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Exploring Habitats

Lesson 27

ELA

Unit 2

2nd Grade

Lesson 27 of 28

These assessments accompany this unit to help gauge student understanding of key unit content and skills.

Content Assessment

The Content Assessment pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards. This assessment should take approximately one class period.

Cold Read Assessment

The Cold Read Assessment tests students' ability to comprehend a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer standards-based questions. The Cold Read Assessment can be given in addition to the Content Assessment as a pulse point for what students can read and analyze independently, a skill often required for standardized testing. This assessment should take approximately one class period.

Fluency Assessment

The Fluency Assessment allows teachers to monitor students' oral reading fluency progress with a reading passage drawn from one of the unit's core texts. The Fluency Assessment should be given at the end of a unit. Teachers should plan to pull students one-on-one to do this while the rest of the class is independently reading or writing. Find additional guidance for using this assessment and supporting reading fluency in Teacher Tools.

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Lesson 26

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Lesson Map

Identify questions about forest, desert, rainforest, and water habitats by asking and answering "what" questions about key details in a text.

A Rainforest Habitat
A Desert Habitat
Water Habitats
A Forest Habitat

Standards

RI.2.1RI.2.7SL.2.1

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

A Forest Habitat pp. 1–15

Standards

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.

A Forest Habitat pp. 16–31

Standards

RI.2.1RI.2.3

Generate a variety of sentence types orally and in writing.

Sentence 3-Corners Cards (G2, U2, L4)

Standards

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.

A Forest Habitat — entire text

Standards

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.

A Forest Habitat — entire text

Standards

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.

Day 1 - Brainstorming

Brainstorm a single paragraph using facts and details to support the topic.

Single Paragraph Outline
Single Paragraph Outline With Topic & Concluding Sentences (G2, U2, L7)
Single Paragraph Outline Example (G2, U2, L7)

Standards

L.2.2W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8

Day 2 - Drafting

Draft an informational paragraph about forest habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.

Sentence Expansion Organizer (G2, U2, L7)
Single Paragraph Outline Example (G2, U2, L7)

Standards

L.2.2W.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.

A Desert Habitat pp. 1–17

Standards

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.

A Desert Habitat — pp. 18–end

Standards

L.2.2RI.2.1RI.2.4

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.

A Desert Habitat — entire text

Standards

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

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.

A Desert Habitat — entire text

Standards

L.2.2RI.2.1SL.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.

Draft an informational paragraph about desert habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.

Single Paragraph Outline
Single Paragraph Outline Example (G2, U2, L12)

Standards

L.2.2W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8

Discussion & Writing

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.

A Desert Habitat
A Forest Habitat

Standards

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.

Water Habitats pp. 1–17

Standards

L.2.2RI.2.1RI.2.4

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.

Water Habitats — pp. 18–end

Standards

L.2.2RI.2.1RI.2.4

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.

Water Habitats — entire text

Standards

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

Correctly use regular and irregular plural nouns in writing.

Plural Nouns Handout (G2, U2, L17)
Plural Nouns Handout Example (G2, U2, L17)

Standards

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.

Water Habitats — entire text

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2RI.2.1SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.5SL.2.6

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.

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.7W.2.8

Day 1 - Brainstorming

Brainstorm an informational paragraph about water habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.

Single Paragraph Outline
Main Idea and Detail Sentence Cards (G2, U2, L19)
Main Idea and Detail Sentence Cards Answer Key (G2, U2, L19)
Single Paragraph Outline Example (G2, U2, L19)

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8

Day 2 - Drafting

Draft an informational paragraph about water habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.

Single Paragraph Outline

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2W.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.

A Rainforest Habitat pp. 1–17

Standards

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.

A Rainforest Habitat — pp. 18–end

Standards

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.

A Rainforest Habitat — entire text

Standards

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.

A Rainforest Habitat — entire text

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2RI.2.1SL.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.

Draft an informational paragraph about rainforest habitats that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.

Single Paragraph Outline

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8

Discussion & Writing

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.

A Rainforest Habitat — entire text
Water Habitats — entire text

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2RI.2.9SL.2.1SL.2.6W.2.2

2 days

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.

Day 1 - Revision & Editing

Revise and edit the pages of an informational book to prepare for publication.

Revision Sentences (G2, U2, L26, L28)

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8

Day 2 - Publishing

Publish an informational book on habitats.

Habitats Book Example (G2, U2)

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.2W.2.7W.2.8

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.

Day 1 - Brainstorming

Brainstorm and organize facts and information about a chosen habitat to support an opinion paragraph.

Single Paragraph Outline
Habitats Brochure Template (G2, U2, L28)
Single Paragraph Outline Example (G2, U2, L28)

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.1W.2.8

Day 2 - Drafting

Draft an opinion paragraph about a habitat that introduces a topic, states an opinion, includes supporting reasons, and provides a concluding statement.

Single Paragraph Outline

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.1W.2.8

Day 3 - Revision & Editing

Revise and edit an opinion paragraph before publishing.

Revision Sentences (G2, U2, L26, L28)

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.2W.2.1W.2.8

Day 4 - Publishing

Publish a travel brochure about the best habitat to visit.

Habitats Brochure Template (G2, U2, L28)
Habitats Brochure Example (G2, U2, L28)

Standards

L.2.1.bL.2.1.fL.2.2RI.2.5W.2.1W.2.8

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