Scope & Sequence
Grade 2
Unit 1: Visualizing Description
Develop mental images of details while reading by
• observing the relationship between descriptive words and the images they represent
• translating descriptive words about characters and setting into picture details
• completing pictures using descriptive details
• sequencing descriptive details in a story
• integrating mental images of descriptive phrases
Unit 2: Predicting Outcomes
Make inferences about outcomes by
• using knowledge of familiar cause-and-effect connections to predict events in a story
• differentiating between cause-and-effect inferencing and predicting outcomes
• analyzing character behavior in a story to predict possible outcomes
Unit 3: Using Context Clues
Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words by
• using synonyms and antonyms as context clues
• using word lists and categories as clues
• using sentence context to infer word meaning
Unit 4: Categorizing
Categorize words by
• identifying a category and its attributes
• sorting pictures and objects into categories
• labeling categories according to their attributes
• describing a category by listing its attributes
• assigning certain attributes to more than one category
• comparing two categories and their attributes
Unit 5: Titles and Main Ideas
Identify the main idea of a story and an appropriate title by
• creating appropriate labels for categories of words
• relating category labels to titles
• distinguishing between main ideas and details
• relating a title to a main idea
• selecting the best title for paragraphs, stories, and poems
• making a visual model to link title, main idea, and details
Unit 6: Locating Topic Sentences
Identify the topic sentence of a paragraph by
• relating the concept of a main idea to the topic sentence of a paragraph
• distinguishing the topic sentence from the detail sentences
• developing the concept of supportive detail sentences
• locating topic sentences in the beginning, middle, or end of paragraphs
Unit 7: Making Inferences I: The Process
Make inferences about a story by
• locating association clues in text
• using descriptive details as clues
• using who, when, what, and where clues about characters, setting, and plot
• putting together word clues to infer why characters behave as they do
• combining clues in sentences with personal knowledge to make cause-and-effect connections
Unit 8: Identifying Mood
Determine the mood of a story or poem by
• matching mood vocabulary words with pictures and pantomime
• using personal knowledge of people and events to interpret feelings
• identifying mood vocabulary words and shades of meaning in sentences
• determining mood in poetry
Unit 9: Making Inferences II: Cause and Effect
Infer cause-and-effect relationships by
• using prior knowledge of events to determine relationships among clues in the text
• using who, when, where, what, and why clues to make inferences about characters, setting, and plot
• charting the elements of a story, including the initial problem, the attempts to solve it, the solution, and the final result
• understanding the importance of causal factors
• using story structure and organization to make causal inferences
