How Animals Communicate

• English
• 2nd Grade

Story Of The Week:

How Animals Communicate

gives facts about a topic. 

Look for : information and facts in the words photos that show the real world

Genre :

Informational Text

What is a FACT?

A fact is something that can be proven true. 

For example, a fact could be: 'Earth is round.' It is a fact because there is evidence to prove it is true. You can read about it in an encyclopedia or look at pictures taken from satellites and physically see that Earth is round.

Look at the picture of a bicycle below.

 

Can you come up with a fact about the picture?

What is an OPINION?

An opinion states a person's or group's thoughts, feelings, or beliefs about something. It cannot be proven true, because it relies on the feelings, thoughts, or beliefs of a specific person or group.  For example, an opinion would be: 'Pizza is the best food on Earth!' You know this is an opinion because it tells you about a feeling or belief. Someone may think pizza is the best food, but another person might think it is not. It cannot be proven true.

Look at the picture of doughnuts below. 

Can you come up with an opinion about the picture?

READING STRATEGY:

Infer/Predict : Use text evidence to figure out ideas and what might happen next.

Making a prediction is when we make a good guess about what will happen next in a story based on what we already know about the text and pictures, 

Making an inference is when we make a good guess about what is going on right now in the story, again, based on what we know from the text and picture clues.

While we read let's make inferences or predictions about the story.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

How do animals

communicate?

Sight Words To Know:

1. of               5. why

2. how          6. animal

3. make

4. some

Spelling Words:

1.  in           5. six

2. will        6. big

3. did        7. trip

4. sit         8. grin 

Phonics: 

Short / i / 

Grammar: Proper Nouns 

Holidays

How many holidays can we name?

Comma

I like sushi pasta and Nutella.

Annalisa has blue green and pink bracelets.

There are pencils markers and crayons on the back table.

Let's Practice Using Commas!

Let's list our favorite foods, toys, or friend.

Informational Text

gives facts about a topic. 

Look for: information and facts in the words photos that show the real world

Let's read an informational text about Night Animals

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What was the MAIN IDEA in Night Animals?

What DETAILS can you find to support the main idea?

Using Our Senses

Using Senses In Your Writing

Resources:

http://settleonin.blogspot.com/2015/10/journeys-lesson-7-how-animals.html