Animal study: From fiction to facts
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=286
A lesson plan for grade 2 English Language Arts
This lesson from ReadWriteThink, describes how to use selected fiction and nonfiction literature and careful questioning techniques to help students identify factual information about animals. Children identify possible factual information, and then confirm and record these facts on charts and graphic organizers. They use the Internet to gather additional information about the animal. This lesson incorporates the student interactive, “Internet Quest: Ants!”
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 2
- Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
- Objective 2.02: Use text for a variety of functions, including literary, informational, and practical.
- Objective 2.03: Read expository materials for answers to specific questions.
- Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
- Objective 3.02: Connect and compare information within and across selections (fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama) to experience and knowledge.
