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Language Arts I. Listening and Speaking A. Classroom Discussion Understand and use language to express spatial and temporal relationships (up, down, ✓ first, last, before, after , etc.).
Maintain attention and actively participate in discussions about a variety of topics, ideas, and texts in both small and large group settings. Speak clearly with volume appropriate to the setting.
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Use agreed-upon rules for group discussions, i.e., look at and listen to the speaker, ✓ raise hand to speak, take turns, say “excuse me” or “please,” etc. Ask questions to clarify conversations, directions, exercises, and/or classroom routines. ✓
Carry on and participate in a conversation over at least six turns, staying on topic, initiating comments or responding to a partner’s comments, with either an adult or another child of the same age. Participate in a conversation or group discussion by making reference to, or building upon, a comment made by another person. Identify and express physical sensations, mental states, and emotions of self and others.
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Language Arts I. Listening and Speaking A. Classroom Discussion (cont.) ✓
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Cycles in Nature
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Follow multi-step, oral directions.
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Give simple directions.
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Provide simple explanations.
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Recite a nursery rhyme, poem or song independently, using appropriate eye contact, volume and clear enunciation.
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Give oral presentations about personal experiences, topics of interest, stories, and summaries of factual information that have been presented orally, visually or through multimedia, using appropriate eye contact, volume and clear enunciation.
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Understand and use narrative language to describe people, places, things, locations, events, actions.
Understand and use common sayings and phrases such as “Don’t judge a book by its cover” and “Better late than never” (see page 60).
B. Presentation of Ideas and Information
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Language Arts I. Listening and Speaking C. Comprehension and Discussion of Read-Alouds—All Texts ✓
Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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Answer questions requiring literal recall and understanding of the details and/or facts of ✓ a read-aloud, i.e., who, what, where, when, etc. Retell key details. ✓
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Summarize in one’s own words selected parts of a read-aloud.
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Cycles in Nature
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Sequence four to six pictures illustrating events in a read aloud.
Listen to and understand a variety of texts read aloud, including fictional stories, fairy tales, fables,the historical narratives, informational text, and poems. Distinguish following genres ofdrama, literature: fiction, nonfiction and drama. Describe illustrations.
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Use narrative language to describe people, places, things, locations, events, actions, a ✓ scene or facts in a read-aloud. Understand and use words and phrases heard in read-alouds. ✓
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Compare and contrast similarities and differences within a single read-aloud or between two or connections more read-alouds. Make personal to events or experiences in a read-aloud and/or make
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
connections among several read-alouds.
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Early Asian Civilizations
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Ask questions to clarify information in a read-aloud.
Prior to listening to a read-aloud, identify what they know and have learned that may be ✓ related to the specific story or topic to be read aloud. Use pictures accompanying the read-aloud to check and support understanding of the ✓ read-aloud.
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Language Arts I. Listening and Speaking C. Comprehension and Discussion of Read-Alouds—All Texts (cont.) ✓
Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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Greek Myths
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Answer questions that require making interpretations, judgments, or giving opinions ✓ about what is heard in a read-aloud, including answering “why” questions that require recognizing cause/effect relationships. Interpret information that is presented orally and then ask additional questions to clarify ✓ information or the topic in the read-aloud. Identify who is telling a story or providing information in a text. ✓
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Make predictions prior to and during a read-aloud, based on the title, pictures, and/or text heard thus far and then compare the actual outcomes to predictions.
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Insects
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D. Comprehension and Discussion of Read-Alouds—Fiction, Drama, and Poetry Retell a story, using narrative language to describe characters, setting(s), and the plot of the story in proper sequence.
Compare and contrast characters from different stories.
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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Greek Myths
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
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Describe characters in increasing depth by referring to dialogue and/or their actions in the story.
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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Change some story events and provide a different story ending.
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Greek Myths
Create and tell an original story, using narrative language to describe characters, setting(s), and the plot of the story in proper sequence.
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Distinguish fantasy from realistic text in a story.
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CKLA–Sequence Correlation: Grade 2 Sequence Content
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Language Arts I. Listening and Speaking D. Comprehension and Discussion of Read-Alouds—Fiction, Drama, and Poetry (cont.) ✓
Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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Demonstrate understanding of literary language (e.g., author, illustrator, characters, setting, plot, dialogue, personification, simile, and metaphor) and use some of these terms in retelling stories or creating their own stories.
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Identify repetitions in phrases, refrains, or sounds in poems or songs.
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Identify the moral or lesson of a fable, folktale, or myth.
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Westward Expansion
Identify sensory language and how it is used to describe people, objects, places, and events.
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Describe the use of rhyme, rhythm and sensory images used in poetry.
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E. Comprehension and Discussion of Read-Alouds—Nonfiction and Informational Text Generate questions and seek information from multiple sources to answer questions.
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Answer questions about the details of a nonfiction text, indicating which part of the text ✓ provided the information needed to answer specific questions.
With assistance, create and interpret timelines and lifelines related to text read independently. Interpret information presented in diagrams, charts, graphs, etc.
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Cycles in Nature
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Language Arts I. Listening and Speaking E. Comprehension and Discussion of Read-Alouds—Nonfiction and Informational Text (cont.) With assistance, categorize and organize facts and information for a given topic.
Distinguish text that describes events that happened long ago from text that describes contemporary or current events.
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A. Phonics: Decoding and Encoding Read tricky spellings that can be sounded two ways, e.g., the letter ‘s’ sounded /s/ as in cats and /z/ as in dogs . Read, understand, and write contractions, i.e.,isn’t, I’m, can’t, etc.
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Demonstrate understanding that a systematic, predictable relationship exists between written letters (graphemes) and spoken sounds (phonemes). Blend individual phonemes to pronounce printed words.
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Understand that sometimes two or more printed letters stand for a single sound.
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Read multi-syllable words containing any of the grapheme-phoneme correspondences ✓ listed below. Read and write words with inflectional endings, i.e., -s, -ed, -ing, -er, -est. ✓
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Language Arts II. Reading A. Phonics: Decoding and Encoding (cont.) Sort and classify words according to the spelling used to represent a specific phoneme. ✓
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Read and spell chains of one-syllable words in which one sound is added, substituted, or omitted, i.e., read at > cat > bat > bad > bid. Read at least 100 words generally identified as high frequency words.
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Consonant sounds and spellings taught in second grade:
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Ask questions to clarify information in text that has been read independently.
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Demonstrate understanding of text—the majority of which is decodable—after independent reading. Sequence four to six pictures illustrating events from a text that has been read independently. Answer questions requiring literal recall and understanding of the details and/or facts (i.e., who, what, where, when, etc.) of a text that has been read independently.
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Retell key details from a text that has been read independently.
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Use narrative language to describe people, places, things, locations, events, actions, a ✓ scene or facts in a text that has been read independently. Identify basic text features and what they mean, including title, table of contents, ✓ chapter headings, and captions.
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Vowel sounds and spellings taught in second grade:
B. Oral Reading Fluency Read decodable stories that incorporate the specific code knowledge that has been taught. Demonstrate increased accuracy, fluency, and expression on successive reading of a decodable text (90 wpm by the end of the year). Use phonics skills in conjunction with context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. Demonstrate understanding of and use commas and end punctuation while reading orally.
Read aloud, alone, or with a partner at least 20 minutes each day.
C. Reading Comprehension—All Texts Identify words that link idea, i.e. for example, also, in addition. Identify temporal words that link and sequence events, i.e. first, next, then , etc.
Summarize in one’s own words selected parts of a text.
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Language Arts II. Reading C. Reading Comprehension—All Texts (cont.) Understand and use words and phrases from a text that has been read independently.
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Compare and contrast similarities and differences within a single text or between multiple texts read independently.
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Make personal connections to events or experiences in a text that has been read independently and/or make connections among several texts that have been read independently. Prior to reading, identify what they know and have learned that may be related to the specific story or topic to be read. Use pictures accompanying the written text to check and support understanding of the read-aloud. Make predictions prior to and while reading, based on the title, pictures, and/or text read thus far and then compare the actual outcomes to predictions.
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Unit 3
Answer questions that require making interpretations, judgments, or giving opinions about what is heard in a read-aloud, including answering “why” questions that require recognizing cause/effect relationships. Interpret information that is read independently and then ask additional questions to clarify information or the topic in the read-aloud. Identify who is telling a story or providing information in a text.
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D. Reading Comprehension—Fiction, Drama, and Poetry Retell a story, using narrative language to describe characters, setting(s), and the plot of the story in proper sequence.
Compare and contrast characters from different stories.
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Describe characters in increasing depth by referring to dialogue and/or their actions in the story.
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Change some story events and provide a different story ending.
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Distinguish fantasy from realistic text in a story.
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Identify the moral or lesson of a fable, folktale, or myth.
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Demonstrate understanding of literary language (e.g., author, illustrator, characters, setting, plot, dialogue, personification, simile, and metaphor) and use some of these terms in retelling stories or creating their own stories.
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Unit 4
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Identify sensory language and how it is used to describe people, objects, places, and events.
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Identify repetitions in phrases, refrains, or sounds in poems or songs.
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Describe the use of rhyme, rhythm and sensory images used in poetry.
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CKLA? Domain or Unit
Language Arts II. Reading E. Reading Comprehension—Nonfiction and Informational Text Generate questions and seek information from multiple sources to answer questions.
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Answer questions about the details of a nonfiction text, indicating which part of the text ✓ provided the information needed to answer specific questions.
Unit 3
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Cycles in Nature
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Immigration
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Fighting for a Cause
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Begin to use tools, including technology, to plan, draft, and edit writing.
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Greek Myths
Gather information from experiences or provided text sources.
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Interpret information presented in diagrams, charts, graphs, etc. With assistance, categorize and organize facts and information for a given topic. With assistance, create and interpret timelines and lifelines related to text read independently. Distinguish text that describes events that happened long ago from text that describes contemporary or current events.
Unit 6
III. Writing A. Writing: General Skills Add details to writing.
B. Narrative Writing Write a familiar story that includes setting(s), character(s), dialogue, and if appropriate, ✓ several events, using temporal words and phrases to indicate the chronology of events.
Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
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Greek Myths
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Immigration
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Unit 2
Write a personal narrative.
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Create a title and an ending that are relevant to the narrative.
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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Language Arts III. Writing C. Informative/Explanatory Writing Use linking words such as also, another, and , etc. to connect ideas within a paragraph. X Write about a topic, including a beginning and ending sentence, facts and examples relevant to the topic, and specific steps (if writing explanatory text).
Group similar information into paragraphs.
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Early Asian Civilizations
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Cycles in Nature
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D. Persuasive Writing (Opinion) Use words to link opinions with reasons or supporting details, such as because, also, another .
Express an opinion or point of view in writing, providing reasons and supporting details ✓ for preference or opinion.
Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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Create a title that is relevant to the topic or subject of the text.
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If writing about a specific book or read-aloud, refer to the content of the text.
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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Form sentences and paragraphs to communicate thoughts and ideas.
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Apply basic spelling conventions.
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Use basic capitalization and punctuation in sentences to convey meaning.
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IV. Language Conventions A. Language Conventions: Broad Conventions
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CKLA–Sequence Correlation: Grade 2 Sequence Content
CKLA? Domain or Unit
Language Arts IV. Language Conventions B. Spelling ✓
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Use a children’s dictionary, with assistance, to check spelling and verify the meaning of ✓ words. Identify and use synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and compound words. ✓
Unit 6
Write phonemically plausible spellings for words using current code knowledge, e.g., write doller for dollar , wate for wait or weight . Write words, phrases, and sentences from dictation, applying phonics knowledge. Alphabetize words to the second letter.
Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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C. Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure ✓ ✓ ✓ Recognize, identify and use correct noun-pronoun agreement orally, in written text and X Recognize, identify and use subject, object, and possessive pronouns, i.e., I , me , my , they ,them , orally, in written text and in own writing.
in own writing. Recognize, identify and use common and proper nouns, orally, in written text, and in own writing.
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Recognize, identify, and use the articles a and an appropriately orally, in written text and in own writing. Recognize, identify and use selected regular and irregular plural nouns orally, in written ✓ text and in own writing. ✓ Recognize, identify and use selected regular and irregular past, present, and future tense verbs orally, in written text, and in own writing.
Recognize, identify, and use adjectives orally, in written text, and in own writing.
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Language Arts IV. Language Conventions C. Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure (cont.) Recognize, identify, and use adverbs orally, in written text, and in own writing.
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Recognize, identify and use subjects and predicates, orally, in written text, and in own writing. Recognize, identify, and use statements, questions, and exclamations orally, in written text, and in own writing. Recognize, identify, and use complete simple and compound sentences.
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D. Capitalization and Punctuation Capitalize the first word in a sentence, the pronoun I , and proper nouns (names and places,) months, days of the week, titles of people, and addresses.
Recognize, identify and use abbreviations with correct punctuation for the months, days ✓ of the week, titles of people, and addresses. Identify and use end punctuation, including periods, question marks, and exclamation points.
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Use commas appropriately in greetings and closings of letters, dates, items in a series, ✓ and addresses.
The Ancient Greek Civilization
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Write a simple friendly letter.
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Use apostrophes to create contractions and indicate possession, i.e., cat’s meow.
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Bed in Summer (Robert Louis Stevenson
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Cycles in Nature
Bee! I’m expecting you (Emily Dickinson)
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Buffalo Dusk (Carl Sandburg)
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Caterpillars (Aileen Fisher)
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Discovery (Harry Behn)
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Harriet Tubman (Eloise Greenfield)
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Hurt No Living Thing (Christina Rossetti)
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Lincoln (Nancy Byrd Turner)
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Use quotation marks appropriately to designate direct speech.
V. Poetry
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Language Arts V. Poetry (cont.) The Night Before Christmas (Clement Clarke Moore)
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Rudolph Is Tired of the City (Gwendolyn Brooks)
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Seashell (Federico Garcia Lorca)
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Smart (Shel Silverstein)
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Something Told the Wild Geese (Rachel Field)
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There Was an Old Man with a Beard (Edward Lear)
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Who Has Seen the Wind? (Christina Rossetti)
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Windy Nights (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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VI. Fiction A. Stories Charlotte’s Web (E. B. White)
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A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
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selections from Peter Pan (James M. Barrie)
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Beauty and the Beast
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G3: More Classic Tales
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The Blind Men and the Elephant (a fable from India)
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The Emperor’s New Clothes (Hans Christian Andersen)
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The Fisherman and His Wife (Brothers Grimm)
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How the Camel Got His Hump (a “Just-So” story by Rudyard Kipling)
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Iktomi stories (legends of the Plains Indian trickster figure, such as Iktomi Lost His Eyes; Iktomi and the Berries; Iktomi and the Boulder) The Magic Paintbrush (a Chinese folktale)
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Early Asian Civilizations
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El Pajaro Cu (a Hispanic folktale)
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Talk (a West African folktale)
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A. Stories The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal (a folktale from India) The Tongue-Cut Sparrow (a folktale from Japan)
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Mythological creatures and characters:
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Gods of Ancient Greece (and Rome): Mount Olympus: home of the gods
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Language Arts VI. Fiction C. American Folk Heroes and Tall Tales Paul Bunyan
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Johnny Appleseed
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GK: Plants
John Henry
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
Pecos Bill
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
Casey Jones
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
myth
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Greek Myths
tall tale
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
limerick
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D. Literary Terms
Language Arts VII. Sayings and Phrases Get a taste of your own medicine
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Get up on the wrong side of the bed
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In hot water
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Keep your fingers crossed.
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The Human Body
Practice what you preach.
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Early Asian Civilizations
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
The Human Body
The real McCoy
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Eaten out of house and home
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Insects
Back to the drawing board
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Greek Myths
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Westward Expansion
Better late than never
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
Cold feet
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Greek Myths
Don’t cry over spilled milk.
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Fighting for a Cause
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
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Immigration
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G3: Classification of Animals
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Early Asian Civilizations
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The U.S. Civil War
Two heads are better than one.
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Fighting for a Cause
Turn over a new leaf
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Immigration
Where there’s a will there’s a way.
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
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The War of 1812
Easier said than done
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
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Language Arts& Geography World History I. Geography A. Spatial Sense (Working with Maps, Globes, and Other Geographic Tools) Name your continent, country, state, and community.
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Understand that maps have keys or legends with symbols and their uses.
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Find directions on a map: east, west, north, south.
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Identify major oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic
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Immigration
The seven continents: Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, X Australia Locate: Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America X Locate: the Equator, Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, North and South X Poles
B. Geographical Terms and Features ✓
Westward Expansion
The largest continent, with the most populous countries in the world
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Locate: China, India, Japan
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Early Asian Civilizations
Indus River and Ganges River
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Hinduism
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Early Asian Civilizations
Buddhism
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Early Asian Civilizations
Yellow (Huang He) and Yangtze (Chang Jiang) Rivers
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Teachings of Confucius (for example, honor your ancestors)
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Early Asian Civilizations
Great Wall of China
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Early Asian Civilizations
Invention of paper
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Early Asian Civilizations
Importance of silk
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Early Asian Civilizations
Chinese New Year
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Early Asian Civilizations
coast, valley, prairie, desert, oasis
II. Early Asian Civilizations A. Geography of Asia
B. India
C. China
III. Modern Japanese Civilization A. Geography Locate relative to continental Asia: “land of the rising sun”
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A country made up of islands; four major islands
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Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan
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Mt. Fuji
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Tokyo
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B. Culture Japanese flag
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Big modern cities, centers of industry and business
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Traditional craft: origami
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Traditional costume: kimono
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Language Arts& Geography World History IV. The Ancient Greek Civilization Geography: Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea, Crete
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
Sparta
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Athens as a city-state: the beginnings of democracy
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Persian Wars: Marathon and Thermopylae
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
Olympic games
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
Worship of gods and goddesses
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Great thinkers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
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Alexander the Great
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Language History Arts American & Geography I. American Government: The Constitution American government is based on the Constitution, the highest law of our land.
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Immigration
James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution”
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Immigration
Government by the consent of the governed: “We the people”
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Immigration
President James Madison and Dolley Madison
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The War of 1812
British impressment of American sailors
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The War of 1812
Old Ironsides
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The War of 1812
British burn the White House
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The War of 1812
Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key, and “The Star-Spangled Banner”
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The War of 1812
Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson
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The War of 1812
New means of travel
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Westward Expansion
Routes west: wagon trains on the Oregon Trail
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Westward Expansion
The Pony Express
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Westward Expansion
Sequoyah and the Cherokee alphabet
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Westward Expansion
Forced removal to reservations: the “Trail of Tears”
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Westward Expansion
Some Native Americans displaced from their homes and ways of life by railroads (the “iron horse”) Effect of near extermination of buffalo on Plains Indians
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Westward Expansion
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Westward Expansion
Controversy over slavery
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The U.S. Civil War
Harriet Tubman, the “underground railroad”
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The U.S. Civil War
Northern v. Southern states: Yankees and Rebels
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The U.S. Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
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The U.S. Civil War
Clara Barton, “Angel of the Battlefield,” founder of American Red Cross
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The U.S. Civil War
President Abraham Lincoln: keeping the Union together
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The U.S. Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery
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The U.S. Civil War
America perceived as a “land of opportunity”
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Immigration
The meaning of “e pluribus unum” (a national motto you can see on the back of coins)
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Immigration
Ellis Island and the significance of the Statue of Liberty
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Immigration
Millions of newcomers to America
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Immigration
Large populations of immigrants settle in major cities --
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Immigration
The idea of citizenship
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Immigration
II. The War of 1812
III. Westward Expansion A. Pioneers Head West
B. Native Americans
IV. The Civil War
V. Immigration and Citizenship
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Language History Arts American & Geography VI. Fighting for a Cause Susan B. Anthony and the right to vote
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Fighting for a Cause
Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights and human rights
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Fighting for a Cause
Mary McLeod Bethune and educational opportunity
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Fighting for a Cause
Jackie Robinson and the integration of major league baseball
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Fighting for a Cause
Rosa Parks and the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
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Fighting for a Cause
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the dream of equal rights for all
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Fighting for a Cause
Cesar Chavez and the rights of migrant workers
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Fighting for a Cause
VII. Geography of the Americas A. North America North America: Canada, United States, Mexico
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The United States
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Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, West Indies
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Central America
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B. South America Brazil: largest country in South America, Amazon River, rain forests
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Peru and Chile: Andes Mountains
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Locate: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
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Bolivia: named after Simon Bolivar, “The Liberator”
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Argentina: the Pampas
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Main languages: Spanish and (in Brazil) Portuguese
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VIII. Symbols and Figures Recognize and become familiar with the significance of American Symbols:
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CKLA–Sequence Correlation: Grade 2 Sequence Content
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Language Visual ArtsArts I. Elements of Art Recognize lines as horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
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Observe the use of line in:
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II. Sculpture Observe shape, mass, and line in sculptures:
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
III. Kinds of Pictures: Landscapes Recognize as landscapes and discuss:
X
IV. Abstract Art Compare lifelike and abstract animals
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Observe and discuss examples of abstract painting and sculpture
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V. Architecture Understand architecture as the art of designing buildings.
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
Understand symmetry and a line of symmetry, and observe symmetry in the design of some buildings (such as the Parthenon). Noting line, shape, and special features (such as columns and domes), look at:
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The Ancient Greek Civilization
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Early Asian Civilizations
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CKLA–Sequence Correlation: Grade 2 Sequence Content
CKLA? Domain or Unit
Language Arts Music I. Elements of Music Understand the following musical notation:
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Through participation, become familiar with basic elements of music (rhythm, melody, harmony, form, timbre, etc.).
X
II. Listening and Understanding A. The Orchestra Review families of instruments: strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion.
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Become familiar with instruments in the string family—
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Become familiar with instruments in the percussion family—
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B. Keyboard Instruments Recognize that the piano and organ are keyboard instruments, and listen to a variety of X keyboard music, including-
C. Composers and their Music Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, "Flight of the Bumblebee"
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral ”): first movement and from final movement, “Thunderstorm” to end of symphony Johann Sebastian Bach, Minuet in G major (collected by Bach in the Anna Magdalena Notebook ); Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring ; Toccata and Fugue in D minor
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Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
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Insects
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III. Songs The Ants Go Marching
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Insects
The Battle of New Orleans
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The War of 1812
Buffalo Gals
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Casey Jones (chorus only)
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Clementine
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Dixie
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Do-Re-Mi
X
The Erie Canal
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Westward Expansion
Follow the Drinking Gourd
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The U.S. Civil War
Good Bye Old Paint
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Home on the Range
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I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
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Westward Expansion
John Henry
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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
Old Dan Tucker
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The Star-Spangled Banner
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The War of 1812
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Immigration
Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
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This Land Is Your Land
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Immigration
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
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The U.S. Civil War
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CKLA–Sequence Correlation: Grade 2 Sequence Content
CKLA? Domain or Unit
Language Arts Mathematics I. Numbers and Number Sense Write numbers to 1,000.
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Read and write words for numbers from one to one-hundred.
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Order and compare numbers to 1,000, using the signs <, >, and = .
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Count
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Use a number line.
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Use tallies.
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Identify ordinal position, 1st to 20th, and write words for ordinal numbers, first to twentieth Identify even and odd numbers.
X
Identify dozen; half-dozen; pair.
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Recognize place value: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands.
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Write numbers up to hundreds in expanded form (for example 64 = 60 + 4; 367 = 300 + 60 + 7). Given a number, identify one more and one less; ten more and ten less.
X
Round to the nearest ten.
X
Create and interpret simple bar graphs.
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Identify and extend numerical and symbolic patterns.
X
Record numeric data systematically and find the lowest and highest values in a data set.
X
X
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II. Fractions Recognize certain fractions as part of a whole set or region and write the corresponding numerical symbols Recognize fractions that are equal to 1.
X X
III. Money Recognize relative values of a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar.
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Write amounts of money using $ and ¢ signs, and the decimal point.
X
Show how different combinations of coins equal the same amounts of money.
X
Add and subtract amounts of money.
X
IV. Computation A. Addition Practice doubling (adding a number to itself).
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Achieve timed mastery of addition facts (2 seconds).
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Recognize what an addend is.
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Know how to write addition problems horizontally and vertically.
X
Know how to add in any order and check a sum by changing the order of the addends.
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Estimate the sum.
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Solve two-digit and three-digit addition problems with and without regrouping.
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Find the sum (up to 999) of any two whole numbers.
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Add three two-digit numbers.
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Language Arts Mathematics IV. Computation B. Subtraction Understand the inverse relation between addition and subtraction; use addition to check subtraction. Know addition and subtraction “fact families.”
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Achieve mastery of subtraction facts.
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Estimate the difference.
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Know how to write subtraction problems horizontally and vertically.
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Solve two-digit and three-digit subtraction problems with and without regrouping.
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Given two whole numbers of 999 or less, find the difference.
X
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C. Introduction to Multiplication Recognize the “times” sign (x).
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Know what “factor” and “product” mean
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Understand that you can multiply numbers in any order.
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Multiplication facts: know the product of any single-digit number x 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
X
Know what happens when you multiply by 1, by 0, and by 10.
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Practice simple word problems involving multiplication.
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D. Solving Problems and Equations Solve basic word problems.
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Write and solve simple equations in the form of ___ - 9 = 7; 7 + ___ = 16; 4 x ___ = 8.
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V. Measurement A. Linear Measure Make linear measurements in feet and inches, and in centimeters.
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Know that one foot = 12 inches.
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Know abbreviations: ft., in.
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Measure and draw line segments in inches to 1/2 inch, and in centimeters.
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Estimate linear measurements, then measure to check estimates.
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B. Weight Compare weights of objects using a balance scale.
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Estimate and measure weight in pounds, and know abbreviation: lb.
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C. Capacity (Volume) Estimate and measure capacity in cups.
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Measure liquid volumes: cups, pints, quarts, gallons.
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Compare U.S. and metric liquid volumes: quart and liter (one liter is a little more than one quart).
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D. Temperature Measure and record temperature in degrees Fahrenheit to the nearest 2 degrees.
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Know the degree sign: °
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Language Arts Mathematics V. Measurement E. Time Read a clock face and tell time to five-minute intervals.
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Know how to distinguish time as A.M. or P.M.
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Understand noon and midnight.
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Solve problems on elapsed time (how much time has passed?).
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Using a calendar, identify the date, day of the week, month, and year.
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Write the date using words and numbers.
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VI. Geometry Identify and draw basic plane figures: square, rectangle, triangle, and circle.
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Describe square, rectangle, triangle according to number of sides; distinguish between square and rectangle as regards length of sides (a square has sides of equal length).
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Measure perimeter in inches of squares and rectangles.
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Identify solid figures—sphere, cube, pyramid, cone, cylinder—and associate solid figures with planar shapes: sphere (circle), cube (square), pyramid (triangle).
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Make congruent shapes and designs.
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Identify lines as horizontal; vertical; perpendicular; parallel.
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Name lines and line segments (for example, line AB; segment CD).
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Identify a line of symmetry, and create simple symmetric figures.
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CKLA–Sequence Correlation: Grade 2 Sequence Content
CKLA? Domain or Unit
Language Arts Science I. Cycles in Nature A. Seasonal Cycles The four seasons and earth’s orbit around the sun (one year)
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Cycles in Nature
Seasons and life processes
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Cycles in Nature
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Cycles in Nature
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Insects
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Cycles in Nature
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Insects
Most of the earth’s surface is covered by water.
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Cycles in Nature
The water cycle
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Cycles in Nature
Insects can be helpful and harmful to people.
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Insects
Distinguishing characteristics of insects
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Insects
Life cycles: metamorphosis –
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Insects
Social insects:
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Insects
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The Human Body
Salivary glands, taste buds
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The Human Body
Teeth: incisors, bicuspids, molars
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The Human Body
Esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine, large intestine
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The Human Body
Kidneys, urine, bladder, urethra, anus, appendix
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The Human Body
The “food pyramid”
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The Human Body
Vitamins and minerals
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The Human Body
B. Life Cycles The life cycle: birth, growth, reproduction, death Reproduction in plants and animals:
C. The Water Cycle
II. Insects
III. The Human Body A. Cells All living things are made up of cells, too small to be seen without a microscope:
B. The Digestive and Excetory Systems
C. Taking Care of Your Body: A Healthy Diet
IV. Magnetism Magnetism demonstrates that there are forces we cannot see that act upon objects.
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Most magnets contain iron.
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Lodestones: naturally occurring magnets
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Magnetic poles: north-seeking and south-seeking poles
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Magnetic field (strongest at the poles)
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Law of magnetic attraction: unlike poles attract, like poles repel
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The earth behaves as if it were a huge magnet: north and south magnetic poles (near, but not the same as, geographic North Pole and South Pole) Orienteering: use of a magnetized needle in a compass, which will always point to the north
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Language Arts Science V. Simple Machines Simple machines:
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Friction, and ways to reduce friction (lubricants, rollers, etc.)
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VI. Science Biographies Anton van Leeuwenhoek (invented the microscope)
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Elijah McCoy (invented the automatic lubricator/the real McCoy)
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Florence Nightingale (helped the wounded in the Crimean War/made hospitals more sanitary) Daniel Hale Williams (performed the first open-chest surgery)
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The Human Body
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*Though this is not explicitly covered in CKLA, teachers are directed to encourage students' reading comprehension through preview and discussion questions prior to and following independent reading.
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