Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide - EngageNY

• identify and use subjects and predicates in oral and written tasks
• identify and use synonyms and antonyms
• ask text-dependent questions that require students to draw on
evidence from the text
• identify and discuss general academic (Tier 2) vocabulary
• discuss sections of the text that might pose difficulty due to complex
syntax, dense information, challenging transitions, or that require
inferences
• engage students in a culminating writing activity that is completed
independently, if possible
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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
• read tricky spellings sounded in multiple ways
• read and write words with inflectional endings
• Read Tricky Words
• 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 including a reference to the specific text that provides the
answer
• use basic text features including title, table of contents, chapter
headings, pictures, and captions
• identify character(s), setting, and plot
• utilize background knowledge and personal experiences to make
connections to text and interpret text
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