Imagine It Unit 4 Objectives: Look Again

Imagine It! Reading and Language Arts
Unit 4:  Look Again In this unit students will learn about animal camouflage and the relationship between animals and their ecosystems.
Common Core State Standards
Reading	RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RL. 2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RI.2.2 Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. RI.2.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. RI.2.7 Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text. RI.2.8 Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text. RI.2.9 Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
Language	L.2.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.      b. Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish). L.2.4  Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.      b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell). L.2.6  Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
Writing	W.2.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the  topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Foundational Skills
Phonics/Word Recognition		Fluency
F.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.   a. Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.   b. Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.   c. Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.   d. Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.   e. Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.   f. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.		F.2.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.   a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.   b. Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.   c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.