Exploring Habitats

Lesson 18
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ELA

Unit 2

2nd Grade

Lesson 18 of 25

Objective


Identify key information about what makes a rainforest habitat unique by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: A Rainforest Habitat by Bobbie Kalman and Molly Aloian  pp. 1 – 17

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

What makes a rainforest unique?

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Key Questions


  • Describe a rainforest.

  • What is the weather like in the rainforest?

  • What types of plants grow in the rainforest?

  • Model fluent reading: Say: “Another text feature that helps us when we read is a caption. A caption helps teach a reader more about a particular illustration or photograph. Watch as I read the captions on this page. (Read page.) How did reading the caption help me better understand this page?

  • What types of animals live in the rainforest?

Vocabulary


rainforest

n.

a habitat that gets a lot of rain and has many tall trees

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.2.1 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
  • RI.2.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
  • RF.2.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Supporting Standards

L.2.1.f
RI.2.10
SL.2.1
SL.2.2

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Explain how animals in the rainforest survive by asking and answering questions about key details in the text.

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