacognitive strategy to use in the first reading of text. Identifying central idea and relevant details, using those details to retell, and how text features contribute to understanding
Week 2: 1 Informational Text - Close reading for the central idea and relevant details and how text features contribute to meaning
Week 3: Informational Text - Close reading for the central idea and relevant details and how text features contribute to meaning; Vocabulary in context on day 3
~day 5 is a poem.
Communications
Weeks 1-3: Researching, drafting, writing, editing, and publishing a Narrative Nonfiction Letter
Formal Assessments
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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2nd- Unit 8 Overview
Foundations
Week 1: Irregular and Plural Nouns (Introduced in 2nd grade, Mastered in 3rd grade)
Week 2: Suffixes -er, -or
Week 3: Suffixes -er, -est
Reading
Week 1: 2 Informational Texts - Students are continuing to choose which metacognitive strategy to use in the first reading of the text. Identifying central idea and relevant details, using those details to retell. New Learning: Explaining Author's Purpose and Opinion with supporting details
Week 2: 1 Informational Text - Close reading for the central idea and relevant details and how text features contribute to meaning. Close reading of Author's Purpose and Opinion. Comparing and Contrasting texts.
Week 3: Informational Text - Close reading for the central idea and relevant details and how text features contribute to meaning; Close reading of Author's Purpose and Opinion. Vocabulary in context on day 3
~day 5 is a poem.
Communications
Weeks 1-3: Researching, drafting, writing, editing, and publishing a Research Report
Formal Assessments
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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2nd- Unit 9 Overview
Foundations
Week 1: Suffixes -y, -ly
Week 2: Schwa
Week 3: Silent Letters
Reading
Week 1: Informational Text- Retelling using the central idea and relevant details, and explaining how text features contribute to the meaning of a text
Animal Fantasy Text- , Identifying different characters' perspective in a text and identifying the plot structure in a text
Week 2: Informational Text- Retelling a text using central idea and relevant details, explaining how text features contribute to meaning, comparing and contrasting important details in two texts on the same topic
Week 3: Literary Text- Describing Main Story Elements, identifying and use context clues, and identifying different characters' perspectives in a text
Communication
Weeks 1-3: Viewing, Organizing, Drafting, Revising, and Presenting a Multimedia Presentation
Formal Assessments
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & Week 2.
Cumulative Unit 9 Assessment at the end of Week 3.
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2nd- Unit 10 Overview
Foundations
Week 1: Possessives
Week 2: Prefixes un-, re-, dis-
Week 3: Suffixes -ful, -less
Reading
Week 1: 2 Informational Texts - Students are continuing to choose which metacognitive strategy to use in the first reading of the text. Retelling a text using central idea and relevant details and how text features contribute to meaning. New Learning: Procedural Text
Week 2: 1 Informational Text - Close reading for retelling a text using central idea and relevant details and how text features contribute to meaning.
Week 3: Informational Text - Close reading for retelling a text using central idea and relevant details and how text features contribute to meaning. Vocabulary in context on day 3 ~day 5 is a poem.
Communications
Weeks 1-2: Drafting, writing, editing, and publishing an Acrostic Poem
Week 3: Reflecting on narrative, expository, and opinion writing. Sharing writing.
Formal Assessments
Weekly Assessments at the end of Weeks 1 & 2
Unit Assessment at the end of Week 3 (cumulative- includes weeks 1-3)
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Third Grade Instructional Calendar 2022-23
Key: Change in background color indicates a new Benchmark Advance Reading Unit.
August
Testing Window: Achieve 3000 Level Set (8/12-9/10)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
4
5
8 Pre-Planning
9 Pre-Planning
10 Pre-Planning
11 Pre-Planning
12 Pre-Planning
15 First Day of School
Review and Routines Unit
16
17
18
19
22 Unit 1 Week 1
23
24
25
26
29 Unit 1 Week 2
30
31 Early Release
September
Testing Windows: Achieve 3000 Level Set (8/12-9/10)
FAST PM1 (9/6-9/30)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
5 Schools Closed
6 Unit 1 Week 3
7
8
9
12
13
Unit Assessments
Reading and Writing
Writing Conferences
14
Unit Assessments
Reading and Writing
Writing Conferences
15 Unit 2 Week 1
16
19
20
21
22 Unit 2 Week 2
23
26
27
28* Early Release Day
29 Unit 2 Week 3
30 Flex Day
October
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3
4
5
6
7
Unit Assessments
Reading and Writing
Writing Conferences
10
Unit Assessments
Reading and Writing
Writing Conferences
11 ~ Unit 3 Week 1
12
13
14 Weather Day
17 Planning Day
18
19
20 Unit 3 Week 2
21
24
25
26* Early Release Day
27 Unit 3 Week 3
28
31
November
Testing Window: Achieve 3000 Level Set (11/14-12/16)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
Unit Assessments
Reading and Writing
Writing Conferences
4
Unit Assessments
Reading and Writing
Writing Conferences
7 Unit 4 Week 1
8
9
10
11 Veteran’s Day
14
15 Unit 4 Week 2
16
17
18
21
22 Unit 4 Week 3
23 Schools Closed
24 Schools Closed
25 Schools Closed
28
29
30 *Early Release
December
Testing Window: Achieve 3000 Level Set (11/14-12/16)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
Unit Assessments
Reading and Writing
Writing Conferences
5
Unit Assessments
Reading and Writing
Writing Conferences
6
State Progress Monitor 2
7 Unit 5 Week 1
8
9
12
13
14* Early Release Day
Unit 5 Week 2
15
16~
19 Schools Closed
20 Schools Closed
21 Schools Closed
22 Schools Closed
23 Schools Closed
26 Schools Closed
27 Schools Closed
28 Schools Closed
29 Schools Closed
30 Schools Closed
January
Testing Window: FAST PM2 (1/4-1/27)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday