Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide - EngageNY

Appendix A
Grade 2 Scope and Sequence
This Scope and Sequence is provided for you as an overview so you
understand the depth of material covered in Grade 2 which should have
prepared students for Grade 3 instruction.
Unit 1
• blend, sort, and/or classify individual phonemes including short
vowels, all consonants, digraphs, and alternative spellings to read and
pronounce printed one- and two-syllable words
• chaining exercises
• read tricky spellings sounded in multiple ways
• read and write words with inflectional endings
• the Tricky Words he, she, we, be, me, the, was, of, a, do, down, how,
two, what, where, why, from, once, one, could, would, should, there,
said, says, why
• read decodable text including stories, fairy tales, fantasy, fables,
historical narrative, and informational; distinguishing genres
• increase accuracy, fluency, and expression
• use context and punctuation (including periods, question marks,
exclamation marks, and commas) to understand text structure and
meaning
• answer questions about fiction and nonfiction text orally and in written
form
• retell a story using narrative language or by sequencing pictures
• change story events to provide a different story ending
• use basic text features including title, table of contents, chapter
headings, pictures, and captions
• identify character(s), setting, and plot; compare and contrast these
features from different stories
• utilize background knowledge and personal experiences to make
connections to text and interpret text
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