Living Things Thematic Unit by https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e 2nd Grade - SheriKay Davis en-us 2016-04-26 20:54:14 UTC 2023-03-30 15:41:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/109842362/89ab7a25d2ccaa590ddab4c144b9a7a6e052a2d9/266b8c1d0c42967a6525429fcaed98c5.jpg Introduction shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107908411 This book will help introduce the topic. ]]> 2016-04-26 23:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107908411 Introduction Activity shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107908563 After reading and discussing the text, the teacher will ask students to use one or two words to tell the topic of the text (living things; plants and animals). 

The teacher will explain that the main idea is the most important thing about the topic, then ask for ideas. Students will use the ideas to identify the main idea. (Living things/Plants and animals need water, food, and air to help them grow and move.)]]> 2016-04-26 23:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107908563 Assessment shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107908633 The teacher will give each student a reading passage about a living thing. Passages will be differentiated according to the students’ reading levels.

The student will identify the topic and the main idea of the text. ]]> 2016-04-26 23:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107908633 Standards shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107909067 LAFS.2.RI.1.2: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. 

SC.2.L.17.2: Recognize and explain that living things are found all over the earth, but each is only able to live in habitats that meets its basic needs. ]]> 2016-04-26 23:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107909067 Language Arts and Science Integration shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107909352 Students learn about life cycles of animals and how they depend on each other and on plants to survive.]]> 2016-04-26 23:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107909352 Animal Life Cycles shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107909871 This text describes six different life cycles.]]> 2016-04-26 23:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107909871 Amphibian Life Cycle shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107909934 Watch a tadpole become a frog in these colorful pictures. ]]> 2016-04-26 23:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107909934 Plant Life Cycles shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107910089 The tiniest seed becomes a beautiful flower and then a fruit.]]> 2016-04-26 23:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107910089 Research and Reference Activity shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107910223 Students will work in groups of four, using defined roles, to create a poster of a life cycle. Students may choose a plant or an animal. The life cycle will be labeled. ]]> 2016-04-26 23:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107910223 Assessment shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107910985 Students will express what they learned while presenting their posters to the class.]]> 2016-04-26 23:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107910985 Standards shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107911058 LAFS.2.W.3.7: Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations). 

SC.2.L.16.1: Observe and describe major stages in the life cycles of plants and animals, including beans and butterflies. 

LAFS.2.SL.1.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.  
a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). 
b. Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others. 
c. Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

LAFS.2.SL.2.4: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.]]> 2016-04-26 23:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107911058 Technology Integration  shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107912909 Students use technology to learn vocabulary. ]]> 2016-04-26 23:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107912909 Plant Vocabulary shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107912957 Academic vocabulary is difficult for children to understand. This vocabulary-rich book helps with vivid pictures and labels. ]]> 2016-04-26 23:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107912957 Tablet or Computer Needed shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107913563 Find an app or a website with a dictionary that young kids can understand. ]]> 2016-04-27 00:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107913563 Vocabulary Activity shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107913906 Students will work in pairs to create a Frayer Model graphic organizer to describe the meaning of academic words. Students will use tablets or computers to look up the words on a dictionary app or website for kids and teens. The organizers will be displayed in the room. 
(pollination, nectar, seed, seed coat, sprout, germination, shoot, bud, flower, fruit)]]> 2016-04-27 00:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107913906 Assessment shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107914512 Students will match words with definitions in a cut and paste activity.]]> 2016-04-27 00:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107914512 Standards shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107914821 LAFS.2.RI.2.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.]]> 2016-04-27 00:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107914821 Higher-Level Thinking shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107915262 Compare and Contrast]]> 2016-04-27 00:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/107915262 Plant Needs shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108008465 A deciduous maple tree stands tall in a yard. The life of the maple tree is revealed from seed to adult including all the things it needed to grow so big. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108008465 Animal Needs shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108008813 Greenaway describes what animals need to survive. Photographs and diagrams help the reader understand the text. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108008813 Compare & Contrast Activity shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108009841 Students will work in collaborative groups completing a T-chart of things plants need to survive and things animals need to survive. Students will highlight the things that are the same between plants and animals. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108009841 Assessment shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108010405 Students will complete a Venn Diagram describing what animals need to survive compared to what plants need to survive.]]> 2016-04-27 13:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108010405 Standards shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108011879 LAFS.2.RI.3.9: Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.  

SC.2.L.17.1: Compare and contrast the basic needs that all living things, including humans, have for survival. 
]]> 2016-04-27 13:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108011879 Chronological Order shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108012192 Chronological order is one text structure. This book shows the order a ladybug meets animals that get larger and larger. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108012192 Writing Activity shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108012674 Authors provide great examples of text structure. These books show chronological order. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108012674 Order of Events shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108013074 Mouse goes through an abandoned house with predators close by. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108013074 Sequential Order shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108013532 The cricket cannot chirp. He meets other animals that can make noises. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108013532 Activity shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108017108 The teacher will read aloud the books and explain the writing structure of chronological order. Students will make a plan using a flow chart graphic organizer and temporal words such as first, then, next, and finally explaining the adventure of the animal or insect they choose. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108017108 Assessment shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108017573 Students will use the plan to write a story using chronological order text structure and temporal words. Students will illustrate their story. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108017573 Standards shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108017719 LAFS.2.W.1.3: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108017719 Language Arts shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108018848 Authors have central messages they want the reader to know. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108018848 Central Message shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108021144 John Chapman set a good example for others to live by. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108021144 Activity shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108021865 Students will retell the story using a folktale of John Chapman using a story map. 

On footprints, students will write the five values that John Chapman lived by. Students will describe each value in their own words. 
]]> 2016-04-27 13:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108021865 Standards shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108022249 LAFS.2.RL.1.2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. ]]> 2016-04-27 13:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108022249 Assessment shkdavis https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108022624 Students will explain the central message of the text on an apple and glue it to the classroom apple tree.]]> 2016-04-27 13:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shkdavis/52p4s6j5te2e/wish/108022624