Reading Street 2nd Grade Common Core Unit 1-6 Full Year Bundle 2013

Unit 1:

• The Twin Club
• Exploring Space With an Astronaut
• Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
• A Walk in the Desert
• The Strongest One

Unit 2:

• Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends
• Abraham Lincoln
• Scarcity
• The Bremen Town Musicians
• One Good Turn Deserves Another

Unit 3:

• Pearl and Wagner: Two Good Friends
• Dear Juno
• Anansi Goes Fishing
• Rosa and Blanca
• A Weed I a Flower

Unit 4:

• “A Froggy Fable” (fable/ social studies)
• “Life Cycle of a Pumpkin” (expository nonfiction/ science)
• “Soil” (expository, science)
• “The Night the Moon Fell” (myth/ social studies)
• “The First Tortilla” (legend/ science)

Unit 5:

• “Firefighter!” (literary nonfiction)
• “Carl the Complainer” (realistic fiction)
• “Bad Dog, Dodger!” (realistic fiction)
• “Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores” (fantasy)
• “The Signmaker’s Assistant” (humorous fiction)

Unit 6:

• “Just Like Josh Gibson” (realistic fiction/ social studies)
• “Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag” (informational text/ social studies)
• “A Birthday Basket for Tia” (realistic fiction, social studies)
• “Cowboys” (informational text/ social studies)
• "Grace for President” (realistic fiction/ social studies)

Included for each lesson’s anthologies are the following:

• Crossword Puzzles( Vocabulary Development)
• Answer Keys for Crossword Puzzle (Vocabulary Development)
• Word Banks for Crossword Puzzles (Vocabulary Development)
• CLOZE (fill in the blank) worksheets (Vocabulary Development)
• Writing Templates (Stationary) associated with each story and skill being taught such as “Personal Narrative, Persuasive Essays, Summaries, Poetry, etc.
• Task Cards or grammar worksheets in some lessons
• Common Core Essential Questions in some lessons