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Identify questions about forest, desert, rainforest, and water habitats by asking and answering "what" questions about key details in a text.
Book: A Rainforest Habitat by Bobbie Kalman and Molly Aloian
Book: A Desert Habitat by Bobbie Kalman and Kelley Macaulay
Book: Water Habitats by Bobbie Kalman and Molly Aloian
Book: A Forest Habitat (Introducing Habitats) by Bobbie Kalman and Kelley Macaulay
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Standards
RI.2.1RI.2.7SL.2.1
Identify key information about forest habitats by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
L.2.4RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.4RI.2.5
Explain where different plants and animals in forest habitats live and get their energy by asking and answering "where" questions about key details in a text.
RI.2.1RI.2.3
Generate a variety of sentence types orally and in writing.
L.2.2
Explain how the author uses various text features to teach the reader about a forest habitat by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
L.2.2RF.2.3RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.2RI.2.5
Create a visual representation of a forest habitat that shows how plants and animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs.
L.2.2RI.2.1RI.2.3SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.5
Write an informational book all about how plants and animals in the different habitats depend on their surroundings and other living things to survive and thrive in the places they live.
Brainstorm a single paragraph using facts and details to support the topic.
L.2.2W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8
Draft an informational paragraph about forest habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.
Explain what types of plants and animals live in the desert and why they live there by asking and answering "who" and "why" questions about details from the text.
L.2.2RI.2.1RI.2.4
Explain how plants and animals in the desert survive by asking and answering "how" questions about key details in a text.
Explain how the author uses various text features to teach us about a desert habitat by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Create a visual representation of a desert habitat that shows how plants and animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs.
L.2.2RI.2.1SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.5
Draft an informational paragraph about desert habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.
Compare and contrast how plants and animals in two habitats depend on their surroundings to meet their needs by identifying key details from two texts.
L.2.2L.2.3.aL.2.6RI.2.9SL.2.1SL.2.6
Identify key information about water habitats by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Describe what life is like in a pond, river, and swamp, and how plants and animals depend on their habitats by asking and answering "how" questions about key details in the text.
Explain how the author uses various text features to teach us about a water habitat by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Correctly use regular and irregular plural nouns in writing.
L.2.1.b
Create a visual representation of a water habitat that shows how plants and animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs.
L.2.1.bL.2.2RI.2.1SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.5SL.2.6
L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.7W.2.8
Brainstorm an informational paragraph about water habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.
L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8
Draft an informational paragraph about water habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.
Identify key information about what makes a rainforest habitat unique by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
L.2.1.bL.2.2RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.4
Explain how animals in the rainforest survive by asking and answering questions about key details in the text.
L.2.1.bL.2.2RI.2.1SL.2.1
Explain how the author uses various text features to teach us about a rainforest habitat by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
L.2.1.bL.2.2RF.2.3RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.2RI.2.5
Create a visual representation of a rainforest habitat that shows how plants and animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs.
L.2.1.bL.2.2RI.2.1SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.5
Draft an informational paragraph about rainforest habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.
L.2.1.bL.2.2RI.2.9SL.2.1SL.2.6W.2.2
2 days
Revise and edit the pages of an informational book to prepare for publication.
Publish an informational book on habitats.
Gauge student understanding of unit content and skills with one of Fishtank's unit assessments.
Write an opinion paragraph supported by relevant details, facts, illustrations, labels, and information about the plants and animals that live in a habitat.
Brainstorm and organize facts and information about a chosen habitat to support an opinion paragraph.
L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.1W.2.8
Draft an opinion paragraph about a habitat that introduces a topic, states an opinion, includes supporting reasons, and provides a concluding statement.
Revise and edit an opinion paragraph before publishing.
Publish a travel brochure about the best habitat to visit.
L.2.1.bL.2.1.fL.2.2RI.2.5W.2.1W.2.8
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