Unit Plan 9 (Grade 2 ELA): Phonics & Fluency Boost – Long Vowels & Vowel Teams

Focus: ai/ay, ee/ea, oa/ow, oo; two-syllable words; prosody

Grade Level: 2

Subject Area: English Language Arts (Foundational Skills • Language)

Total Unit Duration: 5 sessions (one week), 45–60 minutes per session

I. Introduction

This fast-paced tune-up strengthens decoding and fluency so comprehension clicks. Students practice common long-vowel teams—ai/ay, ee/ea, oa/ow, oo—and learn simple ways to chunk two-syllable words. Daily fluency work grows accuracy, rate, and expression (prosody). We also use context clues to confirm word meaning and self-correct when something “doesn’t sound right.”

II. Objectives and Standards

Learning Objectives — Students will be able to…

1. Decode words with long-vowel teams ai/ay, ee/ea, oa/ow, and oo in familiar patterns (RF.2.3a–b).
2. Decode two-syllable words by chunking into syllables and reading each part smoothly (RF.2.3c).
3. Read short texts with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression, and use context to confirm or self-correct (RF.2.4a–c).
4. Use context and known word parts to determine or clarify meaning of unknown words (L.2.4).

Standards Alignment — CCSS Grade 2

• RF.2.3a–c, RF.2.4a–c, L.2.4

Success Criteria — student language

• I can read and spell words with ai/ay, ee/ea, oa/ow, oo.
• I can scoop two-syllable words and read them smoothly.
• I can read a passage accurately and with expression, then fix mistakes by using context.
• I can tell what an unknown word means by using clues in the sentence.