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Grade 2 • Unit 4
WEEK
Objectives
DAY
5
Question of the Week: What changes occur under the ground?
Concepts: Understand that changes occur underground because of animals that live there; name animals that live underground; describe how those animals’ activities change the earth.
CONNECT: Form & Function
WRITE: Daily Writing
To guide children to express their understanding
of weekly concepts.
Use: Student Book, p. 135.
To have children use vocabulary
To have children write sentences about how
learned this week to discuss changes animals such as badgers can change the earth
that occur underground.
underground.
P/Q
Talk about how animals like badgers can
change the earth underground.
B
They dig and make ______.
Display, review, and refer to all the
vocabulary and vocabulary charts
generated this week.
Writing
EI
They change the earth ______. They dig and
make ______.
I
Animals such as ______ can change the earth
______. They can ______ and make ______.
EA
A
Children refer to charts, vocabulary lists,
and sentence frames used this week and
manipulate vocabulary and language
structures to produce writing by relating
ideas.
P/Q
What changes occur under the ground?
B
Child writes one basic sentence with support.
ELD Standard W: Produce independent
writing that is understood when read
but may include inconsistent use of
standard grammatical forms.
Have children build fluency by reading
their completed writing to partners or the
class.
Skill Check: Practice Book, p. 142
EI
Child writes one basic sentence and includes
some concept vocabulary.
I
Child writes one or two basic sentences and
includes some concept vocabulary.
Some animals can change the earth ______.
Badgers use their ______ to dig ______. They
sleep in ______.
EA
Child writes one or two well-constructed
sentences and includes most concept
vocabulary.
Some animals can change the earth ______.
Badgers use their ______ to dig ______. They
sleep in ______ for ______. The burrows
keep them safe from ______.
A
Child writes two or three well-constructed
sentences and includes most concept
vocabulary.
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