Open Court Pacing Guide for 2008 - 2009
Second Grade

 

August 14 - September 5 September 8 - October 10 October 13 - December 12 December 15 - February 13
Getting Started Unit 1: Sharing Stories Unit 2: Kindness Unit 3: Look Again
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1 Unit Introduction 1 1 Ant and the Three Pigs 5 1 Mushroom in the Rain 5 1 I See Animals Hiding 5
2 Todd's Box 1 2 Come Back, Jack 5 2 The Elves & the Shoe. 5 2 They Thought They Saw Him 5
3 Mom's Speaking . . . 1 3 The Library 5 3 The Paper Crane 5 3 Hungry Little Hare 5
4 Tracks in the Dirt 1 4 Story Hour Staring . . . 5 4 Butterfly House 5 4 How to Hide an Octopus 5
5 The Bread Shop 1 5 Tomas and the Library 5 5 Corduroy 5 5 How the Guinea Fowl Got. . . 5
6 Fun for Pups 1       6 The Story of 3 Whales 5 6 Animal Camouflage 5
7 Dinner for Hardtop 1       7 Cinderella 5      
8 The Fake Snake 1 Reading Lions due 10/17/08            
9 Nancy's Robot Tale 1             Reading Lions due 2/27/09
10 Dean's Team 1                    Reading Lions due 12/18/08      
11 Heroes 1                  
12 The Wise Monkey 1                  
13 The Blimp Crew 1                   
14 The Frowning Clown 1                  
15 Claude the Tiger 1                  
# of Lessons 15 # of Lessons 5 # of Lessons 7 # of Lessons 6
# of Instructional Days 16 #of Instructional Days 25 # of Instructional        Days 38 #of Instructional Days 33
Extra Days 1 Extra Days 0 Extra Days 3 Extra  Days 3
                             
February 23 - April 3 April 6 - June 5 Not Applicable  
Unit 4: Fossils Unit 5: Courage Unit 6: Our Country and Its People  
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1 Fossils Tell of . . . 5 1 Molly the Brave and Me 5 1 The First Americans 5  
2 Dinosaur Who Lived 5 2 Dragons and Giants 5 2 New Hope 5  
3 Dinosaur Fossils 5 3 The Hole in the Dike 5 3 A Place Called Freedom