Library Six Weeks At-A-Glance
Grade 2 Unit 6 Theme: The World Around Us Essential Question: How do we learn about nature? Theme Related Library Resources
Integrated OC: Communication OI: Communications
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Genre /
Technology / Media /
Comprehension Strategies and Skills /
Text Features/
Literary Elements/ Study Skills /
Writing:
Learning Targets (LT)
and Write Source /
OI: Guiding Questions
and
I Wonder topics /
6th Six Weeks OI:
Communications /
Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad’s Tale
by April Pulley Sayre /
Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / McGraw-Hill
TX Treasures TE
pp. 467 I-J
TERMS
slide show
graphics
portfolio
MEDIA LITERACY
Making a presentation
Digital media—video games—
Terminology
SEE Writing
Write Source
(report writing)
IC: Picture Worth a Thousand Words Art websites in planner
IC: Good leaders Communicate
"Mt Rushmore site
IC: Mr. E Solver’s Plan:
List of mystery books for classrm (SEE planner end of lesson and
I Wonder)
IC: Evidence in Writing
Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins (Kerley)
Websites on planner:
B. Waterhouse
Hawkins
Holifield Learning
Center
Living Materials
Center
extinct animals
websites /
Strategy
Generate Questions
Skill
Author’s Purpose
Spiral Review
Main Idea and Details /
Charts /
LT: How to-- find books / other library materials; use glossary index, table of contents; use library ref materials
-Day 1: Research Process – intro and overview- planning
Days 2-5 : sections of a library, catalog, call #s, parts of a book, encyclopedias, www, periodicals- Gathering info–
Day 6: report writing—model
Days 7-10: prewriting--generate topics, choose sources, formulate questions, interview an expert / How does communication help us understand our world?
How does evidence communicate information?
Why is it important to be a good communicator? ______
I Wonder Topics
Social Studies:
Book Talk: Investigate a topic from a book in the IC Browsing Box and plan a presentation of your choice.
Create a product sharing how someone you know or have read about that made a difference in our community.
Read about an American leader and create a product to communicate examples of how they showed some leadership traits.
Science:
After reading any of the books listed below, look for signs of evidence using “Mr. E. Solver’s Plan.” The information could be presented in a PowerPoint presentation, book report, poster, or in any other creative way.
The Case of the Double Cross by Crosby Bonsall, Harper & Row, New York, 1980
Two-Minute Mysteries (series) by Donald Sobol, Scholastic
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones by David Adler, Viking Press, New York, 1981
Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Dell, New York, 1977
Piggins (series) by Jane Yolen, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1987
The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base, Abrams, New York, 1989
Miss Mallard Mysteries
he Mystery of the Boy Next Door by Elizabeth Rider Montgomery, Garrard Publishing Company, Champaign, IL, 1978
Research different jobs such as a fireman, scientist, lawyer, or a doctor. After completing the research, using a Venn diagram, compare and contrast how those two careers use evidence in their job.
Read the book Zoom, and write a paragraph that explains this book. /
HEALTH
healthy behavior – dangerous
substances
SCIENCEInvestigation and reasoning skills observation / patterns
Making inferences What is a scientist / what do they do safety proceduresForce, Motion, Energy changes in position light, heat and sound energy optical illusions changes in patterns of movementOrganisms and environments extinct, endangered, threatened species
SOCIAL STUDIESCitizenship: Character and Leadership
Traits
Role Model Matrix
community service
Jim Dunlap
Timelines: past, present, future
Contributions of Historical figures
Local cultural heritage
Primary sources, art (communication through images)
April 22, 2012 is Earth Day. Activities for celebrating Earth Day are located on the Resources tab on the IC Planner! GO EARTH!!
Social Studies biography cards of historic figures outlined in the TEKS have been added to the Resources tab on the IC Planner.
Splish! Splash! Animal Baths
by April Pulley Sayre /
Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository
Paired Selection
Literary Text/ Drama / Strategy
Generate Questions
Skill
Compare and Contrast
Spiral Review
Author’s Purpose /
Setting and Characters
A Way to Help Planet Earth
Time For Kids Informational /
Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository /
Strategy
Generate Questions
Skill
Problem and Solution
Spiral Review
Compare and Contrast /
Using Text Features /
LT: demonstrate understanding of the content and form of a report, choose and research a topic, plan and draft a report
Days 11-15:
Drafting – sentence variety
Revising (focus, organization, idea development, voice)- pronouns and nouns
Super Storms
by
Seymour Simon /
Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository
Paired Selection
Literary Text / Poetry /
Strategy
Visualize
Skill
Cause and Effect
Spiral Review
Problem and Solution /
Repetition and Word Choice / LT: demonstrate understanding of content and form of a report; choose and research a topic; plan, draft, revise, edit and publish a report
Days 16-18
Editing – grammar, conventions
Days 19-20
Publishing – create a title, sharing a copy
Pushing Up the Sky
By
Joseph Bruchac /
Main Selection
Literary Text / Drama
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository /
Strategy
Visualize
Skill
Problem and Solution
Spiral Review
Cause and Effect /
Interview /
LT: create a multimedia presentation to convey the results of research, make a storyboard to plan the presentation, use pictures, sounds, and actions to support ideas in the presentation
Days 21-25:
Multimedia
presentation (prewriting, slide show, storyboard, add drama, draft, revise, edit, publish)
Review and Assessment Week /
Literary Text: Fiction / Generate Questions; Visualize;
Author’s Purpose; Compare/Contrast; Problem & Solution; Cause/Effect /
Charts, Interview, Using Text Features
McGraw–Hill TexasTreasures, TE Grade 2; Plano ISD Elementary ELA Planner, IC Planner, Write Source