LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 2

The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.

Objective 2.04

Pose possible how, why, and what if questions to understand and/or interpret text.

Resources aligned to this objective

Snails: Fact and fiction
This lesson on snails integrates Science, Language Arts, Technology and Math. Teacher will share a fictitious snail story with students. Students will complete a K-W-L chart on snails with the help of the internet. As a related activity, students will take a poll on snail preferences and graph it.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Jody Shaughnessy.
Predicting skills
Students will practice predicting what will happen in different stories and understand why predicting is important while reading.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts)
By Susan Bell.
Geography centers
A geography unit in which students investigate and compare their hometowns and other cities. The unit incorporates nine centers: math, science, social studies, reading, writing, computers, puzzles and games, art, and listening. They all have activities that are integrated with the geography unit.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies)
By Laurie Perry.
Discovering how to take care of our natural resources
This lesson focuses on our natural resources and the effects our actions have on them. Students explore this concept through discussion, matching, literature, and writing.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Social Studies)
By Jennifer Hicks and Alison Short.
Directed reading lesson: Dear Mr. Blueberry
This plan is a directed reading/thinking activity for the book Dear Mr. Blueberry with questioning and a follow-up written activity that focuses on the story elements. Another activity involves discussing facts about whales in the story and, then, finding other facts about whales that are used for a writing activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)
By Candace Hall.