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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.
Book: A Desert Habitat by Bobbie Kalman and Kelley Macaulay
Book: A Forest Habitat (Introducing Habitats) by Bobbie Kalman and Kelley Macaulay
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Compare and contrast how plants and animals in a desert habitat depend on their surroundings to meet their needs in comparison with how animals and plants in a forest habitat meet their needs. Why are they different?
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2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the diversity of living things in each of a variety of different habitats. Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include specific animal and plant names in specific habitats.
L.2.3.a — Compare formal and informal uses of English.
L.2.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
RI.2.9 — Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
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.2.6 — Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
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.2.10 — 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.
SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
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Identify key information about water habitats by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Identify questions about forest, desert, rainforest, and water habitats by asking and answering "what" questions about key details in a text.
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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
Explain how the author uses various text features to teach us about a forest habitat by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.2.3RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.2RI.2.5
Create a visual representation of a forest habit that shows how plants and animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs.
RI.2.1RI.2.3SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.5
Write a page in an informational book that explains how plants and animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs in the places they live by writing complete sentences using key details from the text.
RI.2.1W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8
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.
RI.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.
RI.2.1SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.5
2-LS4-1L.2.3.aL.2.6RI.2.9SL.2.1SL.2.6
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.
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.
RI.2.1SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.5SL.2.6
RI.2.1RI.2.3RI.2.7W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8
Identify key information about what makes a rainforest habitat unique by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.2.4RI.2.1RI.2.4
Explain how animals in the rainforest survive by asking and answering questions about key details in the text.
RI.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.
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.
RI.2.1RI.2.5W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8
RI.2.9SL.2.1SL.2.6W.2.2
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Revise the pages in your informational book by correcting run-on sentences and adding appropriate punctuation and create a front cover and table of contents to add to an informational book about habitats.
L.2.2W.2.2W.2.5W.2.7W.2.8
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