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Department’s Vision:

To foster effective literacy instruction in English Language Arts for pupils intellectual, emotional, and social growth.

Department’s Mission:

To promote pupil’s critical and technological literacy and raise their attainment in English by providing a balanced study of reading, writing, speaking, and listening; thereby, fostering self-confidence, independence and enable students to become lifelong readers, writers and effective communicators.

Course Title: English Language Arts

Head of Department:

Ms. Kalpana G. Pandey (Ms. Kelly)

Teacher(s) + e-mail:

Ms. Shaza (G2A) shaza.z@greenwood.sch.ae Ms. Aseema (G2B) aseema@greenwood.sch.ae Ms. Nafisa (G2 C) nafiseh.s@greenwood.sch.ae Ms. Kinza(G2 D) kinza.u@greenwood.sch.ae

Cycle/Division: Elementary

Grade Level: Grade 2

Credit Unit: NA

Duration: PERIODS: 6/ WEEK (50 Mins. each)

Course Prerequisites:

NA

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Elementary English focusses on CCSS strands that include comprehensive core reading and language arts curriculum which focuses on reading, language arts, and writing standards. The curriculum addresses the five areas of reading instruction: reading comprehension, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, and vocabulary while focusing on 21st Century skills including critical thinking and problem solving; communication and collaboration; creativity and innovation; and technology.

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES (Grade Level Expectations) Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words. Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on

successive readings. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate

understanding of key details in a text. Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their

central message, lesson, or moral. Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning

introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a

different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to

demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in

the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Identify the main topic of a multi paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.

Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.

By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.

Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).

Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names. Use commas in greetings and closings of letters. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives. Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil). Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and

correct spellings. Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and

responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

Build on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others. Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented

orally or through other media. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide

requested detail or clarification. (See grade 2 Language standards 1 and 3 here for specific expectations.)

Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

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I.

STANDARDS/BENCHMARKS:

STANDARDS BENCHMARKS

Reading: Foundational skills RF 2.3a, b, c, f; RF.2.4a, b, c

Reading: Literature RL.2.1, RL2.2, RL 2.3, RL 2.5, RL. 2.6. RL. 2.7, RL.2.10

Reading: Informational text RI 2.1, RI 2.2, RI 2.4, RI2.5, RI 2.10

Language L2.1 e, f; L2.2 a, b, c, d, e; L2.4 a, b, d, e, L2.6

Speaking Listening SL 2.1 a, b; SL 2.2, SL2.6

Writing W2.1, W2.2, W2.3, W2.5, W2.7

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RESOURCES:

JOURNEYS-National (Text book) JOURNEYS (Readers Notebook) Writing Handbook Reading Log book Writing Mats Worksheets Think Central Online Resources Flash cards/ Charts Teacher handouts Writing Journal Internet: Starfall, Prepdog, Education.com, ReadWorks

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III.

CHAPTERS/LESSONS TO BE COVERED:

Semester 1:

STORY

1. Henry and Mudge 2. My Family 3. Dogs 4. Diary of a Spider 5. Teacher’s Pets 6. Officer Buckle and Gloria Vocabulary: From the stories mentioned above/MAP academic words.

GRAMMAR

1. Subject and Predicate 2. Complete Sentences

3. Kinds of Sentences 4. Nouns 5. Singular and Plural Nouns 6. Abbreviations 7. Expanding / Rearranging 8. Compound Sentences 9. Quotation Marks 10. Using Proper Nouns

DECODING/SPELLINGS: From the stories mentioned above.

1. Short vowels a, i 2. Short o, u and e words 3. Long vowels a and i 4. Long o, u and e words 5. Consonant blends with r, l, s 6. Compound words

COMPREHENSION: Informational Text Cold Reads Comprehension Strategy

1. Sequence of events 2. Compare & Contrast 3. Author’s purpose 4. Cause and Effect 5. Story Structure 6. Cause and Effect

WRITING:

Narrative Writing a. True Story b. Friendly letter Informational Writing Journal writing

LISTENING:

1. Listen to stories, speeches, presentations, poetry. 2. Interact with peers for group activities. 3. Audio Aids & worksheets. 4. Listening worksheets Research Multi-Disciplinary Project Work Recitation: Unit poems.

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Semester 2:

STORY

1. The Ugly Vegetables 2. Animals Building Homes 3. How Chipmunks got his Stripes 4. Jellies 5. Super Storms 6. Click,Clack Moo: Cows that type

Vocabulary: From the stories mentioned above/MAP academic words.

GRAMMAR 1. Proper Nouns 2. Plural Nouns 3. Verbs in the present 4. Verb Tenses 5. Verbs 6. Compound Sentences 7. Use commas in greetings and closings of

letters 8. Use apostrophe to form contractions and

frequently occurring possessives 9. Determine the meaning of the new word

formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell)

SPELLINGS / Decoding: From the stories mentioned above.

1. Double consonants and ck words 2. Common final blends nd, ng, nk,

ft,xt, mp 3. Endings –ed and -ing 4. Contractions 5. Consonant digraphs th, sh, wh,

ch, tch 6. Endings –s and –es

COMPREHENSION: Informational Text Cold Reads Comprehension Strategy

1. Conclusions 2. Text and Graphic features 3. Understanding characters 4. Facts and opinions 5. Main ideas and details 6. Conclusions

WRITING:

Opinion Writing a. Opinion Paragraph Journal writing

LISTENING:

1. Listen to stories, speeches, presentations, poetry. 2. Interact with peers for group activities. 3. Audio Aids & worksheets. 4. Listening worksheets Research Multi-Disciplinary Project Work Recitation: Unit poems.

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GRADING:

Grading Policy/ Assessment Tools:

Beginning of the year Screening tests Reading Tests (WCPM/Fluency/Accuracy) Formative Assessments Performance Assessments Summative Assessments MAP (Fall/Winter/Spring)

Grade Distribution:

Semester -1- Semester-2-

Assessment Marks Assessment Marks

Reading 5 Reading 5 Recitation/Listening 5 Recitation/Listening 5 MDPW 5 MDPW 5 Performance Task 5 Performance Task 5 Formative Assessment 5 Formative Assessment 5 MAP 5 MAP 5 Summative Assessment 50 Summative Assessment 50 Total 80 Total 80

Cross-Curricular Project(s):

- Multi-Disciplinary Project works (English/Math/Science/ICT)