“Pollination: A Dance from Plant to Plant” Informational Life Science Bundle

2nd Grade • Lesson Plan Bundle

$6.00

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Quick Facts

Subject: ELA, Informational

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills:

Use a photo to collaborate, ask and answer text evidence questions in order to draw inferences
Make connections between a Series of Scientific Ideas (Sequence)
Writing using strong supporting details

Materials Needed:

Paper
Pencils
Chart paper or whiteboard
Document camera or interactive whiteboard for displaying photographs and text

Printable Resources: Required:

pictures of pollinators (1 color copy recommended)
copy of informational text, “Pollination: A Dance from Plant to Plant,” by Jennifer Kaul (projected for students)
OR copies of the text for each student

Optional:

“Sequencing Design” Thinking Design (graphic organizer) (1 copy per student)
“Exit Slip” (as an optional assessment component) (1 copy per student)
“Brainstorming Design” Thinking Design (graphic organizer) (1 copy per student)

CCSS: (RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.3, RI.2.6, RI.2.7), (W.2.2), & (SL.2.1 & SL.2.2)

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

Using informational text to teach reading and comprehension skills is engaging and fun! In this fully scripted bundle of 3 lessons your students will:

Ask and answer questions based on information in pictures
Engage in collaborative conversations by posing or responding to text dependent questions
Determine the correct order of scientific ideas
Identify supporting details in a text.
Write an informational paragraph using supporting details.

This lesson incorporates the Second Grade Life Science NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards). LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Plants depend on animals for pollination or to move their seeds around. (2-LS2-2)

These lessons can be taught over the span of a half day or you can use the lessons independently, broken up over several days.