Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide
Second Grade Goals and Objectives (Scott Foresman Reading Street)
North Carolina Standard Course of Study Objectives English Language Arts
1.01 Use phonics knowledge and structural analysis (e.g., knowledge of syllables, suffixes, prefixes, root words) to decode regular multi-syllable words when reading text.
1.02 Read most high frequency and many irregularly spelled words accurately in text.
1.03 Self-monitor decoding by using letter-sound knowledge of all consonants and vowels.
1.04 Increase sight vocabulary, reading vocabulary, and writing vocabulary through: wide reading, word study, listening, discussion, book talks, book clubs, seminars, viewing, role play,
studying author's craft
1.06 Read independently daily from self-selected materials (consistent with the student's independent reading level) to: increase fluency, build background knowledge, extend
vocabulary
2.01 Read and comprehend text (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama) appropriate for grade two by: determining purpose (reader's and author's), making predictions, asking questions.
locating information for specific reasons/purposes. recognizing and applying text structure, comprehending and examining author's decisions and word choice, determining fact and
opinion, recognizing and comprehending figurative language, making inferences and draw conclusions.
2.02 Use text for a variety of functions, including literary, informational, and practical.
2.03 Read expository materials for answers to specific questions.
2.04 Pose possible how, why, and what if questions to understand and/or interpret text.
2.05 Self-monitor own difficulties in comprehending independently using several strategies.
2.06 Recall main idea, facts and details from a text.
2.07 Discuss similarities and differences in events, characters and concepts within and across texts.
2.08 Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and maps.
3.01 se personal experiences and knowledge to interpret written and oral messages.
3.02 Connect and compare information within and across selections (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama) to experience and knowledge.
3.03 Explain and describe new concepts and information in own words (e.g., plot, setting, major events, characters, author's message, connections, topic, key vocabulary, key concepts,
text features).
3.05 Locate and discuss examples of an author's use of: use of paragraphs in texts and their effects on the reader., and genre(s) and specific word choice(s).
3.06 Discuss the effect of an author's choices for nouns, verbs, modifiers and specific vocabulary which help the reader comprehend a narrative or expository text.
4.01 Begin to use formal language and/or literary language in place of oral language patterns, as appropriate.
4.04 Use oral communication to identify, organize, and analyze information.
4.05 Respond appropriately when participating in group discourse by adapting language and communication behaviors to the situation to accomplish a specific purpose.
Attached below is the suggested/recommended pacing guidelines for use with the Scott Foresman Reading Street series. In order to make sure that the
students of CCS are learning the skills and strategies necessary to become life long readers, we must ensure that all students are explicitly taught research
based reading strategies. The following research based strategies will become the primary focus of reading instruction throughout the school year:
monitoring and fix-up, predicting, visualizing, inferencing, making connections, determining importance, questioning, summarizing, and synthesizing.
Each month strategies are to be directly taught through the use of teacher modeling during read aloud and then students will practice these strategies
during guided reading groups and independent or self-selected reading. An appendix of resources is attached to assist the teacher in reading strategy
instruction. Also included in the pacing guide is a suggested/recommended poem that can be used for each week. Reading and analyzing poetry over the
course of the year is a more effective way to assist students in comprehending this genre. Many of the weekly poems can be found in the SF basal;
however, poems from outside sources have also been compiled and included in the appendix section. If a teacher chooses to utilize novels/chapter
books during a particular month, please make sure that the strategies assigned to that month are explicitly taught through the novel/chapter book study.
Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide
August-September Strategies Focus: Monitor and Fix-Up/Predicting/Visualizing
5 Weeks- Scott Foresman Reading Street- 2nd Grade
Date Whole Genre Skill Strategy Objectives Small Group Leveled Poem of the
Group/Basal Readers Week
Week of… Title
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
August 30 Iris and Walter Realistic Character and Monitor and 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 City Mouse and Country Morning Song/My
(2.1) Fiction Setting Fix-Up 2.07, 2.08 Mouse Travel Tree
3.03 On Grade Level: Pg. 38-39
4.04, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08 The New Kid
5.04, 5.05 Advanced Level:
City Friends, Country Friends
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Sept. 7 Exploring Space Expository Main Idea and Predicting 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, Being an Astronaut Astronaut
with an Nonfiction Details 2.05, 2.06 On Grade Level: (see Poetry
Astronaut 3.02 Space Walk Resource page)
4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07, Advanced Level:
(2.1)
4.08 Explore the Galaxy
5.03, 5.04
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Sept. 13 Harry and Realistic Character and Predicting 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, Pup Camps Out Wish Upon a Star
Mudge and the Fiction Setting 2.07, 2.08 On Grade Level: (see poetry
Starry Night 3.03 Let’s Camp at Crescent Lake resource page)
4.01, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07 Advanced Level:
(2.1)
5.03, 5.05, 5.06 At Home in the Wilderness
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Sept. 20 A Walk in the Expository Main Idea and Visualizing 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, Desert Sand
Desert Nonfiction Details 2.05, 2.06 On Grade Level: (poetry resource
(2.1) 3.02 A Walk in the Mountains page)
4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07, Advanced Level:
4.08 Trek to the Top
5.05
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Sept. 28 The Strongest Play Realism and Visualizing 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, The Case of the Missing Fish Where to Inquire?
One Fantasy 2.07, 2.08, On Grade Level: (see poetry
(2.1) 3.01, 3.02, 3.05 The Bear Man resource page)
4.04, 4.08, Advanced Level:
5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.07 Sue’s Hummingbird
Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide
October- November Strategy Focus: Inferencing
( 5 weeks)- Scott Foresman Reading Street- 2nd Grade
Date Whole Genre Skill Strategy Objectives Small Group Poem of the
Group/Basal Leveled Readers Week
Week of… Title
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
October 4 Tara and Tiree, Narrative Sequence Inferencing 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 Dogs to the Rescue Bug and Bee
Fearless Friends Nonfiction 3.02 On Grade Level: (see poetry
(2.2) 4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.08 What to Do in an resource page)
5.05 Emergency
Advanced Level:
Amazing Animals
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Oct. 11 Ronald Morgan Realistic Realism and Inferencing 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 Let’s Play Ball Spaceball
Goes to Bat Fiction Fantasy 3.02, 3.06 On Grade Level: Pg. 214-215
(2.2) 4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07, Warm and Fuzzy
4.08, 4.09 Advanced Level:
The First Big Game
1.01, 1.02, 1.03, Below Level:
Oct. 18 Turtle’s Race Folk Tale Sequence Inferencing 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 Busy Beavers I Have a Little
With Beaver 3.02, 3.04, 3.06 On Grade Level: Turtle
(2.2) 4.01, 4.04, 4.08 The Busy, Lively, Sleepy, (see poetry
5.03, 5.05, 5.06 and Quiet Pond resource page)
Advanced Level:
Sea Turtles at Risk
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Oct. 25 The Bremen Fairy Tale Author’s Inferencing 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, Dogs at Work Buddies Helping
Town Musicians Purpose 2.07 On Grade Level: You
(2.2) 3.02, 3.05 Jun and Pepper Grow Up (see poetry
4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07 Advanced Level: resource page)
5.05, 5.06 Silver and Stripes
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Nov. 1 A Turkey for Animal Draw Inferencing 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 Together for A Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Fantasy Conclusions 3.02, 3.06 Thanksgiving Dinner
(2.2) 4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07 On Grade Level: (see poetry
5.03, 5.05 Giving Thanks Around resource page)
the World
Advanced Level:
The Pilgrims’ First Year
Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide
November- December Strategies Focus: Making Connections
( 5 weeks)- Scott Foresman Reading Street- 2nd Grade
Date Whole Genre Skill Strategy Objectives Small Group Poem of the
Group/Basal Leveled Readers Week
Week of… Title
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Nov. 8 Pearl and Animal Author’s Making 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 The Science Fair Friends
Wagner Fantasy Purpose Connections 3.01, 3.05, 3.06 On Grade Level: (see poetry
Two Good 4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.08 Dotty’s Dots resource page)
5.04, 5.05 Advanced Level:
Friends (2.3)
The Sidekick
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Nov. 15 Dear Juno Realistic Draw Making 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 How Does the Mail The Mailbox
(2.3) Fiction Conclusions Connections 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 3.06 Work (see poetry
4.01, 4.04, 4.07 On Grade Level: resource page)
5.04, 5.05 Mina’s Day
Advanced Level:
Mail It…From Here to
There
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Nov. 29 Anansi Goes Folk Tale Cause and Effect Making 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, 2.07 Casting Nets Do spiders stick to
Fishing Connections 3.02, 3.03 On Grade Level: their own webs?
(2.3) 4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07, Insect or Arachnid? Pg. 398-399
4.08, 4.09 Advanced Level:
5.04 Animal Helpers
1.01, 1.02, 1.03, Below Level:
Dec. 6 Rosa and Blanca Realistic Theme and Plot Making 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, Shy Ana Be A Friend
(2.3) Fiction Connections 2.07, 2.08 On Grade Level: (see poetry
3.03 An International Food resource page)
4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07 Fair!
5.04, 5.05 Advanced Level:
The Tortilla Factory
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Dec. 13 A Weed Is A Biography Cause and Effect Making 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, 2.07 An Orange Floats The Little Plant
Flower Connections 3.02, 3.03 On Grade Level: (see poetry
The Life of 4.04, 4.06, 4.08, 4.09 Thomas Adams resource page)h
5.04, 5.05 Invents Chewing Gum
George
Advanced Level:
Washington Ideas to Inventions
Carver (2.3)
Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide
January Strategy Focus: Determining Importance
(4 weeks) – Scott Foresman Reading Street- 2nd Grade
Date Whole Genre Skill Strategy Objectives Small Group Poem of the
Group/Basal Leveled Readers Week
Week of… Title
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
January 3 The Quilt Story Realistic Compare and Determining 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, The Butterfly Quilt My Teddy Bear
(2.4) Fiction Contrast Importance 2.07 On Grade Level: (see poetry
3.02, 3.03 Quilting Memories resource page)
4.04, 4.06, 4.08, 4.09 Advanced Level:
5.04, 5.05 Windows to the Past
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Jan. 10 Life Cycle of a Expository Fact and Determining 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 Grow a Tomato! How do seeds
Pumpkin (2.4) Nonfiction Opinion Importance 3.02, 3.03 On Grade Level: know which way
4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.08 It’s Alive is UP?
5.03, 5.04, 5.07 Advanced Level: Pg. 62-63
Many Plants, Many
Places
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Jan. 18 Frogs (2.4) Expository Compare and Determining 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, A Frog’s Life The Polliwog and
Nonfiction Contrast Importance 2.05, 2.07 On Grade Level: Polly-Wog
3.02 Frog Friends (poetry resource
4.01, 4.04, 4.06, 4.08 Advanced Level: page)
5.03, 5.04 The Wonderful World of
Birds
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Jan. 31 I Like Where I Narrative Theme and Determining 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, A Big Change A New School
Am (2.4) Poem Plot Importance 2.07 On Grade Level: (see poetry
3.03 Moving Day resource page)
4.01, 4.04, 4.08 Advanced Level:
5.04, 5.05, 5.06 Simone’s Travel
Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide
February Strategy Focus: Questioning
(4 weeks)- Scott Foresman Reading Street- 2nd Grade
Date Whole Genre Skill Strategy Objectives Small Group Poem of the
Group/Basal Leveled Readers Week
Week of… Title
Helen Keller 1.01, 1.02,1.03, Below Level:
February 7 and the Big Narrative Fact and Opinion Questioning 2.01,2.02,2.04, 2.05 Watch Out! Helen Keller
Storm Nonfiction 3.02,3.03 On Grade Level: (see poetry
(2.4) 4.01, 4.04 Special Beach Day resource page)
Advanced Level:
Here Comes A Storm
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Feb. 14 Fire Fighter! Narrative Main Idea and Questioning 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 Community Helpers On the Job
(2.5) Nonfiction Details 3.02 On Grade Level: (see poetry
Who Can Help? resource page)
Advanced Level:
Goods and Services
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Feb. 22 One Dark Night Realistic Sequence Questioning 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 Horse Rescue! Adoption, or The
(2.5) Fiction 3.02 On Grade Level: Stray Cat p. 204
4.01, 4.04 Animal Shelters
Advanced Level:
A Day in the Life of a
Vet
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
Feb. 28 Bad Dog, Realistic Plot and Theme Questioning 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, Sally and the Wild Mother Doesn’t
Dodger! Fiction 3.01, 3.05, 3.06 Puppy Want a Dog
(2.5) 4.04 On Grade Level: (see poetry
Hubert and Frankie resource page)
Advanced Level:
Training Peanut
Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide
March Strategy Focus: Summarizing
(4 weeks)- Scott Foresman Reading Street- 2nd Grade
Date Whole Genre Skill Strategy Objectives Small Group Poem of the
Group/Basal Leveled Readers Week
Week of… Title
1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04 Below Level:
March 7 Horace and Fantasy Author’s Purpose Summarizing 2.01, 2.02, 2.04 What an Adventure! In My Photo
Morris but 3.01, 3.05, 3.06 On Grade Level: Album
mostly Dolores 4.04 You Can Make A (see poetry
Difference? resource page)
(2.5)
Advanced Level:
Taking Care of the
Earth
1.01,1.02.1.03 Below Level:
March 14 The Humorous Realism and Summarizing 2.01, 2.04, 2.05,2.07 Grandpa’s Sign Tall Paul
Signmaker’s Fiction Fantasy 3.01,3.02, 3.03 On Grade Level: (see poetry
Assistant 4.01, 4.04 Freda’s Signs resource page)
Advanced Level:
(2.5)
Marty’s Job
1.01,1.02,1.03 Below Level:
March 21 Just Like Josh Realistic Compare and Summarizing 2.01,2.02,2.04,2.05,2.07 Three of the Greats Play Ball!
Gibson Fiction Contrast 3.02,3.03 On Grade Level: (see poetry
(2.6) 4.01, 4.04 Women in Baseball resource page)
Advanced Level:
Baseball Heroes
1.01, 1.02,1.03 Below Level:
March 29 Red, White, and Narrative Fact and Opinion Summarizing 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 Happy Birthday, There’ll Always
Blue Nonfiction 3.02, 3.03 America Be America
(2.6) 4.01 On Grade Level: (see poetry
Heroes of the American resource page)
Revolution
Advanced Level:
Home of the Brave
Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide
April Strategy Focus: Synthesizing
(3 weeks)- Scott Foresman Reading Street- 2nd Grade
Date Whole Genre Skill Strategy Objectives Small Group Poem of the
Group/Basal Leveled Readers Week
Week of… Title
1.02,1.03, 1.04 Below Level:
April 4 A Birthday Realistic Draw Synthesizing 2.02, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05 Very Special Birthdays Happy Birthday
Basket for Tia Fiction Conclusions 3.01, 3.02 On Grade Level: (see poetry
(2.6) 4.04 Birthdays Around the resource page)
World
Advanced Level:
Family Traditions and
Celebrations
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
April 11 Cowboys Narrative Cause and Synthesizing 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, 2.07 Ranch Life Cowboy
(2.6) Nonfiction Effect 3.02, 3.03 On Grade Level: (see poetry
4.01 Cowboy Days resource page)
Advanced Level:
Life on the Ranch
1.01, 1.02, 1.03 Below Level:
April 18 Jingle Dancer Realistic Character, Synthesizing 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, At the PowWow Dream Catcher,
(2.6) Fiction Setting, and 2.07 On Grade Level: Dream Catcher
Plot 3.03 A Special Festival (see poetry
4.01 Advanced Level: resource page)
Winter Holidays
Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide
Second Grade/Language Arts Pacing Guide