Grade Course

2nd ELA-Week 5

Unit Focus

Read grade level text with purpose and understanding Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how to

demonstrate understanding of key details in a text/story Know and apply grade level phonics (long vowels such as play, game, eight,

vowel teams such as dream, great, quiet, digraphs such as phone, chip, and blends such as bread, blimp)

Identify, read and write grade level sight wordsDay 1

Read: The Right to Vote (from ReadWorks below) and answer the questions *15 minutes of iReady reading

*Phonics- skill of the week is consonant –le. First, practice reading each word. Next, write each of the consonant –le words from this list and highlight the le pattern: shuffle, babble, scribble, grumble, freckle, struggle, frazzle, trample, brittle, muddle, example, throttle.

*Sight Words- Pick a game from the link https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/. Use this sight word list to get started: got, group, often, run, story, saw, left, don’t, few, while, along, might, close, something, seem, next, hard, open, example, begin, life, always, those, both, paper, together.

*Writing- Student will write a letter to an influential woman in his/her life and let her know how she has made an impact on you. Use the parts of a friendly letter- date, greeting, body, closing, and signature

Day 2k

Read Edmonia Lewis (from ReadWorks below) and answer the questions *15 minutes of iReady reading

*Phonics- Choose one activity to play from the website below:https://www.spellingtraining.com/index.html?&vreuumy&ntnnmy&vdqznnmy&aqesnmy&uqydpmy&vlqeaamy&uqtggmy&lqtshmy&nqzllmy&sewwmy&yftshmy&lrqbllmy *Sight Words- Pick a game from the link to play. Use the same words from day one. https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/ *Writing- Choose one of the writing prompts to write about. 1.) Many people have an activity or hobby they like. Choose one of your favorite activities and write 3 or 4 sentences explaining it to someone who doesn’t know much about it. 2.) Make up a story about a drawing, painting, sculpture or statue that comes to

life. Illustrate your story.

Day 3

Read American Heroes: Who Was Jackie Robinson (from ReadWorks below) and answer the questions

*15 minutes of iReady reading * Phonics- Choose one activity to play from the website below:https://www.spellingtraining.com/index.html?&vreuumy&ntnnmy&vdqznnmy&aqesnmy&uqydpmy&vlqeaamy&uqtggmy&lqtshmy&nqzllmy&sewwmy&yftshmy&lrqbllmy *Sight Words- Using today’s reading of American Heroes: Who Was Jackie Robinson go on a sight word hunt and highlight any sight words you find from day 1’s list. *Writing- Think back on what you read about Jackie Robinson and how he was a hero to many. How can you work hard to be a hero to someone else? Write 3-4 sentences and illustrate your writing.

Day 4

Read The Secret Box (from ReadingVine below) and answer the questions *15 minutes of iReady reading *Phonics- Choose one activity to play from the website below:https://www.spellingtraining.com/index.html?&vreuumy&ntnnmy&vdqznnmy&aqesnmy&uqydpmy&vlqeaamy&uqtggmy&lqtshmy&nqzllmy&sewwmy&yftshmy&lrqbllmy *Sight Words- Pick 5 sight words from the list from day one and use each word in a sentence. You may also want to set a timer and see how many sight words from the list you can read in one minute. Keep going until you can beat your goal 2-3 times in a row! *Writing- Your task is to ask someone in your family, or who you live with, for an old picture of someone (Like the picture Juanita found in her attic)—it could be a picture of someone in your family or a friend. Write down 3 questions that you have about that person. Ask your questions.

Day 5

Read How Countries Solve Problems (from ReadWorks below) and answer the questions

*15 minutes of iReady reading *Phonics- Try taking the online spelling test using the link below and see how you do:https://www.spellingtraining.com/index.html?&vreuumy&ntnnmy&vdqznnmy&aqesnmy&uqydpmy&vlqeaamy&uqtggmy&lqtshmy&nqzllmy&sewwmy&yftshmy&lrqbllmy *Sight Words- Play sight word BINGO

https://www.abcya.com/games/dolch_sight_word_bingo *Writing- Provide an example of a time that you got into an argument with someone and how you chose to resolve it by talking, not fighting—just like the 2 countries in the passage. Why is it important to resolve a problem peacefully rather than fighting?

Day 1: The Right to Vote from ReadWorks

Day 2: Edmonia Lewis from ReadWorks

Day 3: American Heroes: Who Was Jackie Robinson from ReadWorks

Day 4: The Secret Box from ReadingVine

On rainy days, Juanita liked to climb the attic stairs and play with her stuffed animals under the slanted roof. Here she could hear the drumming sound of the rain. The attic was dim on stormy days, but Juanita thought it was cozy to have only one light bulb to see by.

Today, Juanita was pretending that her stuffed animals were Olympic athletes. The event was the high jump, so Juanita tossed them into the air to see how high they could fly. Tom, her stuffed turkey, flew so high that he hit the ceiling and bounced over into a dark corner.

When Juanita went to find Tom, she saw a box on the floor in the corner. It was flat and dusty, with gold corners and a metal clasp that held it shut. She had never noticed this box before. What could be inside?

Juanita brought the box over to the middle of the attic, beneath the light bulb where she could see better. She opened it carefully and peeked inside.

Inside the box was a stack of black and white photographs. Most of them were of a small girl in a white dress. Her hair was braided and tied with large ribbons.

Juanita was very surprised. The girl looked just like her! This was confusing. "I've never been to that house," she thought as she flipped through the photos. There was a gray farmhouse in the background of each picture. Sometimes there were flowers in bloom. In one photo there was even a horse.

How could Juanita be in pictures of a place she had never been? She ran downstairs with the photo to show her mother.

"When did we visit a farm? And when did you braid my hair? And why don't these pictures have any color?" Juanita breathlessly peppered her mother with questions.

"What are you talking about, Juanita?" Mom asked.

Juanita handed her mother the stack of mysterious photographs.

Mom laughed. "Oh, these are pictures of your grandmother when she was a little girl. This was the farm where she lived in Mexico."

"Wow!" said Juanita. "I guess I really do look just like her!"

Juanita laughed, too. Now everything made sense.

"It's a shame to keep these up in the attic," said Mom. "Let's put them in a frame and hang them in your room."

Juanita smiled. "I'd like that," she said.

1. What does the word dim mean here: “The attic was dim on stormy days”?2. Where does Juanita find the box?3. When she first finds the pictures, who does Juanita think the girl is?4. What do you think Juanita is like as a person?

Day 5: How Countries Solve Problems from ReadWorks

Jamal and his mom were watching TV. The news came on. The reporter described a problem between two countries. The countries’ leaders disagreed about who could have fishing boats in one part of the ocean. 

“How will they figure this out, Mom?” Jamal asked. “Are they going to have a war?”

“I hope not,” Jamal’s mom responded. “There are peaceful ways countries can work out problems. One way is if a third country that both countries trust helps them come to a fair solution.”

“That is like what happens at school,” said Jamal. “Sometimes when kids argue, a teacher steps in. She tries to help them work it out.”

“That is right,” Jamal’s mom replied. “Another way would be if the countries take their argument to the United Nations. The U.N. The UN was created to help solve these kinds of problems. Countries can present their case. The U.N. hears both sides and decides how to settle the dispute.”

“That sounds like a trial!” said Jamal.

“Yes, it is like that,” his mom answered. “What is important is that both countries talk instead of fight. While it does not always work, talking is a much better way to solve problems!”

1.Jamal and his mom were watching the news. What did the news reporter describe?

A. a problem between two countries

B. the job of the United Nations

C. a new way to go fishing in the ocean

2. Jamal's mom gives two examples of peaceful ways for countries to do what?

A. work out their problems

B. get ready to go to war

C. borrow money from each other

3. "There are peaceful ways countries can work out problems. One way is to have a third country that both countries trust help them come to a fair solution."

What conclusion can you draw from this evidence?

A. The best way to help two fighting countries come to a fair solution is to bring in a third country to help work out their problems.

B. A third country that the two fighting countries do not trust might not be able to help them come to a fair solution.

C. Most fighting countries are able to come to a fair solution easily, without needing outside help.

4. Based on the information in the text, what are two things that the United Nations most likely works toward?

A. money and fighting

B. power and prizes

C. peace and fairness

5. What is the theme of this story?

A. Fighting is always the easiest way to end an argument.

B. Talking and fighting are both good ways to solve problems.

C. Talking is a better way to settle arguments than fighting.

6. Read these sentences from the text.

"Another way is to have the countries take their argument to the United Nations. The U.N. was created to help solve these kinds of problems. Countries can present their case. The U.N. hears both sides and decides how to settle the dispute."

What does "present their case" most nearly mean here?

A. show off their riches

B. give their gifts

C. tell their side of the story

7. Read these sentences from the text.

"There are peaceful ways countries can work out problems. One way is to have a third country that both countries trust help them come to a fair solution."

Which of these has the same meaning as the second sentence from the text?

A. For example, a third country that both countries trust can help them come to a fair solution.

B. One way is to have a third country that neither countries trust help them come to a fair solution.

C. The best way is to have a third country that both countries trust help them come to a fair solution.

8. When two countries are having an argument, what can a third country that both countries trust help them to do?

9. How does the United Nations help two countries settle an argument?

10. Jamal's mom gives two examples of ways that countries can work out their problems peacefully. Both of these examples involve someone else coming in to help find a solution. Why might this be a good way to settle an argument? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.