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Grade 2

Core Titles (will be covered)                                      

Chair for My Mother, A                     

• Author
  • Williams, Vera                 
• Fiction

• Curriculum Area

  • Community, Economics

• Maine Learning Results

  • SS/Eco.:  D1, Identify goods and services, giving examples.  Career Prep. A3, Identify local career opportunities.  A4, Demonstrate workplace behaviors such as punctuality, flexibility, teamwork and perseverance.  B1, Explore reason why people work.

• Additional books with this theme

• Lexile

  • 640

Dinosaurs Before Dark                         

• Author
  • Osborne, Mary Pope
• Fiction

• Curriculum Area

  • Fossils

• Maine Learning Results

  • Social Studies C1, Use  artifacts and documents to gather information about the past.

• Lexile

  • 240

Frog and Toad are Friends      

• Author
  • Lobel, Arnold
• Fiction

• Curriculum Area

  • Friendship, Responsive Classroom

• Maine Learning Results

  • ELA /Process of Reading: A1, Seek out and enjoy experiences with books and other print materials. /Literature and Culture: B1, Understand the basic plot of simple stories.  B4, Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.

• Lexile

  • 400

Ira Sleeps Over

                

• Author
  • Waber, Bernard
• Realistic Fiction

• Curriculum Area

  • Friendship

• Maine Learning Results

  • Health:  E1, Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings. E2, Distinguish between verbal and nonverbal communication.

• Lexile

  • 310

Miss Rumphius

• Author

  • Cooney, Barbara                                                

• Realistic Fiction

• Curriculum Area

  • Community, Geography

• Maine Learning Results

  • Science:  B5, Describe a familiar local environment. Career Prep. A2,  Identify strengths and interest required in a job, at home, at school or in the community.

• Lexile

  • 680

Snowflake Bentley         

• Author
  • Martin, Jacqueline                
• Biography

• Curriculum Area

  • Self, Weather

• Maine Learning Results

  • Career Prep: B3, Identify preparation necessary for career of interest.  Science: F3, Observe changes that are caused by water, snow, wind, and ice.

• Lexile

  • AD830