Grade 2 Reading and Writing Scope and Sequence

The units week by week

1. Weeks 1–3

   Sentences and Grammar

   1. Capital letters and end marks
   2. Nouns, verbs, and adjectives: three bins
   3. More than one: plural nouns
   4. Today and yesterday: verb forms
   5. Who does the pronoun stand for?
   6. Write the question

   Standards, Common Core: L.2.1.b, L.2.1.d, L.2.1.f

2. Weeks 4–6

   Spelling, Word Building, and Word Choice

   1. Review: find sh in sentences
   2. Spelling rules: which letters go here?
   3. Compound words
   4. Root words and word families
   5. Synonyms
   6. More exact words for "said"

   Standards, Common Core: L.2.2.d, L.2.4.c, L.2.4.d, L.2.5, L.2.5.b

3. Weeks 7–9

   Reading Stories and Writing

   1. Read a story and answer questions
   2. Fill in the story's missing words
   3. Write about a picture
   4. Retell a story: first, next, then, at the end
   5. An animal fact sheet
   6. Cursive letters and connections

   Standards, Common Core: L.2.1.f, L.2.4.a, RF.2.4.c, RL.2.1, W.2.3, W.2.8