2nd Grade ELA – Banner Days – Theme2
Teacher: ____________________________ School Year: ___________________
Ascension Parish Comprehensive Curriculum
Assessment Documentation Page
Grade 2: English/Language Arts Book – Banner Days Documented GLEs
Theme 2: Neighborhood News Highlighted GLEs indicate assessment
Story 20: The Pine Park Mystery of the focus area for that GLE.
Time Frame: Approximately 6 days
Reading: Writing:
Use base words to determine Research
meaning
Reading Strategy- use context to confirm meaning Indentation
Prefixes (re, pre, mis,under) Present tense verbs
Narrative Elements / Retell Oral Presentation
Publishing
Documented GLEs
Guiding Questions
Date and Method of
GLEs GLEs Bloom’s Level
Assessment
1. Can students determine word meaning Identify unique letter-sound
when a prefix/suffix is added? patterns, including long and
1 Application
short vowels and consonant
2. Can students use spelling patterns and (focus: re- and pre- )
rules correctly when prefixes are added to Isolating difficult parts of
base words? words in order to correct a
2a mispronunciation or decode Analysis
3. Can students develop grade appropriate an unfamiliar printed word
informational descriptions with proper (focus: re- and pre-)
verb tense, indenting and technology Using common affixes
publishing? 2f (prefixes and suffixes) to Application
understand word meaning.
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(focus: prefixes re-, pre-,
4. After writing publishing informational mis-, under)
descriptions, can students give oral
reports/explanations with appropriate Use knowledge of base
volume, tone, eye contact, and visual aids? 4 words to interpret meaning Application
of unfamiliar words and text
5. Can students retell stories with supportive Develop grade appropriate
facts and details? compositions, for example
24d Synthesis
informational descriptions
6. Can students use context clues and base with some detail
words to determine meaning? Write for various purposes,
including: informal writing,
26b Synthesis
including messages,
journals, notes, and poems
Write legible, short
27 paragraphs using proper Application
indentation
Write using standard
English structure and usage,
30b including: present and past Application
verb tenses (focus: present
tense)
Use knowledge of parts of
speech, including: selecting
32d and using verbs in present Application
and past tense writing
(focus: present tense)
Spell grade-appropriate
words, including: words
with short vowels, long
33a Knowledge
vowels, r-controlled vowels,
and consonant blends.
(focus: prefixes re-, pre-)
Spell grade-appropriate
33c Knowledge
words, including: frequently
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used irregular spelled words
(focus: maybe, near, park)
Use spelling patterns and
34 rules correctly (focus: Application
prefixes)
Adjust speaking tone and
38 volume to suit purpose, Application
audience and setting
Tell and retell stories with
the following included:
40a sequential order, including Comprehension
setting, character, and
simple plot
Tell and retell stories with
the following included:
40b Comprehension
supportive facts and details
from the story
Give rehearsed oral
presentations about general
topics using eye contact,
43 Application
appropriate voice
pronunciation, and
appropriate visual aids.
Give oral responses,
45b including giving Application
explanations and reports
Use technology to publish a
variety of works including,
52 Application
simple research reports and
books
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GLE Alignment
Story #20: The Pine Park Mystery
(The bolded GLEs are documented.)
Highlighted area is focus of GLE within this story.
Phonics (Reading): Prefixes re-, pre-
Demonstrate understanding of phonics by:
1. Identify unique letter-sound patterns, including long and short vowels and consonant
(Application) (focus: re- and pre- )
2a. Isolating difficult parts of words in order to correct a mispronunciation or decode an
unfamiliar printed word (Analysis) (focus: re- and pre-)
2d. Reading regularly spelled words with as many as four syllables (Application)
2e. Using phonetic decoding strategies accurately and rapidly in unfamiliar words and
text (Application)
2f. Using common affixes (prefixes and suffixes) to understand word meaning.
(Application) (focus: prefixes re-, pre-, mis-, under)
Reading and Responding (Reading): Base Words, Narrative Story Elements
3. Identify and explain common synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms (Comprehension)
(focus: antonyms)
4. Use knowledge of base words to interpret meaning of unfamiliar words and text
(Application)
10. Retell a story in sequence including main idea and supporting details (Comprehension)
11. Make statements about how previous reading and life experiences relate to information
read in texts (Application)
12. Demonstrate oral reading fluency of at least 90 words per minute in second-grade texts
with appropriate intonation (Application)
13. Read texts and simple chapter books at independently reading level (Application)
15. Identify variety of types of literature including biography, autobiography, folktale, and
written responses. (Comprehension) (focus: plays)
16. Distinguishing between a variety of types of literature, including biography,
autobiography, and poetry (Analysis) (focus: plays)
17a. Demonstrate understanding of information in texts using a variety of strategies,
including: comparing and contrasting story elements (Application)
17b. Demonstrate understanding of information in texts using a variety of strategies, including:
predicting what will happen next in a story or text (Application)
17c. Demonstrate understanding of information in texts using a variety of strategies, including:
making simple inferences about information in texts (Application)
17d. Demonstrate understanding of information in texts using a variety of strategies, including:
self-monitoring consistently for comprehension using multiple strategies and self-
correcting as appropriate (Application)
18. Discuss and choose the most appropriate solution to a problem in text (Application)
40a. Tell and retell stories with the following included: sequential order, including setting,
character, and simple plot (Comprehension)
40b. Tell and retell stories with the following included: supportive facts and details from
the story (Comprehension)
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Writing (Language): Descriptive Paragraph
21. Write compositions of one or more paragraphs, organized with a central idea and a
coherent beginning, middle, and end (Synthesis)
22. Use a greater variety of action and descriptive words when writing for a specific purpose
and/or audience (Application)
23a. Develop compositions of one or more paragraphs using writing processes such as the
following: independently generating ideas for writing by using various strategies (e.g.
listing, brainstorming, drawing) (Synthesis)
23c. Develop compositions of one or more paragraphs using writing processes such as the
following: writing a first draft with a developed beginning, middle and end (Synthesis)
23d. Develop compositions of one or more paragraphs using writing processes such as the
following: conferencing with a teacher or peers (Analysis)
23e. Develop compositions of one or more paragraphs using writing processes such as the
following: revising for clarity, grammatical and mechanical correctness, and/or to include
additional information (Application)
23f. Develop compositions of one or more paragraphs using writing processes such as the
following: creating the final draft for possible publication (Application)
24d. Develop grade appropriate compositions, for example informational descriptions with
some detail (Synthesis)
26b. Write for various purposes, including: informal writing, including messages,
journals, notes, and poems (Synthesis)
27. Write legible, short paragraphs using proper indentation (Application)
Grammar (Language): Present Tense Verbs
30b. Write using standard English structure and usage, including: present and past verb
tenses (Application) (focus: present tense)
32d. Use knowledge of parts of speech, including: selecting and using verbs in present and
past tense writing (Application) ) (focus: present tense)
Spelling: Prefixes re-, pre-
33a. Spell grade-appropriate words, including: words with short vowels, long vowels, r-
controlled vowels, and consonant blends. (Knowledge) (focus: prefixes re-, pre-)
33c. Spell grade-appropriate words, including: frequently used irregular spelled words
(Knowledge) (focus: maybe, near, park)
34. Use spelling patterns and rules correctly (Application) (focus: prefixes)
35. Use multiple spelling strategies (e.g. word walls, word lists, thinking about the base word,
and affixes) (Application)
Speaking & Listening
38. Adjust speaking tone and volume to suit purpose, audience and setting (Application)
41. Adjust language during a presentation in order to inform or explain to a specific audience
(Application)
42. Deliver informal presentations that demonstrate an understanding of a topic (Knowledge)
nd
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43. Give rehearsed oral presentations about general topics using eye contact, appropriate
voice pronunciation, and appropriate visual aids. (Application)
44. Use active listening strategies, including asking for clarification and explanations
(Application)
45b. Give oral responses, including giving explanations and reports (Application)
Informational Resources
52. Use technology to publish a variety of works including, simple research reports and
books (Application)
53. Tell and write about the sources of information (Comprehension)
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Harcourt Insertions Harcourt Deletions
None None
Guiding Questions
1. Can students determine word meaning when a prefix/suffix is added?
2. Can students use spelling patterns and rules correctly when prefixes are added to
base words?
3. Can students develop grade appropriate informational descriptions with proper
verb tense, indenting and technology publishing?
4. After writing publishing informational descriptions, can students give oral
reports/explanations with appropriate volume, tone, eye contact, and visual aids?
5. Can students retell stories with supportive facts and details?
6. Can students use context clues and base words to determine meaning?
Key Vocabulary Strategies
Provide a description, explanation or example of the new term instead of giving
students a definition. Ask students to restate the description, explanation, or example
in their own words. (Only after this process should a definition be developed.)
Have students construct a picture, symbol or graphic representation of the term.
Use graphic organizers
Include vocabulary games in practice activities.
Assessment Ideas
GLEs 2f, 4, 33a, 33c, 34: Pre- and Post- Multiple Choice Test with Short Dictation
Sentences on words with adding prefixes.
GLE 1, 2a: Checklist used during reading groups and/or DIBELS intervention groups
GLEs 24d, 26b, 27, 30b, 43, 45b, 52: Rubric to grade animal research writing
GLE 30b: Students write sentences with given present/past tense verbs.
Reading Strategies
Refer to Reading Strategies Chart located in the beginning of Ascension Parish Comprehensive
Curriculum English/Language Arts document.
See Reading Essential Resource Packet:
Word Recognition (Phonics), Unit 3
Fluency, Unit 5
Grammar and Conventions, Unit 2,3,5
Word Recognition (Sight Words), Unit 2
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Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum/Teacher-Made Activities
Note: The following activities marked with an asterisk (*) are essential activities that are key to
the development of student understandings of each assessed GLE not addressed in Harcourt
Reading. If substituting for these activities, the substituted activities must cover the same GLEs to
the same Bloom’s level.
*Activity 99: Publication and Oral Presentation (Teacher Made) (GLE 38, 43, 45b, 52)
The students will use technology to publish their research report. The students will also create an
appropriate visual aid on their chosen topic from their research to give a rehearsed oral
presentation. The students should use eye contact and appropriate voice pronunciation. The
students should be able to give oral responses and explanations based on their report.
Activity 100: Research, Compose and Share an Information Report (CC RE Unit 5)
Writing for the purpose of organizing and expressing information is perhaps the single most
important type of composition that students will undertake. Second grade is not too early to place
students on the right path to writing about more complex ideas and texts.
Sample Activities
1. Whole-Group. The teacher presents an overview of the entire process of gathering
information and composing an information report, using second-grade examples at various
points of development. Introducing children to this form of composition is a demanding
process and will require careful attention to every step of the process from researching facts to
sharing the final product with others. It is important to use examples and topics that are largely
familiar to the students so that they can concentrate on the process.
2. Small-Group. As students gain familiarity with the process, they can be grouped according to
interest. Topics will need to be suggested by the teacher according to the availability of
classroom resources. Together the teams can research their topics, plan the organization of an
information report, and finally draft and share it. Careful teacher monitoring will be required.
3. Independent. Each student will select a topic from a list prepared by the teacher. The steps of
the process will then begin, and although the teacher will expect students to move through
them independently, support may be required in some cases.
Alternative Harcourt Activities
These can be found in the back of the Teacher’s Guide.
1. Differentiated Support Activities:
Phonics, pages S34 – S35
Vocabulary, pages S36 – S37
Comprehension, pages S38 – S39
2. Prefixes, page T50, T53
3. Verbs that tell about now, page T51
4. Narrative Elements – Plot, page T52, T66, Comprehension Card #21
5. Problem-Solution Chart, page T73
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6. Vocabulary Word Cards, page T84
7. School-Home Connection, page T87
8. Cloze Story Strips, page T92
9. Intervention Resource Kit, Lesson 21
10. English-Language Learner’s Resource Kit, Lesson 21
Additional Harcourt Practice Activities
These can be found on the Harcourt Website at www.harcourtschool.com
1. Grade 2: Reading Skills Rocket – The Pine Park Mystery – Narrative Elements
2. Grade 2: Test Tutor – Narrative Elements (Plot, Setting, Character)
3. Grade 2: Go For Grammar Gold – Past Tense Verbs
Technology Related Activities
1. Story related activities from various sites:
http://www.owen.k12.ky.us/trt/secondinternet.htm
2. PLATO: Beginning Reading for the Real World
GLE Topic Level Module Activity
Changes in C
Sea Watch Deep in the Sea
Words when
1, 2
prefixes are Clean up the
D Around Town
added Block
Supplemental Resources
See Teacher-Made Supplemental Resources document for materials that correlate to skills within
this story.
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