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CKLA Unit 3: Second Grade Skills—Kids Excel

Focus:
Unit 3 introduces spelling alternatives for vowel sounds, as well as various tricky spellings (spellings that can stand for more than one sound, such as “o” in hop or open). Students practice writing a personal narrative. Grammar instruction focuses on capitalization, quotation marks, ending punctuation, and common and proper nouns. Students are also introduced to antonyms and synonyms. The decodable Student Reader for Unit 3 is Kids Excel.

Number of Lessons: 25

Lesson Time:
60 minutes each (Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.)

Additional Search Terms:
reading and writing • decoding • phonics • spelling alternatives • grammar • listening and speaking

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Language Arts Grade 2 English

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CKLA Unit 3: Second Grade Skills—Kids Excel TEACHER GUIDE

This comprehensive Teacher Guide specifies learning objectives and provides background information, daily lesson plans, assessments, and other resources for teaching the Skills unit.
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CKLA Unit 3: Second Grade Skills—Kids Excel STUDENT WORKBOOK

Student Workbooks contain activity pages that provide practice or reinforcement of skills taught in the unit. Graphic organizers, assessment tasks, and take home activities are also included in the workbooks.
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CKLA Unit 3: Second Grade Skills—Kids Excel STUDENT READER

These 100% decodable texts provide children an authentic reading experience and reinforce their sense of success by eliminating the distraction of encountering untaught spelling patterns. The texts are written in the style of chapter books to inspire children to want to read more.
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