Unit 5 Overview

Unit Length: 30 Lessons Pausing Point: 4-5 Days Anchor Text: Sir Gus Text Type: Literary Lexile: 660L

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 2nd Grade

Subject: CKLA

Learning goals: Unit Summary This unit introduces students to spelling alternatives for vowel sounds and the schwa sound. Students practice chunking phonemes as a means of reading multisyllabic words. They also review grammar skills, then learn about adjectives as well as how to identify the subject and predicate of a complete sentence. Students continue to practice narrative writing by rewriting the ending of a story from their Student Reader. A Student Performance Assessment is provided to determine students’ progress with grade-level foundational skills. Overall Learning Outcomes • Read and write words with alternative vowel spellings • Alphabetize words • Read and write words with /ə/ (schwa) sounds • Identify the subject and predicate of complete sentences • Understand and use adjectives in sentences • Use correct capitalization, punctuation, and grammar in writing • Read and write words with suffix ‒tion • Use the writing process to compose a different ending to a story from the Reader • Unit Assessment • Student Performance Assessment