RCPS Grade 2 ELA Updates Quarter 3 Elementary Collaborative RCPS Department of English Language Arts Sherry Boudreaux, Reading Coach Andrea McMahan, Reading Coach Dr. Erika Tucker, Coordinator

Topics Q2 ELA Benchmark Target Standards for Growth Activities to Re-teach Target Standards for Growth Q3 Required Tasks Q3 Benchmark Format Activities for Opinion Writing

Q2 ELA Benchmark Target Standards for Growth Percentage of Students Beginning/ Developing Standard 78.7% ELAGSE2RL1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. 78.9% ELAGSE2RL5: Describe the overall structure of a story including describing how the beginning introduces the story, the middle provides major events and challenges, and the ending concludes the action 78.6% ELAGSE2RL7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot

Activities to Re-teach Target Standards for Growth Activities from Reading Wonders Activities from The Reading Strategies Book by J. Serravallo Comprehension Skill Interactive: Main Idea and Key Details Mini- Lesson Interactive Games and Activities- Comprehension Practice: Main Idea and Key Details Tier 2 Intervention Workbook- Comprehension Books Chapter 8: Main Idea o 8.1 One Text, Multiple Ideas (or Topics) o 8.3 Topic/Subtopic/Details o 8.11 Add Up Facts to Determine Main Idea o 8.19 Consider Structure Chapter 9: Determining Key Details o 9.13 Importance versus Interesting o 9.19 Event Connections Chapter 5: Story Structure o 5.1 Lean on the Pictures o 5.3 Summarizing What’s the Most Essential o 5.4 Uh-oh…Phew o 5.16 Summarizing with “Somebody...Wanted...But...So”

Q3 Required Tasks Reading: Writing: 1 Extended Text Suggested Literary: Sarah, Plain & Tall; The Fire Cat, My Father’s Dragon Suggested Informational: MLK & The March on Washington; So You Want to Be President; Art Around the World; Boy, Were We Wrong about Dinosaurs 2-3 Thematically Connected Short Literary Texts (See Pacing Guide) 2- 3 Thematically Connected Informational Texts (See Pacing Guide) Writing: 2 Opinion Pieces (only one should be a formal essay) 1 Shared Research Task (Social Studies/Science Integration)

Q3 Benchmark Format Q3 Benchmark Topics 40 Multiple Choice Questions Cumulative Q3 Standards Q1 & Q2 Target Standards for Growth(Low Performance) Poetry Paired Informational Passages on the Same Topic

Where can I find the Suggested Reading Wonders Selections? Paired Anthology Selections Paired Leveled Reader Selections

Opinion Writing Activities Reading Wonders See Writers Workspace (on-line) Unit 3 Writing Tasks: Opinion Opinion Letter Lesson (See Collab Folder) Book Review Lesson (See Collab Folder)