AUGUST SEPT Curriculum: 2nd Grade Writing Strand Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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1 WEEK ONE Usage & Mechanics: Print legibly and neatly; print upper and lower case letters; use appropriate spacing between letters, words, and sentences; use word wall as a print resource (these will be continued throughout the year) SOL 2.11 AUGUST WEEK TWO WEEK THREE Introduce Writing notebook, guidelines, and procedures; Take baseline writing sample Composing: Read mentor text and develop a list of ideas for personal narratives; generate ideas, select topic, verbalize writing plan to classmates and teacher SOL 2.12a Introduce Quick Writes Composing: Create a plan to organize prewriting; focus on central idea, organize ideas sequentially (shared writing); students should begin organizer and verbalize story before writing SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Use complete sentences: use subject and predicate; introduce Writer s Checklist SOL 2.13a SEPT WEEK FOUR LABOR DAY Composing: Ensure all sentences are on topic; include events in a sequence SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Avoid stringing ideas together with and or then; use correct ending punctuation; capitalize the proper noun I; capitalize words at the beginning of sentences; print legibly and neatly SOL 2.13b, 2.13c, 2.11

2 SEPTEMBER WEEK FIVE WEEK SIX WEEK SEVEN Composing: Use time order words to sequence and organize writing SOL 2.12b Written Expression: Describe events, ideas, and stories with descriptive words SOL 2.12c Composing: Mini lessons should occur 2-3 times a week Composing: Select topic, organize information, stay on topic, include events in sequence and make sure to have an adequate closing SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Produce and expand sentences and vary sentence beginnings SOL 2.12 & SOL 2.13b Usage & Mechanics: Review nouns, identify and use singular and plural nouns correctly in written work SOL 2.13d Written Expression: Produce and expand sentences and vary sentence beginnings; review writing with descriptive details SOL 2.12c Usage & Mechanics: Review verbs; identify and use verbs correctly in sentences (past and present tense); Use correct subject verb agreement SOL 2.13j OCT WEEK EIGHT Written Expression: Use adjectives to elaborate and expand sentences SOL 2.12c Usage & Mechanics: Use correct subject verb agreement (singular and plural nouns) SOL 2.13j

3 WEEK NINE Written Expression: Select mini-lessons based on students assessed needs Usage & Mechanics: Select mini-lessons based on students assessed needs OCTOBER WEEK TEN WEEK ELEVEN WEEK TWELVE Teacher Work Day Composing: Follow the organization for writing a letter to include date, greeting, body, and closing; brainstorm ideas for letter writing and begin shared writing SOL Usage & Mechanics: Use commas in the salutation and closing of a letter SOL 2.13i Written Expression: Clarify writing by including specific information and specific word choice SOL 2.12d Composing: Continue letter writing using shared and independent writing SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Use time order words SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Identify and use simple abbreviations, including those for titles, calendar words, and address words SOL 2.13g

4 WEEK THIRTEEN 5 6 Election Day-Schools Closed Composing: Create a plan to organize prewriting SOL 2.12 Composing: Introduce a topic through examples or explanations (shared writing) SOL 2.12 Composing: Provide a concluding statement SOL 2.12 NOVEMBER WEEK FOURTEEN WEEK FIFTEEN WEEK SIXTEEN Written Expression: Use time order words to link writing SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Identify and use common and proper nouns correctly; capitalize all proper nouns SOL 2.13c Usage & Mechanics: Use irregular plural nouns correctly SOL 2.13d Composing: Mini-lessons should occur 2-3 times/week Written Expression: Clarify writing by including specific information and specific word choice SOL 2.12d Thanksgiving Composing: Continue composing expository pieces; include conferencing SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Revisit elaboration of sentences and sentence variety SOL 2.12 & SOL 2.13b Usage & Mechanics: Use correct pronoun referent SOL 2.12d 23

5 WEEK SEVENTEEN Composing: Create a plan to organize prewriting; introduce a topic through examples or explanations (shared writing) SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Use adjectives to elaborate and expand sentences SOL 2.13j Usage and Mechanics: Understand the meaning of contractions; use apostrophes to form contractions SOL 2.13e DECEMBER WEEK EIGHTEEN WEEK NINETEEN Written Expression: Use time order words to organize writing SOL 2.12b Composing: Mini-lessons should occur 2-3 times/week Usage & Mechanics: Identify and use verbs correctly in sentences (past and present tense) SOL 2.13j Review previously instructed skills in holiday themed writing Teacher Work Day Winter Break 21 TWENTY WEEK TWENTY-ONE Written Expression: Produce and expand complete simple and compound sentences SOL 2.13a Usage & Mechanics: Proper nouns SOL 2.13c

6 WEEK TWENTY-TWO Written Expression: Review writing with descriptive details SOL 2.12c & SOL 2.13j Usage & Mechanics: Use apostrophes to form contractions and singular possessives SOL 2.13e & 2.13f Composing: Mini-lessons should occur 2-3 times a week JANUARY WEEK TWENTY-THREE WEEK TWENTY-FOUR WEEK TWENTY-FIVE MLK Day Schools Closed Composing: Generate ideas (Jot List) for functional formats SOL 2.12 Composing: Introduce a topic using fact or opinion; teacher should model each mini-lesson SOL 2.12 Composing: Compose a variety of functional formats (notes, signs, lists, directions, and messages) SOL Written Expression: Review using transition words to manage sequence of events SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Use correct subject verb agreement (singular and plural nouns) SOL 2.13d & 2.13j Composing: Continue composing a variety of functional formats Written Expression: Review writing with descriptive details SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Use apostrophes to form contractions and singular possessives SOL 2.13e & 2.13f Composing: Mini-lessons 2-3 times/week

7 WEEK TWENTY-SIX Staff Development (Schools Closed) Written Expression: Use adjectives to elaborate and expand sentences SOL 2.12c & 2.13j Usage & Mechanics: Use complete sentences (subject and predicate); use appropriate ending punctuation SOL 2.13a & 2.13b Composing: Mini lessons 2-3 times/week FEBRUARY WEEK TWENTY-SEVEN WEEK TWENTY-EIGHT WEEK TWENTY-NINE Composing: Review and update list of ideas for personal narratives/imaginative SOL 2.12 Composing: Create a plan to organize prewriting; focus on central idea, organize ideas sequentially (shared writing) Students begin organizer and verbalize story before writing SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Use adjectives to elaborate sentences SOL 2.13j & 2.12c Composing: Include events in sequence and a closure SOL 2.12b Written Expression: Review using transitional words to organize writing; clarify writing by including specific information; describe events, ideas, and personal stories with descriptive details SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Review avoid stringing ideas together with and or then SOL 2.12d Written Expression: Use knowledge of homophones during reading and writing; use knowledge of synonyms and antonyms during reading and writing to expand vocabulary SOL 2.7a 2.7c Usage & Mechanics: Review using apostrophes to form common singular possessives; use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g. feet, children, teeth, fish) SOL 2.13e & 2.13d

8 WEEK THIRTY Composing: Review letter writing (thank you letter) SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Use commas in the salutations and closing of a letter; identify and use simple abbreviations, including those for titles, calendar words, and address words. SOL 2.12i & 2.12g MARCH WEEK THIRTY-ONE WEEK THIRTY-TWO WEEK THIRTY-THREE Teacher Work Day Composing: Participate in shared research and writing project. Teacher models and students help create a class research report. Students will create their own research report (on their own topic). SOL Composing: Generate ideas, select topic, and organize information. Verbalize their writing plan to a classmate or teacher SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Emphasize printing legibly and neatly; capitalize all proper nouns SOL 2.13c Written Expression: Use time order words SOL 2.12b Composing: Introduce a topic through facts and opinions; provide a solid opening statement; stay on topic SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Use apostrophes to form contractions SOL 2.13e & SOL 2.13f Written Expression: Clarify writing by including specific information SOL 2.12d

9 WEEK THIRTY-FOUR Composing: Students work on generating a personal narrative, expository, or informational piece based on content material or selfselected topic (Include daily shared and independent writing) SOL 2.12 APRIL WEEK THIRTY-FIVE WEEK THIRTY-SIX WEEK THIRTY-SEVEN SPRING BREAK Composing: Clarify writing by including specific information; provide a strong concluding statement SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Use complete sentences (subject-predicate); identify and use verbs correctly in sentences (e.g. subject verb agreement) SOL 2.13a & 2.13j Composing: Develop an opinion on a topic: book review to include an introduction, body, closing. Introduction: Brief summary of book; body: personal reaction to the book- like or dislike with reasons why; closing: recommendation to readers -model through shared writing, students independently write SOL 2.12

10 WEEK THIRTY-EIGHT Composing: continue with opinion writing SOL 2.12 MAY WEEK THIRTY-NINE WEEK FORTY For the remainder of the academic year, select mini-lesson based on students needs WEEK FORTY-ONE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL