2nd grade Instructional Guide

Wonders Content Integration Unit 1

Wonders TE pg T41 Compare texts: compare what students learned about families from both texts emphasizing the traditions present in both. Social Studies Standard 2.1.4: Explain the purpose and signifcance of local, state, and national celebrations, cultural events, and traditions. Teachers may also consider locating where families came from in texts Social Studies Standard 2.2.1: Locate and identify the poles, equator, continents, oceans, the United States, Utah, and your own town or city. Identify and name the states that border Utah and the countries that border the United States.

Unit 2

Wonders TE pg T426 Florida Panthers and Monarch Butterfy habitats: understanding map skills.

Social Studies Standards: 2.2.2: Interpret and construct physical maps using the title, key, symbols, 8-point compass rose, cardinal direction, and alphanumeric grids; 2.2.6: Describe and give examples of the interdependent relationships between the vegetation, the animal life, the physical features, and the cultural characteristics of people specifc to a local region.

Additional Resources UEN: Me on the Map UEN: The World Game UEN: Cultural Museum

UEN: Off to See the World! UEN: Welcome to My World! UEN: Where do you Live?