Exploring Habitats

Lesson 27
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ELA

Unit 2

2nd Grade

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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
Writing
Overview

Write an opinion paragraph supported by relevant details, facts, illustrations, labels, and information about the plants and animals that live in a habitat.

Materials
  • Single Paragraph Outline
  • Habitats Brochure Template (G2, U2, L28)
  • Opinion Writing Rubric (G2)
  • Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G2, U2, L28)
  • Brochure Single Point Rubric (G2, U2, L28)
  • Editing Checklist 2 (G2, U2)
  • Single Paragraph Outline Example (G2, U2, L28)
  • Habitats Brochure Example (G2, U2, L28)
  • Revision Sentences (G2, U2, L26, L28)
Day 1 - Brainstorming

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

Materials
  • All unit texts
  • Single Paragraph Outline
  • Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G2, U2, L28)
  • Habitats Brochure Template (G2, U2, L28)
  • Brochure Single Point Rubric (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.

Materials
  • All unit texts
  • Single Paragraph Outline
  • Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G2, U2, L28)

Standards

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

Day 3 - Revision & Editing

Revise and edit an opinion paragraph before publishing. 

Materials
  • All unit texts
  • Editing Checklist 2 (G2, U2)
  • Opinion Writing Rubric (G2)
  • 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. 

Materials
  • All unit texts
  • Habitats Brochure Template (G2, U2, L28)
  • Habitats Brochure Example (G2, U2, L28)
  • Brochure Single Point Rubric (G2, U2, L28)

Standards

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

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