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Explain which of the following images are insects by using organizing categories to defend claims or opinions about a content-related topic.
Book: Insect Bodies by Bobbie Kalman and Molly Aloian
Images of insects and non-insects
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Your friend says that all insects have wings. Do you agree or disagree? Defend your thinking using what you know about insect characteristics.
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L.2.1.f — Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
RI.2.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
RI.2.7 — Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
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.
SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
W.2.1 — Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.5 — With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.2.3.a — Compare formal and informal uses of English.
RI.2.10 — By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2—3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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Identify key information about insect life cycles by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Identify key information about insect bodies by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
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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.
L.2.1.fRI.2.4RI.2.7SL.2.1SL.2.2W.2.1W.2.5
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
L.2.1.fSL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.6W.2.1
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
5 days
Describe an insect by writing an informational text that uses researched facts, images, and definitions to explain what they learned.
L.2.1.fL.2.2.eL.2.4.eW.2.2W.2.5W.2.7
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