ELA.2.R.2.3

Students will explore the division of a square into equal parts in multiple ways and interpret tally marks within a table to help a city develop a plan to inspect roadways after a hurricane using drones.

This is an open-ended engineering design lesson where students will develop a model to help them solve a problem. There are no “right” answers as the lesson is focused on the process of developing a solution and the skills and reasoning behind the process. Students should be given the freedom to interpret the problem and parameters in unique ways to pursue their own lines of thinking in producing a solution.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will continue learning about governments, while identifying the author’s purpose in the text, What is a Government? by Baron Bedesky. Students will learn about ways government leaders responsibly make and enforce laws to maintain order, while keeping people safe. Additionally, students identify responsible citizenship at the local and state level. This is lesson 6 of a 6-lesson unit plan based on this text.

This unit will support students as they explain why people form governments, the role of laws in government, the impact of government on daily life, and the ways the government protects the rights and liberty of American citizens. Students will engage in a read aloud of the text, What is a Government?, spread out over several lessons, emphasizing text features, vocabulary, central idea, and author’s purpose. In addition, the teacher will facilitate research, student presentations, expository writing, artwork, computer science, and identifying Florida symbols to help students solidify their interpretation as to why people form governments.

Type: Lesson Plan

Students will read excerpts from the Declaration of Independence. They will use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words and explain the author’s perspective about the Founders and their reasons for seeking independence in this integrated lesson plan.

Type: Lesson Plan

Students will read the text Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton and use textual evidence to explain why governments might create and enforce laws to protect bee species, in this integrated lesson plan.

Type: Lesson Plan

This story is an informational text that is sure to get the attention of any second grader. The author takes the reader around the world to examine different traditions children have when they lose a tooth. A series discussion questions are provided along with practice on text features and author's purpose. Also included is a culminating writing task along with a rubric for scoring.

Type: Lesson Plan

This lesson begins with a read aloud of The Gingerbread Man by Eric Kimmel. After that, students will learn how to read a gingerbread recipe. They will discuss author's purpose and the genre of the writing. Students will bake their own gingerbread cookies following the recipe. While the cookies are baking, they will be assessed on their ability to read and comprehend a recipe by doing a "cold read" of a different recipe and answering comprehension questions.

Type: Lesson Plan

Let's learn about penguins! Students will explore text features and the author's purpose for writing National Geographic Kids: Penguins. Using new knowledge, students will write an expository paragraph on penguins, including what they look like, what they eat, and where they live.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this activity, students will identify the author's purpose (persuade, inform, or entertain) by sorting passages.

Type: Student Center Activity