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Allen County Primary Center Reading Organizer

Teacher: 2nd grade Language Dates: Unit 4

Vocabulary CODE C O D E

Hook: How will you introduce the unit to generate curiosity & excitement and connect to prior knowledge?

Formative Assessments Week 1

Extensions

Day 1 Target # Day 2 Target # Day 3 Target # Day 4 Target # Day 5 Target # Whole GroupI can write a narrative piece. I will include:

-details about the events

-details in the correct sequence

-a description of actions, thoughts and feelings

-sequencing words to show order

-a concluding statement(s)

Materials: Brain Pop Jr. Video Writing a Paragraph, Transition words for learning logs

Introduce writing a paragraph by showing Brain Pop Jr. video Writing a Paragraph. After viewing the video discuss transition words.

Students will add transition words to learning logs.

Whole GroupI can write a narrative piece. I will include:






Materials: Thinking About Me Prewriting Web

I do: Model the completion of Thinking About Me Prewriting Web to students.

You do: Students will complete web independently. Collect after completion.







Materials: Completed webs from day 2, Writing About Me story page, Stoplight Paragraph Chart

I do: Discuss the parts of a paragraph using the Stoplight Paragraph Chart. Mention prior to starting that we always begin a paragraph by indenting the first sentence. Model how to indent. Model Thinking About Me writing activity by moving your information from the web into paragraph form (you may choose to write on colored strips as pictured above: green – topic sentence, yellow – supporting sentences, red – closing sentence; OR you may use markers on the story page).

Time permitting students may begin transferring their own information to their story page.







Materials: Completed webs from day 2, Writing About Me story page

You do: Students will independently transfer their information from their web to the story page.







Revising and publishing of Writing About Me paragraphs.

Idea: You may want to create a hallway display. One idea is for students to make a paper person highlighting their paragraph. See example below.

(Yes, his head is missing! Please give your people heads!)

Allen County Primary Center Reading Organizer

Allen County Primary Reading Unit Organizer Week 2 Dates:



Extensions

Day 6 Target # Day 7 Target # Day 8 Target # Day 9 Target # Day 10 Target # Whole GroupI can use information from my experiences or gather information from other sources to answer a question.

I can focus on a topic. (with help from teachers and peers)

I can write a narrative piece. I will include:






Materials: The Relatives Came, Feelings Idea Chart

SEE UNIT EXTRAS FOR ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE WRITING – WRITING ABOUT SOMETHING SPECIAL OR ABOUT A TRIP. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ABOUT ME PARAGRAPH FROM WEEK 1.

I Do: Reread The Relatives Came to introduce a personal narrative.

Model the feelings personal Narrative idea chart from Building the foundation.

You Do: Students will complete their own feelings idea chart.







Materials: personal narrative book, charts

I Do: Read The Screaming Mean Machine or book from list.

We Do: Complete the “man chart” and or the “goggle guy” for the book.

Students will get with a partner and share their feelings chart. With the partner each student will choose one event to focus his/her narrative.

You Do: Students complete the “man chart” or “goggle guy” chart for the event chosen with partner.







I Do: Revisit the beginning of The Screaming Mean Machine and discuss the story lead and how it makes the reader want to continue reading. Model by writing your own lead. Your lead may present the reader with a question.

We do: Brainstorm other leads for your story.

You do: Students will develop their own lead for their narrative.







Model using the graphic organizers to write 1st draft of personal narrative.

Students will begin to write personal narratives from graphic organizer

Conference with students about personal narratives.

Whole Group

Continue conferencing.

Small Group Small Group Small Group Small Group Small Group



Allen County Primary Center Reading OrganizerAllen County Primary Reading Unit Organizer Week 3 Dates:



Extensions

Day 11 Target # Day 12 Target # Day 13 Target # Day 14 Target # Day 15 Target # Whole GroupI can write a narrative piece. I will include:






Students will begin working on their final draft after conferencing a final time with the teacher.

Lesson Focus: using an editing checklist1. circle misspelled words2. beginning capital letters3. Ending punctuation4. Sentences make sense5. capital letters for names and places6. Stays on Topic

I Do: Use a 1st draft of your own narrative with deliberate errors to introduce the editing checklist.

We Do: guide students through each step in checklist as they check their own 1st draft.

You Do: Students read draft to a partner. The partner will go through the checklist with the draft.

Whole Group

Editing and publishing

Whole Group

Editing and publishing

Whole GroupI can tell a story or tell about an experience I have had, using necessary facts and details.

I can speak loud enough so others can hear and understand.

Review & catch-up (conferencing, final drafts, presenting narratives (if finished), etc.)

Whole GroupI can tell a story or tell about an experience I have had, using necessary facts and details.

I can speak loud enough so others can hear and understand.

Students will present narratives to the class.




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