Assessment+and+Evaluation





ABC Brainstorm Activity for Pre-Writing.

Two-Column Notetaker for __All About Cranberries__ by Scholastic books. The questions at the end of the book we're answered together as a whole group. The questions from that book are listed below.
 * What other fruits besides cranberries grow on vines.
 * What are some different ways people have used cranberries?
 * What other fruits can you name that you like to eat?
 * Look back at page 6. Copy and write one thing that happens to cranberries in the spring, summer, and fall. Draw a picture in the box to go with each sentence.
 * Classifing Fruits: Write the names of fruits that belong in each column. Column#1 Small & round. Column#2 Big & round. Column#3 Not round.



Two-Word Response for a chapter of __The Littles__ by John Peterson.



Veterans Day Mystery Box Writing Response for the Veterans Hospital. The following writing prompt was given, 'We are going to write Veterans at a local hospital and I would like for everyone to write a thank-you letter to them to show your appreciation.' Below are a few samples of the student's writing.



We used the following questions to guide reading for the book __Amazing Plants__ by Scholastic books. The activity was named Non-fiction Reader's Response. Include the title of the book on the sheet of paper. Next, write at least six facts from your book that you did not know before or you thought were interesting. Draw and color an illustration of one of your facts.



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Technology Standards:
 * Standard #1-Basic Operations and Concepts Standard #3-Technology Productivity Tools
 * Skills covered-Keyboarding; The students has an awareness of the home row hand position.
 * Skill-Desktop Publishing; The student can use the mouse to insert the cursor.
 * Skill-Internet Saftey; The student demonstrates ethical, legal and responsible behaviors while using technology.



Reading - Second Grade

Content Standard 1.0

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">The student will develop the reading and listening skills necessary for word recognition, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of print and nonprint <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">text.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Learning Expectations:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.01 Develop oral language. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.02 Develop listening skills. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.04 Develop and maintain phonemic awareness. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.05 Develop and use decoding strategies to read unfamiliar words. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.06 Read to develop fluency, expression, accuracy and confidence. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.07 Develop and extend reading vocabulary. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.08 Develop and use pre-reading strategies. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.09 Use active comprehension strategies to derive meaning while reading and <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">check for understanding after reading. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.10 Introduce informational skills to facilitate learning. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1.13 Experience various literary genres.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Accomplishments:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.01 Develop oral language. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Show evidence of expanding oral language through vocabulary growth. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Understand, follow, and give oral directions. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Participate in group discussion. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Participate in creative responses to text (e.g., choral reading, discussion, and  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">dramatization). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">f. Respond to questions from teachers and other group members. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.02 Develop listening skills. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Listen attentively to speaker for specific information. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Use appropriate listening skills (e.g., does not interrupt, faces speaker, asks  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">questions).

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Follow oral directions. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.03 Demonstrate knowledge of concepts of print. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Read and explain own writings. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Recognize that groups of sentences make a paragraph and paragraphs make a  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">story. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Recognize and use parts of a book (e.g., title, author, illustrator, table of  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">contents and glossary). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Understand punctuation (e.g., period, question mark, exclamation mark). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.04 Develop and maintain phonemic awareness. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Develop awareness of sounds of language through repeated exposure to a  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">variety of auditory experiences (e.g., poetry, books on tape, music lyrics,   <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">sound effects, and read-alouds). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Add, delete, and change targeted sounds to modify or change words. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Identify and produce rhyming words. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.05 Develop and use decoding strategies. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Use knowledge of letter-sound correspondence and structural analysis to  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">decode words. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Use decoding strategies, such as sounding out words, comparing similar <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">words, breaking words into smaller words, and looking for word parts (e.g.,  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">compound words, word families, blends, and digraphs). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Use known words to decode unknown words. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Apply knowledge of basic syllabication rules. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.06 Read to develop fluency, expression, accuracy and confidence. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Read orally to develop fluency, expression, accuracy, and confidence. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Reflect punctuation within written text while reading orally. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Participate in guided, oral readings. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Read a variety of texts with fluency, expression, accuracy and confidence. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">f. Read independently daily. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.07 Develop and extend reading vocabulary. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Build vocabulary by listening to literature, participating in discussions, and <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">reading self-selected and assigned texts. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Manipulate word families, word wall and word sorts. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Match oral words to print words. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">f. Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words (e.g., picture dictionary, picture  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">clues, context clues and structural analysis). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">i. Build vocabulary through frequent read-alouds. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.08 Develop and use pre-reading strategies. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Participate in activities to build background knowledge to make meaning from <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">text. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Make predictions about text. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Use illustrations to preview text. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Create graphic organizers (e.g., KWL, webs, lists, story maps, charts). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">f. Connect life experience to information and events in texts. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.09 Use active comprehension strategies to derive meaning while reading and <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">check for understanding after reading. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Derive meaning while reading <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1. employing self-correction strategies (e.g., rereading, asking for help). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2. participating in discussion about text and relating selection to personal <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">experience. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">3. predicting and adjusting outcomes during reading. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Check for understanding after reading by  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">1. recalling the sequence of events in a story. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2. drawing conclusions based on evidence gained while reading. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">3. restating story events in order to clarify and organize ideas. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">4. recognizing cause and effect. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">5. recognizing the main idea in picture books and texts. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.10 Introduce informational skills to facilitate learning. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Recognize outside resources (e.g., family and community). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Recognize a variety of print sources (e.g., books, magazines, maps, charts, and  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">graphs). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Use graphic organizers to aid in understanding material from informational <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">texts. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.11 Develop skills to facilitate reading to learn in a variety of content areas. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Develop content specific vocabulary. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Use text features to locate information (e.g., charts, maps and illustrations). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.12 Read independently for a variety of purposes. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Read for literary experience. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Read to gain information. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Read to perform a task. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Read for enjoyment. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Read to expand vocabulary. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">f. Read to build fluency. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.13 Experience various literary and media genres. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Read and view various literary (e.g., picture books, storybooks, fairy tales,  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">nonfiction texts, poetry, lyrics to songs) and media (e.g., illustrations, the arts,   <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">films, videos) genres. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Explore folktales and fables. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Identify characters, plot, and setting in print and non-print text. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Recognize how the main character and other characters interact with each <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">other. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">f. Identify types of stories (e.g., folktales, fables, fairy tales). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">g. Determine whether the events in the reading selection are real or fantasy. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">h. Compare and contrast different stories. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">i. Determine the problem in a story and discover its solution. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2.1.14 Develop and maintain a motivation to read. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Share storybooks, poems, environmental print, and own writing. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Explore a wide variety of literature through read alouds, tapes, and <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">independent reading. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Identify favorite stories, informational text, authors and illustrators. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Engage in a variety of literacy activities voluntarily (e.g., self-select books and  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">stories). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">f. Relate literary experiences to others (e.g., book reports, sharing favorite  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">stories). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">g. Experience daily opportunities to read. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">h. Choose to read as a leisure activity.