North Carolina Standard Course of Study

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Subjects: Health and PE, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
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North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Health and PE
Grade: K - Adopted: 2010
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD K.MEH.Mental and Emotional Health
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.MEH.1.Remember the association of healthy expression of emotions, mental health, and healthy behavior.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.MEH.1.1.Recognize feelings and ways of expressing them.

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Emotion Meter Scale
Family Poem
Feelings Charades
School Routine Practice
What Do I Like?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.MEH.1.3.Illustrate personal responsibility for actions and possessions.

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Create a Routine Chart
Emotion Meter Scale
Is my child overscheduled?
Race to Be Ready
Red Light, Green Light
Routine Strategy: Chore Chart
Routine Strategy: Routine Chart
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
School Routine Practice
Simon Says
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD K.PCH.Personal and Consumer Health
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.PCH.1.Apply measures for cleanliness and disease prevention.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.PCH.1.2.Illustrate proper tooth brushing techniques.

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Brushing Your Teeth
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD K.ICR.Interpersonal Communication and Relationships
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.ICR.1.Understand healthy and effective interpersonal communication and relationships.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.ICR.1.1.Explain reasons for sharing.

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Favorite People Place Cards
Routine Strategy: Routine Chart
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.ICR.1.2.Compare people in terms of what they have in common and how they are unique.

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Favorite People Place Cards
Story of Your Name
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.ICR.1.4.Recognize bullying, teasing, and aggressive behaviors and how to respond.

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All About My Family
Family Poem
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD K.AOTD.Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.AOTD.1.Understand how to use household products medicines safely.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.AOTD.1.3.Identify adults and professionals who can be trusted to provide safety information about household products and medicines.

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All About My Family
Family Poem
Super Kindness
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.PE.Healthful Living - Physical Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD K.PR.(PR) Personal /Social Responsibility
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.PR.4.Use behavioral strategies that are responsible and enhance respect of self and others and value activity.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE PE.K.PR.4.1.Use basic strategies and concepts for working cooperatively in group settings.

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Clap and Count
Super Kindness

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Health and PE
Grade: 1 - Adopted: 2010
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 1.MEH.Mental and Emotional Health
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.MEH.1.Understand the relationships among healthy expression of emotions, mental health, and healthy behavior.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.MEH.1.1.Use effective communication to express and cope with emotions.

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Clap and Count
Emotion Meter Scale
Freeze Dance
Red Light Purple Light Challenge
School Routine Practice
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.MEH.1.2.Use methods of positive coping with disappointment and failure.

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Clap and Count
Emotion Meter Scale
Freeze Dance
Red Light Purple Light Challenge
School Routine Practice
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 1.PCH.Personal and Consumer Health
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.PCH.2.Understand wellness, disease prevention, and recognition of symptoms.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.PCH.2.2.Summarize the transition between primary and permanent teeth and steps for seeking help for dental problems.

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Brushing Your Teeth
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 1.ICR.Interpersonal Communication and Relationships
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.ICR.1.Understand healthy and effective interpersonal communication and relationships.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.ICR.1.1.Explain the importance of demonstrating respect for the personal space and boundaries of others.

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Routine Strategy: Routine Chart
Story of Your Name
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.ICR.1.2.Explain the value of having a diversity of students in the classroom.

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Survey Says
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.ICR.1.3.Contrast tattling with reporting aggression, bullying, and violent behavior.

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All About My Family
Family Poem
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.PE.Healthful Living - Physical Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 1.PR.(PR) Personal /Social Responsibility
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.PR.4.Use behavioral strategies that are responsible and enhance respect of self and others and value activity.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE PE.1.PR.4.1.Use basic strategies and concepts for working cooperatively in group settings.

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Clap and Count
Folding a Blanket
Super Kindness

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Health and PE
Grade: 2 - Adopted: 2010
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 2.MEH.Mental and Emotional Health
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.MEH.1.Understand the relationship among healthy expression of emotions, mental health, and healthy behavior.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.MEH.1.1.Identify appropriate standards for behavior.

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Emotion Meter Scale
Freeze Dance
How do I get my child to______?
Red Light Purple Light Challenge
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.MEH.1.3.Explain the influence of peers, the media, and the family on feelings and emotions.

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I Love My Family Because...
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.MEH.1.4.Explain the influence on self-concept on performance and vice versa.

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Story of Your Name
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 2.PCH.Personal and Consumer Health
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.PCH.1.Apply measures for cleanliness and disease prevention.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.PCH.1.2.Execute the proper techniques for brushing teeth.

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Brushing Your Teeth
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 2.ICR.Interpersonal Communication and Relationships
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.ICR.1.Understand healthy and effective interpersonal communication and relationships.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.ICR.1.2.Interpret the feelings of others and how to respond when angry or sad.

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Emotion Meter Scale
Freeze Dance
Red Light Purple Light Challenge
Routine Strategy: Routine Chart
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.ICR.1.3.Explain why it is wrong to tease others.

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Routine Strategy: Routine Chart
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.ICR.1.4.Recognize bullying behaviors and what to do if someone is bullied.

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Family Poem
This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.ICR.1.5.Exemplify how to communicate with others with kindness and respect.

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Routine Strategy: Routine Chart
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.PE.Healthful Living - Physical Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 2.PR.(PR) Personal /Social Responsibility
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 2.PR.4.Use behavioral strategies that are responsible and enhance respect of self and others and value activity.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE PE.2.PR.4.1.Explain the value of working cooperatively in group settings.

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Fair Share
Super Kindness

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Health and PE
Grade: 3 - Adopted: 2010
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 3.MEH.Mental and Emotional Health
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.MEH.1.Understand positive stress management strategies.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.MEH.1.1.Explain how self-control is a valuable tool in avoiding health risks.

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Emotion Meter Scale
Is my child overscheduled?
Race to Be Ready
Red Light Purple Light Challenge
Routine Strategy: Chore Chart
Routine Strategy: Routine Chart
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
Simon Says
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 3.PCH.Personal and Consumer Health
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.PCH.1.Understand wellness, disease prevention, and recognition of symptoms.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.PCH.1.1.Classify behaviors in terms of whether they are related to physical, social, mental, and emotional health.

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Brushing Your Teeth
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.PCH.1.2.Classify behaviors in terms of whether they do or do not contribute to healthy living.

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Brushing Your Teeth
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 3.PCH.Personal and Consumer Health
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.PCH.2.Apply measures for cleanliness and disease prevention.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.PCH.2.2.Implement proper flossing to prevent tooth decay and gum disease.

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Brushing Your Teeth
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.HE.Healthful Living - Health Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 3.ICR.Interpersonal Communication and Relationships
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.ICR.1.Understand healthy and effective interpersonal communication and relationships.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.ICR.1.1.Summarize qualities and benefits of a healthy relationship.

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I Love My Family Because...
Routine Strategy: Chore Chart
Story of Your Name
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.ICR.1.2.Plan how to show compassion for all living things and respect for other people's property.

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Routine Strategy: Routine Chart
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.PE.Healthful Living - Physical Education
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD 3.PR.(PR) Personal /Social Responsibility
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 3.PR.4.Use behavioral strategies that are responsible and enhance respect of self and others and value activity.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE PE.3.PR.4.1.Use self-control to demonstrate personal responsibility and respect for self and others.

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This Is Important
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE PE.3.PR.4.2.Use cooperation and communication skills to achieve common goals.

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Fair Share
Super Kindness
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE PE.3.PR.4.3.Explain the importance of working productively with others.

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Fair Share
Super Kindness

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Language Arts
Grade: K - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.1.Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.K.1.With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

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Isn't That Bold?
Making Connections
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading and Making Connections
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.2.Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.K.2.With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

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Isn't That Bold?
Making Connections
Retelling the Story
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.3.Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.K.3.With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

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Feelings Charades
Making Connections
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.4.Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.K.4.With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about words in a text that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

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Isn't That Bold?
Making Connections
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading and Making Connections
Seeing the Story
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.5.Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.K.5.Recognize common types of texts.

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What Do I Like?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.7.Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.K.7.With prompting and support, describe how the words and illustrations work together to tell a story.

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Daily Reading Routines
Isn't That Bold?
Making Connections
Pattern Books
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategy: Choral Reading
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
Reading and Making Connections
Retelling the Story
Seeing the Story
What Do I Like?
Wordless Picture Books
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.9.Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.K.9.With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.

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Feelings Charades
Making Connections
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.10.Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.K.10.Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

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I Read to You, You Read to Me
Making Connections
Pattern Books
Storytelling with a Picture Book
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.1.Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.K.1.With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

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What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.2.Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.K.2.With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

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Book Cover Conversations
Is It Real?
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
Who Am I?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.3.Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.K.3.With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

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Book Cover Conversations
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
Who Am I?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.4.Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.K.4.With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about words in a text.

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What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.7.Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.K.7.With prompting and support, describe how the words and illustrations work together to provide information.

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Books I Like
Daily Reading Routines
How Far Does It Fly?
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
What Do I Like?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.10.Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.K.10.Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

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I Read to You, You Read to Me
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.1.Print Concepts
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.1.Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.1.a.Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.

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Reading Strategy: Using Your Reading Finger
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.1.c.Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

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Reading Strategy: Using Your Reading Finger
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.1.d.Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

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Alphabet Dice Game
Letters on My Back
Matching Letters to Favorite Things
Race to the Letter Sound
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.2.Handwriting
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.2.Print upper- and lowercase letters.

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Captioning Your Childhood
Favorite People Place Cards
Letters on My Back
Make an Invitation
Write Your Name
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.3.Phonological Awareness
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.3.Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.3.a.Recognize and produce rhyming words.

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Name Rhymes
Nursery Rhymes
Reading Rhymes
Silly Song Singing
Stinkle, Stinkle, Stittle Star
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.3.c.Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

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Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.3.d.Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)

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Family Alliteration Name Game
Favorite People Place Cards
Stinkle, Stinkle, Stittle Star
Super Hero Names
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.3.e.Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.

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Name Rhymes
Silly Song Singing
Stinkle, Stinkle, Stittle Star
Super Hero Names
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.4.Phonics and Word Recognition
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.4.Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.4.a.Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

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Alphabet Dice Game
Letters on My Back
Matching Letters to Favorite Things
Race to the Letter Sound
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Super Hero Names
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.4.b.Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

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All About My Family
I Found This
Letters on My Back
Race to the Letter Sound
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.4.c.Read common high-frequency words by sight.

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Fishing for Words
My Words, Your Words
Where's That Word?
You Know It!
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.4.d.Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

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Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
Word Man
You Know It!
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.5.Fluency
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.K.5.Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

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Pattern Books
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategy: Choral Reading
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
What Do I Like?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.1.Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.K.1.Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.K.1.a.With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from adults and/or peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

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All About Me
Captioning Your Childhood
I Know All About
Labeling Your Story
Make a Card
Nature Journaling
Write Me a Story
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.K.2.Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.K.2.a.With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from adults and/or peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

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All About Me
Captioning Your Childhood
I Know All About
Labeling Your Story
Make a Card
Nature Journaling
Write Me a Story
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.3.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.K.3.Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and with guidance and support, provide a reaction to what happened.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.K.3.a.With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from adults and/or peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

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All About Me
Captioning Your Childhood
I Know All About
Labeling Your Story
Make a Card
Nature Journaling
Write Me a Story
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.5.Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.K.5.Participate in shared investigation of grade appropriate topics and writing projects.

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Color Poem
Create a Crazy Character
Family Adventure List
I Want to Know About
Make a Card
Nature Journaling
Write Me a Story
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.6.Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.K.6.With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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Guess Who
Let's Explore
Nature Journaling
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.1.Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.K.1.Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.K.1.a.Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.

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A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Know All About
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.K.1.b.Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.

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A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Know All About
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.2.Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.K.2.Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

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20 Questions Draw
A Memorable Story
Book Cover Conversations
Conversation Starters
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Spy
Isn't That Bold?
Library Visit
Making Connections
Storytelling Together
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
Who Am I?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.3.Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.K.3.Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

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20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Spy
Library Visit
Storytelling Together
Who Am I?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.4.Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.K.4.Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

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Conversation Starters
Here Are the Facts
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Where Would You Go?
Who Am I?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.5.Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.K.5.Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

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20 Questions Draw
A Memorable Story
Color Poem
Conversation Starters
Here Are the Facts
I Know All About
I Spy
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Where Would You Go?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band grammar continuum.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.K.1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 grammar continuum.

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Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Who Am I?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.2.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band conventions continuum.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.K.2.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 conventions continuum.

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All About My Family
I Found This
Make a Card
Make a List
Make an Invitation
Word Man
Write a Letter
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.4.Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, word relationships, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.K.4.Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content: context clues, word parts, and word relationships.

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Nursery Rhymes
Reading Rhymes
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.5.Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.K.5.With guidance and support from adults, explore nuances in word meanings.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.K.5.a.Sort common objects into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

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Guess the Group
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.K.5.b.Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).

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Speedy Synonyms
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.K.5.c.Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action by acting out the meanings.

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Nursery Rhymes
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.6.Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in developing vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.K.6.Use words and phrases learned through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

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Family Sensory Walk
Feelings Charades
How can I help my child learn new words?
Nursery Rhymes
Reading Rhymes
Share Your Knowledge
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Makes a Good Storyteller

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Language Arts
Grade: 1 - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.1.Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.1.1.Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

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Chapter Books
Funny Pictures
Preview & Predict
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.2.Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.1.2.Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

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Chapter Books
Funny Pictures
Retelling the Fable
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.3.Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.1.3.Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

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Chapter Books
Character Connection
Feelings Charades
Funny Pictures
Inside Outside Traits
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.4.Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.1.4.Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

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Let's Look Closer
Read a Little, Think a Little
Seeing the Story
What Do I See When I Hear...?
What Was That For?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.5.Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.1.5.Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information.

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Is It Real?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.6.Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.1.6.Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

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Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.7.Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.1.7.Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

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Chapter Books
Character Connection
Favorite Illustrators
Feelings Charades
Funny Pictures
Inside Outside Traits
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.9.Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.1.9.Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

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Chapter Books
Character Connection
Feelings Charades
Funny Pictures
Inside Outside Traits
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.10.Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.1.10.With prompting and support, read and understand literature of appropriate complexity for grade 1 for sustained periods of time.

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Books on the Go
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Choral Reading
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
Reading and Making Connections
Seeing the Story
What Do I Like?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.1.Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.1.1.Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

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How To
What Do You Want to Know?
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.2.Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.1.2.Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

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How To
Is It Real?
What Do You Want to Know?
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.3.Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.1.3.Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

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How To
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.4.Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.1.4.Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

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How To
What Do You Want to Know?
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.5.Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.1.5.Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text.

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Getting Into Information
How To
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.6.Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.1.6.Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

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How Far Does It Fly?
How To
Is It Real?
What Do You Want to Know?
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.7.Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.1.7.Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.

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How Far Does It Fly?
How To
Is It Real?
What Do You Want to Know?
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.8.Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.1.8.With guidance and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support ideas in a text.

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How To
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.10.Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.1.10.With prompting and support, read and understand informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1 for sustained periods of time.

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Books on the Go
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
What Do I Like?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.1.Print Concepts
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.1.Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.1.a.Recognize and use capitalization and ending punctuation.

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Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.2.Handwriting
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.2.Print all upper- and lowercase letters legibly.

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Captioning Your Childhood
Letters on My Back
Make an Invitation
Write Your Name
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.3.Phonological Awareness
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.3.Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.3.a.Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.

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All About My Family
I Found This
Letters on My Back
Race to the Letter Sound
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.3.b.Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

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Looking for Chunks
Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
Word Man
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.3.c.Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.

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Begin with the End
Family Alliteration Name Game
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.4.Phonics and Word Recognition
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.4.Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.4.a.Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.

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Looking for Chunks
Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
Word Man
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.4.b.Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

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Looking for Chunks
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
Word Man
You Know It!
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.4.c.Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

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Change One Letter
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.4.d.Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.

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Rhyming Hand Game
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.4.e.Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.

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Little Words Inside Bigger Words
Looking for Chunks
Reading Strategy: Cover the Suffix
Rhyming Hand Game
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.4.g.Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

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Fishing for Words
My Words, Your Words
Race You To the Top
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Thinking About Word Chunks
Where's That Word?
Word Man
You Know It!
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.5.Fluency
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.5.Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.5.a.Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

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Books on the Go
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
My Library List
Preview & Predict
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Choral Reading
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
Reading and Making Connections
Seeing the Story
What Do I Like?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.5.b.Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

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Building a Fort
Conversation Starters
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.1.5.c.Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

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Reading Rhymes
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
What Does It Mean?
Wondering About Words
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.1.Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.1.Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide closure.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.1.b.With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

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Captioning Your Childhood
I'd Really Like
Labeling Your Story
Magical Creature Writing
Nature Journaling
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.2.Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide closure.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.2.a.With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

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All About My Family
Family Adventure List
I'd Really Like
Make a Card
Nature Journaling
Tell Me How
Write About a Family Tradition
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.2.b.With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

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All About My Family
Family Adventure List
I'd Really Like
Make a Card
Nature Journaling
Tell Me How
Write About a Family Tradition
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.3.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.3.Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal transition words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.3.a.With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

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All About My Family
I'd Really Like
Labeling Your Story
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Card
My First Journal
Nature Journaling
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Tell Me How
Write About a Family Tradition
Write Around
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.3.b.With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

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All About My Family
Captioning Your Childhood
I'd Really Like
Labeling Your Story
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Card
Nature Journaling
Tell Me How
Write About a Family Tradition
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.5.Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.5.Participate in shared research and writing projects.

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Bake Sale/Lemonade Stand
Color Poem
Create a Crazy Character
Family Adventure List
I Want to Know About
I'd Really Like
Make a Card
Nature Journaling
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.6.Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.1.6.With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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Guess Who
Let's Explore
Nature Journaling
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.1.Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.1.1.Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.1.1.a.Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Making Playdough Together
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.1.1.b.Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Making Playdough Together
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.1.1.c.Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.

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20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
Library Visit
What I Like About Me
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.2.Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.1.2.Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

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20 Questions Draw
Chapter Books
Conversation Starters
Freeze Dance
Funny Pictures
Guess Who
How To
I Love My Family Because...
Library Visit
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What I Like About Me
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.3.Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.1.3.Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.

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20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Library Visit
What I Like About Me
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.4.Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.1.4.Produce complete sentences to describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

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Guess Who
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
What I Like About Me
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.5.Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.1.5.Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

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20 Questions Draw
Color Poem
Conversation Starters
Describe It
Funny Pictures
Sharing Chores and Your Day
What I Like About Me
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band grammar continuum.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.1.1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 grammar continuum.

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Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
What I Like About Me
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.2.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band conventions continuum.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.1.2.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 conventions continuum.

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All About My Family
Change One Letter
I Found This
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Card
Make a List
Make an Invitation
Thinking About Word Chunks
Word Challenge
Word Man
Write a Letter
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.4.Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, word relationships, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.1.4.Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies: context clues, word parts and word relationships.

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Million Dollar Words
Nursery Rhymes
Reading Rhymes
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
What Does It Mean?
Wondering About Words
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.5.Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.1.5.With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of nuances in word meanings.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.1.5.a.Sort words into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

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Noun Charades
Words to Chew On
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.1.5.b.Define words by category and by one or more key attributes.

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Noun Charades
Words to Chew On
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.1.5.c.Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner and adjectives differing in intensity by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.

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Million Dollar Words
Nursery Rhymes
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.6.Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in developing vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.1.6.Use words and phrases learned through conversations, reading, and being read to, including common conjunctions.

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Family Sensory Walk
Feelings Charades
How can I help my child learn new words?
Nursery Rhymes
Reading Rhymes
Share Your Knowledge
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Makes a Good Storyteller
Wondering About Words

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Language Arts
Grade: 2 - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.1.Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.2.1.Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

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20 Questions
Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Funny Pictures
Reading is Thinking
Story Train
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.2.Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.2.2.Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

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Chapter Books
Funny Pictures
Sequence and Summarize
Story Train
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.3.Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.2.3.Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

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Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Character Chat
Character Comparison
Feelings Charades
Funny Pictures
Inside Outside Traits
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Summarizing the Story
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.4.Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.2.4.Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

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Family Rap
My Turn, Your Turn Poetry
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.5.Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.2.5.Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story, the events unfold in the middle, and the ending concludes the action.

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Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Character Comparison
Funny Pictures
Story Train
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.6.Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.2.6.Distinguish differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

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Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.7.Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.2.7.Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

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Books on the Go
Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Character Chat
Character Comparison
Daily Reading Routines
Favorite Illustrators
Feelings Charades
Five Finger Rule
Funny Pictures
Inside Outside Traits
My Turn, Your Turn
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Summarizing the Story
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.9.Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.2.9.Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.

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What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.10.Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.2.10.By the end of grade 2, read and understand literature within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.

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Books on the Go
Building a Fort
Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
I Read to You, You Read to Me
My Turn, Your Turn
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.1.Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.2.1.Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

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How To
I Want to Know About
Reading Recipes
That's So Cool
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.2.Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.2.2.Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

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How To
That's So Cool
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.3.Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.2.3.Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

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How Far Does It Fly?
How To
I Want to Know About
I Went to the Zoo and Saw
Reading Recipes
That's So Cool
What Do You Wonder?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.4.Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.2.4.Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.

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Share Your Knowledge
Wondering About Words
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.5.Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.2.5.Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.

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Comprehension Clues
How To
Reading Recipes
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.6.Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.2.6.Identify the author’s main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.

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Random, Bizarre Facts
Reading Recipes
That's So Cool
What Do You Wonder?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.7.Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.2.7.Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.

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How Far Does It Fly?
How To
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.8.Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.2.8.Identify the reasons an author gives to support ideas in a text.

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How To
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.10.Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.2.10.By the end of grade 2, read and understand informational texts within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.

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Books on the Go
Building a Fort
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
I Read to You, You Read to Me
Random, Bizarre Facts
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
That's So Cool
What Do You Wonder?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.4.Phonics and Word Recognition
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.4.Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.4.b.Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

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Shopping for Syllables
Thinking About Word Chunks
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.4.c.Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.

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Little Words Inside Bigger Words
Reading Strategy: Cover the Suffix
Rhyming Hand Game
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.4.d.Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.

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Reading Strategy: Cover the Suffix
Shopping for Syllables
Understanding Big Words
Unpacking Prefixes
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.4.e.Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.

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Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Thinking About Word Chunks
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.4.f.Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

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My Words, Your Words
Race You To the Top
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Thinking About Word Chunks
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.5.Fluency
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.5.Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.5.a.Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

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Books on the Go
Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
My Library List
My Turn, Your Turn
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
That's So Cool
What Do You Wonder?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.5.b.Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

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Building a Fort
Conversation Starters
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Take a Stand
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.2.5.c.Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

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Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
Wondering About Words
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.1.Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.1.Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.1.a.With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

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This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.1.b.With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

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This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.2.Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.2.a.With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

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Color Poem Free Verse
Create a Song
Family Adventure List
I'd Really Like
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
Tell Me How
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.2.b.With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

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Color Poem Free Verse
Create a Song
I'd Really Like
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
Tell Me How
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.3.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.3.Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal transition words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.3.a.With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

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Color Poem Free Verse
Create a Song
Family Journaling
I'd Really Like
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Neighborhood Map
My Family Comic Strip
Nature Journaling
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Sketching the Story
Tell Me How
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
Write Around
Writing Telephone Game
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.3.b.With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

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Color Poem Free Verse
Create a Song
Family Journaling
I'd Really Like
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
Tell Me How
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.5.Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.5.Participate in shared research and writing projects.

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Color Poem
Family Adventure List
I Want to Know About
I'd Really Like
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
This Is Important
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.6.Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.2.6.Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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Guess Who
Let's Explore
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
Who Are Your Heroes?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.1.Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.2.1.Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.2.1.a.Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.2.1.b.Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.2.1.c.Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
Interview an Expert
Library Visit
This Is Important
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.2.Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.2.2.Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

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20 Questions Draw
Chapter Books
Family Movie Night
Funny Pictures
How To
That's So Cool
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.3.Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.2.3.Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Interview an Expert
Library Visit
This Is Important
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.4.Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.2.4.Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent and complete sentences.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Create a Song
Family Interview
Sharing Chores and Your Day
What I Like About Me
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.5.Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.2.5.Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

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20 Questions Draw
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band grammar continuum.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.2.1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the 2-3 grammar continuum.

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Family Interview
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Take a Stand
What I Like About Me
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.2.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band conventions continuum.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.2.2.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the 2-3 conventions continuum.

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Change One Letter
Magical Creature Writing
Spelling Pattern Game
Thinking About Word Chunks
Word Challenge
Write a Letter
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.3.Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.2.3.Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.2.3.a.Compare formal and informal uses of English.

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Sharing Chores and Your Day
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.4.Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, word relationships, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.2.4.Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.

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Category Competition
Hink Pink
Million Dollar Words
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
Wondering About Words
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.5.Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.2.5.Demonstrate understanding of nuances in word meanings.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.2.5.a.Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs and closely related adjectives.

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Category Competition
Hink Pink
Million Dollar Words
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.6.Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in developing vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.2.6.Use words and phrases learned through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.

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Acrostic Poem
Color Poem Free Verse
Feelings Charades
Hink Pink
How can I help my child learn new words?
Picture Talk
Share Your Knowledge
What Makes a Good Storyteller
Wondering About Words

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Language Arts
Grade: 3 - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.1.Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.3.1.Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

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20 Questions
Chapter Books
It's All In Your Head
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Talking About Books
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.2.Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.3.2.Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

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Chapter Books
Sequence and Summarize
Story Train
Talking About Books
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.3.Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.3.3.Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

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Chapter Books
Character Chat
Feelings Charades
Inside Outside Traits
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Talking About Books
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.4.Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.3.4.Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, identifying words that impact the meaning in a text.

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Wondering About Words
Word Detective
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.5.Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.3.5.Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

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Favorite Genres
My Turn, Your Turn Poetry
Poetry
Poetry Routine
Pow Wow Crunch
Song Lyrics
Talking About Books
Tips for helping your child love reading
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.6.Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.3.6.Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

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Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.7.Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.3.7.Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story.

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Pow Wow Crunch
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.9.Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.3.9.Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters.

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What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RL.READING: LITERATURE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RL.10.Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RL.3.10.By the end of grade 3, read and understand literature at the high end of the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.

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Books on the Go
Building a Fort
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Favorite Genres
Five Finger Rule
It's All In Your Head
My Turn, Your Turn
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.1.Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.3.1.Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

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Reading Recipes
That's So Cool
What Will You Learn?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.2.Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.3.2.Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

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That's So Cool
What Will You Learn?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.3.Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.3.3.Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

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Double the Recipe
How Far Does It Fly?
I Want to Know About
Reading Recipes
That's So Cool
What Will You Learn?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.4.Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.3.4.Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

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Share Your Knowledge
Wondering About Words
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.5.Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.3.5.Use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

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Comprehension Clues
Reading Recipes
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.7.Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.3.7.Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text.

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Books on the Go
Daily Reading Routines
Favorite Genres
Five Finger Rule
How Far Does It Fly?
That's So Cool
What Will You Learn?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.8.Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.3.8.Describe how the author connects ideas between sentences and paragraphs to support specific points in a text.

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What Will You Learn?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RI.READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RI.10.Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RI.3.10.By the end of grade 3, read and understand informational texts at the high end of the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.

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Books on the Go
Building a Fort
Daily Reading Routines
Favorite Genres
Five Finger Rule
Random, Bizarre Facts
That's So Cool
What Will You Learn?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.4.Phonics and Word Recognition
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.3.4.Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.3.4.a.Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.

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Shopping for Syllables
Understanding Big Words
Unpacking Prefixes
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.3.4.b.Decode words with common Latin suffixes.

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Shopping for Syllables
Understanding Big Words
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.3.4.d.Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

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Race You To the Top
Thinking About Word Chunks
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.RF.READING: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD RF.5.Fluency
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.3.5.Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.3.5.a.Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

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Books on the Go
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Favorite Genres
Five Finger Rule
It's All In Your Head
My Library List
My Turn, Your Turn
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
That's So Cool
What Will You Learn?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.3.5.b.Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

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Building a Fort
Conversation Starters
Reading Dialogue
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Take a Stand
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE RF.3.5.c.Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

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Wondering About Words
Word Detective
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.1.Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.1.Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.1.a.Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

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This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.1.b.Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.

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This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.1.d.Use linking words and phrases to connect opinion and reasons.

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This Is Important
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.1.e.Provide a concluding statement or section.

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This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.1.f.With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing, with consideration to task and purpose.

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This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.2.a.Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

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Create a Song
Family Adventure List
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.2.b.Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.

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Create a Song
Family Adventure List
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.2.c.Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.

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Create a Song
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.2.d.Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information.

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Create a Song
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.2.e.Provide a concluding statement or section.

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Write About a Family Tradition
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.2.f.With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing, with consideration to task and purpose.

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A Really Good Story
Family Journaling
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
This Is Important
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.3.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.3.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.3.a.Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

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Create a Song
Family Journaling
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Neighborhood Map
My Family Comic Strip
Nature Journaling
Sharing Chores and Your Day
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
Write Around
Writing Telephone Game
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.3.b.Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

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A Really Good Story
Family Journaling
Magical Creature Writing
My Family Comic Strip
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Write Around
Writing Telephone Game
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.3.c.Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

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Family Poem
Write Around
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.3.d.Use temporal transition words and phrases to signal event order.

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Create a Song
Write Around
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.3.e.Provide a sense of closure.

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Magical Creature Writing
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.3.f.With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing, with consideration to task and purpose.

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Create a Song
Family Journaling
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
This Is Important
Write About a Family Tradition
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.5.Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.5.Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

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Family Interview
I Want to Know About
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
Who Are Your Heroes?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.W.WRITING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD W.6.Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE W.3.6.Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

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Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
Who Are Your Heroes?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.1.Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.3.1.Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.3.1.a.Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.3.1.b.Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.3.1.c.Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Interview an Expert
Kitchen Conversations
Library Visit
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.3.1.d.Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.2.Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.3.2.Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

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20 Questions Draw
Chapter Books
Story Train
Talking About Books
That's So Cool
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What Will You Learn?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.3.Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.3.3.Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Interview an Expert
Library Visit
This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.4.Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.3.4.Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly in complete sentences at an understandable pace.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Create a Song
Family Interview
Share Your Knowledge
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.SL.SPEAKING AND LISTENING
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD SL.5.Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE SL.3.5.Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

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20 Questions Draw
Books on the Go
Building a Fort
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Favorite Genres
Five Finger Rule
Pow Wow Crunch
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band grammar continuum.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the 2-3 grammar continuum.

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Family Interview
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Take a Stand
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.2.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band conventions continuum.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.2.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the 2-3 conventions continuum.

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Change One Letter
Magical Creature Writing
Spelling Pattern Game
Thinking About Word Chunks
Word Challenge
Write a Letter
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.3.Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.3.Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.3.a.Choose words and phrases for effect.

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Acrostic Poem
Create a Song
Hinky Pinky and Hinketty Pinketty
Million Dollar Words
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.3.b.Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.

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Family Interview
Magical Creature Writing
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Take a Stand
Who's Coming to Dinner?
Write a Letter
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.4.Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, word relationships, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.4.Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.

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Category Competition
Hinky Pinky and Hinketty Pinketty
Million Dollar Words
Wondering About Words
Word Detective
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.5.Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.5.Demonstrate understanding of nuances in word meanings.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.5.a.Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.

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Hinky Pinky and Hinketty Pinketty
Let's Look Closer
Talking About Books
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.5.b.Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty.

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Category Competition
Hinky Pinky and Hinketty Pinketty
Million Dollar Words
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.L.LANGUAGE
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD L.6.Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in developing vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE L.3.6.Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships.

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Feelings Charades
Hinky Pinky and Hinketty Pinketty
How can I help my child learn new words?
Share Your Knowledge
What Makes a Good Storyteller
Wondering About Words

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Mathematics
Grade: K - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.MP.Standards for Mathematical Practice
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.1.Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

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Building a Fort
Car Time Math
Family Math Book
How Many Legs?
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.2.Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

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How Many Legs?
The Right Size
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.3.Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

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Building a Fort
More or Less
Salty Numbers
Would It Work?
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.4.Model with mathematics.

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Family Math Book
When Five is Big
Would It Work?
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.7.Look for and make use of structure.

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Pattern Walk
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.8.Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Pattern Walk
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.CC.Counting and Cardinality
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Know number names and the counting sequence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.1.Know number names and recognize patterns in the counting sequence by:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.1.a.Counting to 100 by ones.

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Add One
Card Sequencing and Counting
My Favorite Things
Number Lookout
Salty Numbers
Ten in a Row
What Am I Counting?
What Comes Next?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.1.b.Counting to 100 by tens.

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Salty Numbers
What Am I Counting?
What Comes Next?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.CC.Counting and Cardinality
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Know number names and the counting sequence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.2.Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence, instead of having to begin at 1.

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Add One
Card Sequencing and Counting
My Favorite Things
Number Lookout
Salty Numbers
Ten in a Row
What Am I Counting?
What Comes Next?
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.3.Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20, with 0 representing a count of no objects.

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Go Fish
My Favorite Things
Numbers on My Back
Sneaky Math Note
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.CC.Counting and Cardinality
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Count to tell the number of objects.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.4.Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.4.a.When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object (one-to-one correspondence).

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Add One
Card Sequencing and Counting
Count with Your Eyes
I See Three
In Ten Seconds
My Favorite Things
Number Lookout
Pairs of Socks
Salty Numbers
Spill the Beans
Ten in a Row
What Am I Counting?
What Comes Next?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.4.c.State the number of objects in a group, of up to 5 objects, without counting the objects (perceptual subitizing).

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Car Race
Go Fish
Spill the Beans
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.CC.Counting and Cardinality
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Count to tell the number of objects.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.5.Count to answer “How many?” in the following situations:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.5.a.Given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.

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Add One
Car Race
Card Sequencing and Counting
I See Three
In Ten Seconds
My Favorite Things
Number Lookout
Salty Numbers
Sneaky Math Note
Spill the Beans
Ten in a Row
What Am I Counting?
What Comes Next?
What Do I Have?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.5.c.Given 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, and a circle, identify how many.

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Add One
Car Race
Card Sequencing and Counting
I See Three
In Ten Seconds
My Favorite Things
Number Lookout
Salty Numbers
Sneaky Math Note
Spill the Beans
Ten in a Row
What Am I Counting?
What Comes Next?
What Do I Have?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.5.d.Given 10 objects in a scattered arrangement, identify how many.

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Car Race
I See Three
In Ten Seconds
Sneaky Math Note
Spill the Beans
What Am I Counting?
What Do I Have?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.CC.Counting and Cardinality
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Compare numbers.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.6.Identify whether the number of objects, within 10, in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, by using matching and counting strategies.

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In Ten Seconds
More or Less
The Biggest Number
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.CC.7.Compare two numbers, within 10, presented as written numerals.

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More or Less
Ten in a Row
The Biggest Number
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand addition and subtraction.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.1.Represent addition and subtraction, within 10:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.1.a.Use a variety of representations such as objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds, acting out situations, verbal explanations, or expressions.

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Car Race
Finish My Set
Fishing for Tens
How Many Legs?
Putting Away Dishes
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.1.b.Demonstrate understanding of addition and subtraction by making connections among representations.

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Car Race
Finish My Set
Fishing for Tens
How Many Legs?
Putting Away Dishes
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand addition and subtraction.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.2.Solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 10, using objects or drawings to represent the problem, when solving:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.2.a.Add to/Take From-Result Unknown

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Bedtime Math Story
Car Time Math
Family Math Book
Fishing for Tens
How Many Legs?
Math Journal Walk
Putting Away Dishes
Restaurant Story Problems
Spill the Beans
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.2.b.Put Together/ Take Apart (Total Unknown and Two Addends Unknown)

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Bedtime Math Story
Car Time Math
Family Math Book
Fishing for Tens
How Many Legs?
Math Journal Walk
Putting Away Dishes
Restaurant Story Problems
Spill the Beans
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand addition and subtraction.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.3.Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or expression.

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Fishing for Tens
Give Me Five
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
What Do I Have?
What's Left?
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.4.For any number from 0 to 10, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or expression.

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Fishing for Tens
Give Me Five
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
What Do I Have?
What's Left?
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.6.Recognize and combine groups with totals up to 5 (conceptual subitizing).

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Car Race
Go Fish
Spill the Beans
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.OA.5.Demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction within 5.

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Car Race
Math Fact Memory
Roll the Difference
Spill the Beans
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Build foundation for place value.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.NBT.1.Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones by:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.NBT.1.a.Using objects or drawings.

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Fishing for Tens
Give Me Five
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
What Do I Have?
What's Left?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.NBT.1.b.Recording each composition or decomposition by a drawing or expression.

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Fishing for Tens
Give Me Five
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
What Do I Have?
What's Left?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.NBT.1.c.Understanding that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

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Fishing for Tens
Give Me Five
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
What Do I Have?
What's Left?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Describe and compare measurable attributes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.MD.1.Describe measurable attributes of objects; and describe several different measurable attributes of a single object.

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Blow Your House Down!
Hunt and Measure
Measurable Me
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.MD.2.Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/“less of” the attribute, and describe the difference.

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Blow Your House Down!
Guess and Measure
Measurable Me
Measure your Steps
The Right Size
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.MD.3.Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.

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Card Sorting
I Spy a Coin
Survey Says
Toy Organization
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.G.Geometry
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Identify and describe shapes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.G.1.Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of objects using positional terms.

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Canned
Pattern Walk
Shape Scavenger Hunt
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.G.2.Correctly name squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres regardless of their orientations or overall size.

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Canned
Is it a Triangle?
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.G.3.Identify squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres as two-dimensional or three-dimensional.

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Shape Scavenger Hunt
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.G.Geometry
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.G.4.Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, attributes and other properties.

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Shape Scavenger Hunt
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.G.Geometry
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.G.5.Model shapes in the world by:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.G.5.a.Building and drawing triangles, rectangles, squares, hexagons, circles.

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Is it a Triangle?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.G.5.b.Building cubes, cones, spheres, and cylinders.

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Canned
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.G.Geometry
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.K.G.6.Compose larger shapes from simple shapes.

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Is it a Triangle?

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Mathematics
Grade: 1 - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.MP.Standards for Mathematical Practice
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.1.Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

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Building a Fort
Car Time Math
Family Math Book
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.3.Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

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Building a Fort
Category Hunt
One of These Is Not Like the Other
Would It Work?
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.4.Model with mathematics.

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Family Math Book
When Five is Big
Would It Work?
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.6.Attend to precision.

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Category Hunt
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.7.Look for and make use of structure.

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One of These Is Not Like the Other
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.8.Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Category Hunt
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Represent and solve problems.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.1.Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 20, with unknowns, by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.1.a.Add to/Take from-Change Unknown

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Bedtime Math Story
Car Time Math
Domino Subtraction
Family Math Book
Fishing for Tens
Input Output
Math Journal Walk
Restaurant Story Problems
Spill the Beans
The Final Price Is...
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.1.b.Put together/Take Apart-Addend Unknown

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Bedtime Math Story
Car Time Math
Domino Subtraction
Family Math Book
Fishing for Tens
Input Output
Math Journal Walk
Restaurant Story Problems
Spill the Beans
The Final Price Is...
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.1.c.Compare-Difference Unknown

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Bedtime Math Story
Car Time Math
Domino Subtraction
Family Math Book
Fishing for Tens
Input Output
Math Journal Walk
Restaurant Story Problems
Spill the Beans
The Final Price Is...
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Represent and solve problems.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.2.Represent and solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20, by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number.

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Restaurant Story Problems
Ten Scoops
The Final Price Is...
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand and apply the properties of operations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.3.Apply the commutative and associative properties as strategies for solving addition problems.

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Fishing for Doubles
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.4.Solve an unknown-addend problem, within 20, by using addition strategies and/or changing it to a subtraction problem.

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Addition War
Can you Make 21?
Car Race
Dice Knockout
Domino Addition
Domino Subtraction
Fifteen Fact Memory
Fishing for Doubles
Math Fact Memory
Roll the Difference
Spill the Beans
Ten Scoops
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Add and subtract within 20.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.9.Demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction within 10.

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Addition War
Can you Make 21?
Car Race
Dice Knockout
Domino Addition
Domino Subtraction
Fifteen Fact Memory
Fishing for Doubles
Math Fact Memory
Roll the Difference
Spill the Beans
Ten Scoops
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Add and subtract within 20.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.6.Add and subtract, within 20, using strategies such as:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.6.a.Counting on

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Addition War
Can you Make 21?
Car Race
Dice Knockout
Domino Addition
Domino Subtraction
Fifteen Fact Memory
Fishing for Doubles
Math Fact Memory
Roll the Difference
Spill the Beans
Ten Scoops
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.6.b.Making ten

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Fishing for Tens
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.6.c.Decomposing a number leading to a ten

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Fishing for Tens
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.6.d.Using the relationship between addition and subtraction

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Ten Dimes
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.6.e.Using a number line

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Car Race
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.6.f.Creating equivalent but simpler or known sums

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Fishing for Tens
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Analyze addition and subtraction equations within 20.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.OA.8.Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation involving three whole numbers.

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Where Did I Start?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Extend and recognize patterns in the counting sequence.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.1.Count to 150, starting at any number less than 150.

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I Can Make You Say 21
Ten in a Row
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.7.Read and write numerals, and represent a number of objects with a written numeral, to 100.

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Sneaky Math Note
Ten in a Row
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand place value.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.2.Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.2.a.Unitize by making a ten from a collection of ten ones.

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How Many Fingers?
How Many Tens in 50?
Location Guess My Number
Stacking Pennies
Ten Dimes
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.2.b.Model the numbers from 11 to 19 as composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

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How Many Fingers?
How Many Tens in 50?
Location Guess My Number
Stacking Pennies
Ten Dimes
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.2.c.Demonstrate that the numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens, with 0 ones.

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How Many Fingers?
How Many Tens in 50?
Location Guess My Number
Stacking Pennies
Ten Dimes
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand place value.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.3.Compare two two-digit numbers based on the value of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <.

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Greater Than
I'm Thinking of a Number
Location Guess My Number
Ten in a Row
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Use place value understanding and properties of operations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.4.Using concrete models or drawings, strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and explaining the reasoning used, add, within 100, in the following situations:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.4.b.A two-digit number and a multiple of 10

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Broken Calculator Keys
Ten Dimes
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Use place value understanding and properties of operations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.5.Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used.

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Ten More
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Use place value understanding and properties of operations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.6.Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 from multiples of 10 in the range 10-90, explaining the reasoning, using:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.6.a.Concrete models and drawings

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Car Race
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.6.c.Strategies based on place value

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Ten More
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.6.d.Properties of operations

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Fishing for Doubles
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.NBT.6.e.The relationship between addition and subtraction

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Ten Dimes
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Measure lengths.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.MD.1.Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.

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How Far Does It Fly?
Hunt and Measure
Measurable Me
Ramp Car Racing
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Measure lengths.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.MD.2.Measure lengths with non-standard units.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.MD.2.a.Express the length of an object as a whole number of non-standard length units.

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Hunt and Measure
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Build understanding of time and money.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.MD.3.Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

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Body Clock
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.MD.5.Identify quarters, dimes, and nickels and relate their values to pennies.

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Counting Coins
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Represent and interpret data.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.MD.4.Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.MD.4.a.Ask and answer questions about the total number of data points.

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Survey Says
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.MD.4.b.Ask and answer questions about how many in each category.

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Survey Says
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.MD.4.c.Ask and answer questions about how many more or less are in one category than in another.

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Survey Says
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.G.Geometry
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Reason with shapes and their attributes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.G.1.Distinguish between defining and non-defining attributes and create shapes with defining attributes by:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.G.1.a.Building and drawing triangles, rectangles, squares, trapezoids, hexagons, circles.

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Folding a Blanket
Paper Airplane Geometry
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.G.1.b.Building cubes, rectangular prisms, cones, spheres, and cylinders.

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Canned
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.G.Geometry
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Reason with shapes and their attributes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.G.2.Create composite shapes by:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.G.2.a.Making a two-dimensional composite shape using rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, and half-circles naming the components of the new shape.

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Folding a Blanket
Paper Airplane Geometry
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.G.Geometry
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Reason with shapes and their attributes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.G.3.Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.G.3.a.Describe the shares as halves and fourths, as half of and fourth of.

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Folding Napkins
Making Playdough Together
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.1.G.3.b.Describe the whole as two of, or four of the shares.

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Folding Napkins
Making Playdough Together

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Mathematics
Grade: 2 - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.MP.Standards for Mathematical Practice
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.1.Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

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Building a Fort
Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.3.Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

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Building a Fort
Category Hunt
One of These Is Not Like the Other
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.4.Model with mathematics.

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Family Math Book
Is it Reasonable?
When Five is Big
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.6.Attend to precision.

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Category Hunt
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.7.Look for and make use of structure.

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One of These Is Not Like the Other
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.8.Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Category Hunt
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Represent and solve problems.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.1.Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 100, with unknowns in all positions, by using representations and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.1.a.One-Step problems:
INDICATOR NC.2.OA.1.a.1.Add to/Take from-Start Unknown

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Input Output
Make One Up
Restaurant Story Problems
INDICATOR NC.2.OA.1.a.2.Compare-Bigger Unknown

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Input Output
Make One Up
Restaurant Story Problems
INDICATOR NC.2.OA.1.a.3.Compare-Smaller Unknown

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Input Output
Make One Up
Restaurant Story Problems
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Represent and solve problems.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.1.Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 100, with unknowns in all positions, by using representations and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.1.b.Two-Step problems involving single digits:
INDICATOR NC.2.OA.1.b.1.Add to/Take from- Change Unknown

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Input Output
Make One Up
Restaurant Story Problems
INDICATOR NC.2.OA.1.b.2.Add to/Take From- Result Unknown

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Input Output
Make One Up
Restaurant Story Problems
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Add and subtract within 20.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.2.Demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction, within 20, using mental strategies.

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Addition War
Can you Make 21?
Fifteen Fact Memory
Fishing for Doubles
Subtraction War
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Work with equal groups.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.3.Determine whether a group of objects, within 20, has an odd or even number of members by:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.3.a.Pairing objects, then counting them by 2s.

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Buzz on 3
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.3.b.Determining whether objects can be placed into two equal groups.

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Even or Odd?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.3.c.Writing an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.

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Even or Odd?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Work with equal groups.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.OA.4.Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.

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An Array of Brownies
I Spy Sums and Products
Table Times
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand place value.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.1.Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.1.a.Unitize by making a hundred from a collection of ten tens.

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All About My Number
How Much to 1,000?
Less Than
Location Guess My Number
Place Value Battle
Place Value Dice
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.1.b.Demonstrate that the numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine hundreds, with 0 tens and 0 ones.

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All About My Number
How Much to 1,000?
Less Than
Place Value Battle
Place Value Dice
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.1.c.Compose and decompose numbers using various groupings of hundreds, tens, and ones.

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All About My Number
Dollars and Dice
Sneaky Math Note
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand place value.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.2.Count within 1,000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

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Buzz on 3
Dollars and Dice
One Hundred More
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.3.Read and write numbers, within 1,000, using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.

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All About My Number
Dollars and Dice
Place Value Dice
Sneaky Math Note
Thousand More
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.4.Compare two three-digit numbers based on the value of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.

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Greater Than
Is it Reasonable?
Less Than
Location Guess My Number
Place Value Battle
The Greater Number
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Use place value understanding and properties of operations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.5.Demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction, within 100, by:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.5.a.Flexibly using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

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2-Digit Addition War
Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Can you Make 21?
Close Call
Coupon Savings
Dollars and Dice
Fishing for Doubles
How Much to 1,000?
Race to Zero
Skunk Addition
Subtraction Switch
The Answer Is
Thousand More
What's the Difference?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.5.b.Comparing addition and subtraction strategies, and explaining why they work.

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Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Can you Make 21?
Dollars and Dice
Fishing for Doubles
How Much to 1,000?
Skunk Addition
Subtraction Switch
The Answer Is
Thousand More
What's the Difference?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.5.c.Selecting an appropriate strategy in order to efficiently compute sums and differences.

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Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Can you Make 21?
Dollars and Dice
Fishing for Doubles
How Much to 1,000?
Skunk Addition
Subtraction Switch
The Answer Is
Thousand More
What's the Difference?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Use place value understanding and properties of operations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.6.Add up to three two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.

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2-Digit Addition War
Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Can you Make 21?
Close Call
Coupon Savings
Dollars and Dice
Fishing for Doubles
How Much to 1,000?
Restaurant Story Problems
Skunk Addition
The Answer Is
Thousand More
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Use place value understanding and properties of operations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.7.Add and subtract, within 1,000, relating the strategy to a written method, using:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.7.a.Concrete models or drawings

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Dollars and Dice
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.7.b.Strategies based on place value

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Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Can you Make 21?
Dollars and Dice
Fishing for Doubles
How Much to 1,000?
Skunk Addition
Subtraction Switch
The Answer Is
Thousand More
What's the Difference?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.7.c.Properties of operations

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Fishing for Doubles
I Spy Sums and Products
Multiplication War
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Use place value understanding and properties of operations.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.NBT.8.Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900.

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Dollars and Dice
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Measure and estimate lengths.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.MD.1.Measure the length of an object in standard units by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.

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How Far Does It Fly?
Ramp Car Racing
Three Questions
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.MD.3.Estimate lengths in using standard units of inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters.

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How Far Does It Fly?
Ramp Car Racing
Three Questions
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.MD.4.Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit.

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How Far Does It Fly?
Ramp Car Racing
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Build understanding of time and money.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.MD.8.Solve word problems involving:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.MD.8.a.Quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies within 99, using ¢ symbols appropriately.

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What's in a Dollar?
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.MD.8.b.Whole dollar amounts, using the $ symbol appropriately.

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What's in a Dollar?
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.G.Geometry
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Reason with shapes and their attributes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.G.1.Recognize and draw triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons, having specified attributes; recognize and describe attributes of rectangular prisms and cubes.

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Mystery Shape
Paper Airplane Geometry
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.2.G.Geometry
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Reason with shapes and their attributes.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.G.3.Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.G.3.a.Describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, fourths, fourth of, quarter of.

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Counting Fractions
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.2.G.3.b.Describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths.

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Counting Fractions

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Mathematics
Grade: 3 - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.MP.Standards for Mathematical Practice
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.1.Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

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Building a Fort
Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.2.Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

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That's Crazy!
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.3.Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

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Building a Fort
Category Hunt
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.4.Model with mathematics.

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Family Math Book
That's Crazy!
When Five is Big
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.6.Attend to precision.

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Category Hunt
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD MP.8.Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Category Hunt
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.1.For products of whole numbers with two factors up to and including 10:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.1.a.Interpret the factors as representing the number of equal groups and the number of objects in each group.

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I Spy Sums and Products
Let's Go to 100
Multiplication War
Price Per Pound
Say it a Different Way
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.1.b.Illustrate and explain strategies including arrays, repeated addition, decomposing a factor, and applying the commutative and associative properties.

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An Array of Brownies
I Spy Sums and Products
Multiplication War
Table Times
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.2.For whole-number quotients of whole numbers with a one-digit divisor and a one-digit quotient:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.2.a.Interpret the divisor and quotient in a division equation as representing the number of equal groups and the number of objects in each group.

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Fair Share
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.2.b.Illustrate and explain strategies including arrays, repeated addition or subtraction, and decomposing a factor.

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An Array of Brownies
I Spy Sums and Products
Table Times
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.3.Represent, interpret, and solve one-step problems involving multiplication and division.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.3.a.Solve multiplication word problems with factors up to and including 10. Represent the problem using arrays, pictures, and/or equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Let's Go to 100
Table Times
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.3.b.Solve division word problems with a divisor and quotient up to and including 10. Represent the problem using arrays, pictures, repeated subtraction and/or equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Let's Go to 100
Table Times
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.6.Solve an unknown-factor problem, by using division strategies and/or changing it to a multiplication problem.

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Domino Division
Fair Share
I Spy Sums and Products
Let's Go to 100
Math Mind Reading
Product Practice
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Multiply and divide within 100.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.7.Demonstrate fluency with multiplication and division with factors, quotients and divisors up to and including 10.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.7.b.Illustrate and explain using the relationship between multiplication and division.

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Domino Division
Fair Share
I Spy Sums and Products
Let's Go to 100
Math Mind Reading
Product Practice
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.7.c.Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers.

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Math Mind Reading
Parts Unknown
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.OA.Operations and Algebraic Thinking
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Solve two-step problems.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.OA.8.Solve two-step word problems using addition, subtraction, and multiplication, representing problems using equations with a symbol for the unknown number.

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Input Output
Let's Go to 100
Make One Up
Restaurant Story Problems
Table Times
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.NBT.Number and Operations in Base Ten
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Use place value to add and subtract.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NBT.2.Add and subtract whole numbers up to and including 1,000.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NBT.2.a.Use estimation strategies to assess reasonableness of answers.

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Race to Zero
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NBT.2.c.Use expanded form to decompose numbers and then find sums and differences.

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Dollars and Dice
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.NF.Number and Operations – Fractions
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand fractions as numbers.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NF.1.Interpret unit fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 as quantities formed when a whole is partitioned into equal parts;
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NF.1.a.Explain that a unit fraction is one of those parts.

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Fractions on a Number Line
Shape Up!
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NF.1.b.Represent and identify unit fractions using area and length models.

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Counting Fractions
Shape Up!
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.NF.Number and Operations – Fractions
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand fractions as numbers.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NF.2.Interpret fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 using area and length models.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NF.2.a.Using an area model, explain that the numerator of a fraction represents the number of equal parts of the unit fraction.

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Counting Fractions
Shape Up!
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.NF.Number and Operations – Fractions
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand fractions as numbers.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NF.3.Represent equivalent fractions with area and length models by:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NF.3.b.Explaining that a fraction with the same numerator and denominator equals one whole.

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Fractions on a Number Line
Shape Up!
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NF.3.c.Expressing whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers.

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Fractions on a Number Line
Shape Up!
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.NF.Number and Operations – Fractions
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand fractions as numbers.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.NF.4.Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size, using area and length models, and using the >, <, and = symbols. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole with denominators: halves, fourths and eighths; thirds and sixths.

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Fractions on a Number Line
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Solve problems involving measurement.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.MD.1.Tell and write time to the nearest minute. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals within the same hour.

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Now is the Time
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Solve problems involving measurement.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.MD.2.Solve problems involving customary measurement.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.MD.2.a.Estimate and measure lengths in customary units to the quarter-inch and half-inch, and feet and yards to the whole unit.

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How Far Does It Fly?
Ramp Car Racing
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.MD.2.b.Estimate and measure capacity and weight in customary units to a whole number: cups, pints, quarts, gallons, ounces, and pounds.

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Cooking Estimation
Double the Recipe
Reading Recipes
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.MD.2.c.Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving whole number measurements of length, weight, and capacity in the same customary units.

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Cooking Estimation
Double the Recipe
Reading Recipes
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Represent and interpret data.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.MD.3.Represent and interpret scaled picture and bar graphs:
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.MD.3.b.Make a representation of data and interpret data in a frequency table, scaled picture graph, and/or scaled bar graph with axes provided.

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Graphing Walking Goals
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.3.MD.Measurement and Data
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Understand the concept of perimeter.
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE NC.3.MD.8.Solve problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, and finding an unknown side length.

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Cracker Perimeter & Area

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Science
Grade: K - Adopted: 2010
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.K.L.Life Science
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Structures & Functions of Living Organisms
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.L.1.Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different from other animals and nonliving things.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE K.L.1.2.Compare characteristics of living and nonliving things in terms of their:
INDICATOR K.L.1.2.e.Basic needs

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Family Sensory Walk

North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Science
Grade: 1 - Adopted: 2010
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.E.Earth Science
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Earth Systems, Structures and Processes
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.E.2.Understand the physical properties of Earth materials that make them useful in different ways.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.E.2.1.Summarize the physical properties of Earth materials, including rocks, minerals, soils and water that make them useful in different ways.

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I Found This
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.L.Life Science
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Ecosystems
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.L.1.Understand characteristics of various environments and behaviors of humans that enable plants and animals to survive.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.L.1.1.Recognize that plants and animals need air, water, light (plants only), space, food and shelter and that these may be found in their environment.

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Family Sensory Walk
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.L.1.2.Give examples of how the needs of different plants and animals can be met by their environments in North Carolina or different places throughout the world.

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Family Sensory Walk
CONTENT AREA / STRAND NC.1.L.Life Science
STRAND / ESSENTIAL STANDARD Molecular Biology
ESSENTIAL STANDARD / CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.L.2.Summarize the needs of living organisms for energy and growth.
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.L.2.1.Summarize the basic needs of a variety of different plants (including air, water, nutrients, and light) for energy and growth.

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Family Sensory Walk
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE 1.L.2.2.Summarize the basic needs of a variety of different animals (including air, water, and food) for energy and growth.

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Family Sensory Walk