Instructional Framework: Grade 2. Each unit in Nelson Literacy has a clearly-
articulated instructional focus. Literature. What is a Story? Science. Animals.
Instructional Framework: Grade 2
Resources and Instructional Model
Each unit in Nelson Literacy has a clearly-articulated instructional focus.
Oral Language
Reading
Science Animals
Active Listening/ Interactive Strategies
Comprehension Strategies
• Make connections while you listen
Social Studies Celebrate Traditions
Literature Biographies
Appropriate Language
Making Inferences
• Visualize while you listen to support understanding
• Listen for descriptive words to create vivid images
• Make inferences while you listen
Make Connections
Visualize
Predict
• Make connections to self and text
• Visualize to clarify understanding
• Make predictions using the titles and headings
Science Liquids and Solids
Social Studies Communities
Literature Long Ago and Far Away
Science Movement
Science Air and Water
Active Listening/ Interactive Strategies
Demonstrating Understanding
Vocal Skills and Strategies
Demonstrating Understanding
Presentation Strategies/ Clarity and Coherence
• Ask questions while you listen to clarify understanding
• Listen for important ideas
• Use tone and volume when you speak to communicate a message
• Use labelled diagrams when you speak
• Present an oral report in a clear, coherent manner using an organizational pattern
Making Inferences
Ask Questions
Find Important Ideas
Retell
• Ask questions to clarify understanding
• Identify important ideas using titles and headings
• Retell a story
Monitor Your Comprehension
Evaluate
• Use stated and implied information to make simple inferences
• Use self-monitoring to check understanding
Read-Aloud, Shared Reading, and Modelling Selections Shared
Literature What is a Story?
Modular Format—9 units available individually
Contains all the material needed to deliver each individual unit
45 Shared Reading and Modelling Selections provided in both transparency and digital form
Unit Resource contains: • 1 Read-Aloud picture book • 5 Shared Reading and Modelling Selections provided in both transparency and digital form, including lesson plans • 1 Teacher's Resource • 4 Guided Reading selections, 6 copies of each, including lesson plans • Audio CD with selections from the Student Book
Complete lesson plans including suggested prompts for discussion
2b
• Express personal thoughts and opinions about what has been read
