Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide - EngageNY

• make predictions and compare to actual outcomes
• capitalize the first word in a sentence, the word I, and proper nouns
• write words, phrases, and sentences from dictation using phonics
knowledge including phonemically plausible spellings
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• 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 I, you, your, street, my, by, have, all, who, no, go, so,
are, were, some, they, their
• 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
• use apostrophes to create contractions and quotation marks to
designate direct speech
• answer questions about fiction and nonfiction text orally and in written
form
• retell a story using narrative language or by sequencing pictures
• 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 between several texts or within a single text
• identify who is telling the story at various points in the text
• utilize background knowledge and personal experiences to make
connections to text and interpret text
• make predictions and compare to actual outcomes
• capitalize the first word in a sentence, the word I, and proper nouns
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