Grade 2 Modules Preparation List

Module	Unit	Lesson(s)	Preparation Items
1	1	1	Prepare 'What Is School?' notebooks
1	1	6 - 11	Closely review sections of the Close Read-aloud Guide: The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
1	1	8	Prepare Brian’s Change anchor chart and Brian’s Change picture set.
1	1	11	Determine groups of four to six students and designate areas for each group to participate in the structured discussion
1	2	1	Prepare Off to Class notebook Off to Class notebook (example, for teacher reference)
1	2	8-9	Determine Readers Theater groups and designated areas for each of the three groups to practice
1	3	1	Create small groups for the Collaborative Conversations protocol Arrange for a kindergarten class to visit during the Celebration of Learning in Lesson 10
1	3	1-3	Read through the focused read-alouds to determine notes that apply to your own school
1	3	4	Prepare technology necessary to play the following videos: “Making Waves: Floating Schools in Bangladesh” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgV9AM2jco), “UNICEF: “Tent Schools provide refuge for children in Haiti” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHAlaLkJhqY), “Door Step School—Education Moves On to Every Door Step.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHviRWA1Nk) Determine research school groups Designate areas for each of the three research groups
1	3	9	Determine presentation groups for the Celebration of Learning.
1	3	10	Prepare for Celebration of Learning
2	1	1	Prepare Mystery Journal Entry #1 Prepare Photo Clue #1
2	1	2	Number the pages in the text Stone Girl, Bone Girl Preview the Close Read-aloud Guide: Stone Girl, Bone Girl
2	1	3	Create wall space for the Curiosities Museum (eight pictures and accompanying sentence strip captions)
2	1	4-7	Prepare technology necessary to play videos in lessons 8 and 9.
2	1	10	Prepare a Paleontologist’s notebook for each student
2	2	1	Create five or six Bone Envelopes Prepare Mystery Journal Entry #2 Prepare Photo Clue #2
2	2	2	Preview the Close Read-aloud Guide: Fossils
2	2	3	Gather & prepare 25–30 impression objects and small pieces of play-dough for each child
2	2	8	Cut out pictures of fossils
2	2	9	Prepare wall space for the museum display labels
2	3	1	Prepare Mystery Journal Entry 3 Photo Clues #1, #2, #3
2	3	4	Prepare temporal words card sets
2	3	6	Assign writing partners
2	3	7	Prepare word ball with attached words for the Volley for Vocabulary protocol
2	3	9	Prepare Revising and Editing Checklists for each student based on his or her narrative writing
2	3	10	Prepare fossil photos for assessment writing
2	3	12	Prepare Revising and Editing Checklists for each student based on his or her narrative writing Prepare Guest invitations for Celebration of Learning
3	1	1	Prepare a mystery bag with real plant parts (e.g., seeds, plants, flowers, fruits)
3	1	4	Three plants to use for observational drawings
3	1	7	Prepare materials for building a flower model (ie yarn, drinking straws, construction paper, tissue paper, glue, etc.)
3	1	8	Prepare materials for Volley for Vocabulary protocol (seven to eight words from the Plants and Pollinators Word Wall, written on separate index cards and taped to a beach ball)
3	2	10	Materials for Volley for Vocabulary protocol (seven to eight words from the Plants and Pollinators Word Wall, written on separate index cards and taped to a beach ball)
4	2	1	Prepare Opinions and Reasons sentence strips (one set per group)
4	3	1	Print in color an image of local butterfly

Grade 2 Materials & Preparation