Exploring Habitats

Lesson 3
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ELA

Unit 2

2nd Grade

Lesson 3 of 25

Objective


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. 

Readings and Materials


  • Book: A Forest Habitat (Introducing Habitats) by Bobbie Kalman and Kelley Macaulay  pp. 16 – 31

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Where do different plants and animals in forest habitats live and get their energy?

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Key Questions


  • Model fluent reading on page 16 and then ask: What did I do as a good reader to better read and understand this page?

  • Where do plants get food?

  • What different types of animals live in the forest? Where do they get food?

  • Where do different animals make their homes?

  • What is an herbivore/carnivore/omnivore? Give an example of each from the forest.

  • Where do forest animals and plants get their energy?

Vocabulary


energy

n.

what helps living things grow and move

carnivore

n.

an animal that eats other animals

herbivore

n.

an animal that eats plants

omnivore

n.

an animal that eats plants and animals

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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.2.3 — Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

Supporting Standards

L.2.4
L.2.6
RI.2.5
RI.2.10
SL.2.1
SL.2.2
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