Awesome Insects

Identify key information about insect bodies by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Insect Bodies pp. 4–11

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RI.2.1RI.2.4RI.2.5

Identify and explain characteristics of an insect by identifying and explaining key details in a text Read Aloud.

Insect Bodies pp. 12–19

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RI.2.1RI.2.4RI.2.5

Explain which of the following images are insects by using organizing categories to defend claims or opinions about a content-related topic.

Insect Bodies
Images of insects and non-insects

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L.2.1.fRI.2.4RI.2.7SL.2.1SL.2.2W.2.1W.2.5

Identify key information about insect life cycles by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Insect Life Cycles pp. 6–9

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RF.2.3RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.3RI.2.5

Describe the key phases in a complete insect life cycle by using text features and details to describe the connection between scientific ideas.

Insect Life Cycles pp. 10–19

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RI.2.2RI.2.5

Describe the differences between a complete and incomplete metamorphosis using text features and details to describe the connection between scientific ideas.

Insect Life Cycles pp. 20–25

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RI.2.3RI.2.5RI.2.7

Explain what happens at each stage of the life cycle by using picture clues and details to sequence events.

Insect Life Cycles

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L.2.1.fRI.2.3SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.6W.2.2

Identify key information about ants by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Ants pp. 4–13

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RF.2.3RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.2RI.2.5RI.2.7

Identify key information about ants by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Ants — pages 16-21 & 24-31

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RF.2.3RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.2RI.2.5RI.2.7

Argue why an ant would or would not survive in a rainforest habitat by using organizing categories to defend claims or opinions about a content-related topic.

Ants

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L.2.1.fSL.2.1SL.2.2W.2.1

Describe the impact bees have on the natural world using key details from the text.

Bees pp. 4–13

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RF.2.3RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.2

Describe a bee’s world by noticing key details in the text and using relevant vocabulary.

Bees pp. 16–23

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RF.2.3RF.2.4RI.2.2RI.2.4RI.2.5

Determine the main purpose of a text by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Bees pp. 24–29

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RF.2.3RF.2.4RI.2.5RI.2.6

Argue why a bee would or would not survive in a rainforest habitat by using organizing categories to defend claims or opinions about a content-related topic.

Bees

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L.2.1.fSL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.6W.2.1

Informative Writing

3 days

Describe an insect’s life cycle by writing an informational text that uses researched facts, images, and definitions to explain what you learned.

Ladybug (Grow With Me)
Variety of nonfiction insect books

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L.2.1.fL.2.4RI.2.3RI.2.4RI.2.5W.2.2W.2.5W.2.7

Explain how the author uses poetry to describe an insect.

Insectlopedia — "The Caterpillar," "The Dragonfly," and "The Army Ants"

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RL.2.4SL.2.5

Explain how the author uses poetry to describe an insect.

Insectlopedia — "Inchworm," "Hornet"

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RL.2.4SL.2.5

Identify the different ways insects can be both helpful and harmful and explain one reason why by using text features and details to describe the connection between scientific concepts.

Helpful and Harmful Insects — Pages 6-7 & 10-15

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RI.2.3RI.2.6RI.2.8

Identify the different ways insects can be both helpful and harmful, and explain one reason why by using text features and details to describe the connection between scientific concepts.

Helpful and Harmful Insects pp. 16–21

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RI.2.3RI.2.6RI.2.8

Identify the different ways insects can be both helpful and harmful and explain one reason why by using text features and details to describe the connection between scientific concepts.

Helpful and Harmful Insects pp. 22–29

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RI.2.2RI.2.3RI.2.8

Argue why it would be a good or bad thing if all the insects in our world suddenly disappeared by using organizing categories to defend claims or opinions about a content–related topic.