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This is our Integrated Language Arts page. In the Second Grade your child
will be recieving over 900 minutes of instruction in this area each week.
This includes Reading, Writing, Grammar, Phonics,and Spelling. We work in
Units in our Scott Foresman ILA series. This page is where you will find
information regarding each unit and the work we are doing each week. Each
unit has a project of some type that the students will be expected to
participate in and complete. Please use this page as a resource and
information page for all the ILA unit information.
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In addition to our weekly stories we read in class, each student is
expected to do 10 minutes of reading each night as part of their homework.
The will read something of their choice- a book, magazine, a weekly reader,
etc. They will record the reading on their reading log located in their Take
Home Folder. At the end of the week the students will discuss what they read
and what they learned from their nightly reading in a small group and compete
an activity on the night reading. Children become better readers when they
read, read, read!!
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Unit 1 -- You + Me = Special
Value of the Theme: The stories in the first unit are about children's
relationships with others, and help children learn more about the hopes,
dreams, and concerns that all children share.
Unit 1 Project: SPECIAL PALS
Children will pick a different pal each week and do something nice for him or
her. Children will also discover what makes them special, as well. They will
keep a journal of what they did and how they felt. The students will complete
the project by writing and discussing ways they can do nice things for
friends and what they liked about having a special pal each week.
Week 1 Stories:
Phonics Story : Franny and Ginny
Literature Story: Daddy can I have an Elephant?
Week 2 Stories:
Phonics Story: The wobbly People in Ellen's Block House
Literature Story: Poppleton and the Grapefruit
Week 3 Stories:
Phonics Story: The Workers
Literature Story: Tools
Week 4 Stories:
Phonics Story: The Green Leaf Club News
Literature Story: Three Little Bikers
Week 5 Stories:
Phonics Story: House Repair
Literature Story: The Surprise
Project Wrap Up:
Children will present their projects in a sharing activity and reading of the
journal they kept.
Scoring Rubric for the Project:
4/O: Outstanding
-Journal entries are completed
-Journals are presented well with an attractive cover, neat handwriting, and
correct spelling.
3/G : Good
-Journal entries are completed but with few details
-Presentation is attractive, few errors are present
2/S: Satisfactory
-Journal entry is not complete
-Presentation is adequate but could be improved
1/I: Improvement Needed
-Journal entry lacks completeness and may not pertain to the subject
-Little or no care has been taken in the presentation of the journal
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