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Skills: Collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions using sentence frames Make connections between a series of scientific ideas

Description: Building our students' ability to infer, analyze and collaborate with informational text is fun for 2nd graders!  Using a printable Informational Life Science text, “Pollination: A Dance from Plant to Plant,” by Jennifer Kaul, your students will:

• Collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions using sentence frames
• Make connections between a series of scientific ideas

CCSS: RI.2.3

Skills: Use a photo to collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions Practice analyzing  and drawing inferences

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this 2nd Grade 1 hour fully scripted ELA lesson uses photos about pollination to teach comprehension and inference.  Your students will:

• Use a photo to collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions
• Practice analyzing  and drawing inferences

CCSS: RI.2.1, R.I.2.7, SL.2.1, & SL.2.2

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) ...

Description: We learn to infer from pictures first!  Remember  the saying "a picture is worth 1 thousand words"?  In this fully scripted 3 lesson bundle (30-60 minutes each)  on the topic of pollination, your multi-lingual learners experience success with the skills of inference and analysis.  Your students will:

• 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

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)

Skills: Collaborate in close reading discussions by asking and answering text dependent questions with peers Determine plot elements, key details and analyze characters Write a short ...

Description: Engage your 3rd graders in learning to write a strong narrative text by analyzing a mentor text! In this 1 hour fully scripted lesson based on the text "The Day I Faced my Biggest Fear", your students will:

• Collaborate in close reading discussions by asking and answering text dependent questions with peers
• Determine plot elements, key details and analyze characters
• Write a short narrative demonstrating understanding of plot elements and characters

CCSS: RL.3.3 & W.3.3