2011Camouflage

=Second Grade Unit 3: Look Again! Camouflage=

ELA Standards
> 2.2 State the purpose in reading (i. e., tell what information is sought). > 2.3 Use knowledge of the author's purpose( s) to comprehend informational text. > 2.4 Ask clarifying questions about essential textual elements of exposition (e.g., //why, what if, how).// > 2.5 Restate facts and details in the text to clarify and organize ideas. > 2.6 Recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a text. > 2.7 Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and graphs. > 2.8 Follow two-step written instructions.
 * **//Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text//**

Other Standards
> c. Students know many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents. > Some characteristics are caused or influenced by the environment. > d. Students know there is variation among individuals of one kind within a population. >
 * **//Life Science 2.0//**

Critical questions to ask while teaching:

 * 1) Why do animals need to blend in and hide?

What they will understand at the end of the unit:

 * 1) Animals can change there appearance to hide and blend in;
 * 2) Animals do this to survive either to keep from being eaten, or to be able to sneak up and eat other animals;

Vocabulary
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Materials to be used

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Formative

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Summative

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Learning Activities
Week One