2 Plants: Supplemental Guide | Introduction
dual opportunity for the teacher to focus on a select group of students
to directly assess the students’ language and content knowledge in a
low-stress environment; moreover, the teacher can gauge which students
may be in need of additional language or content support.
Second Instructional Day
On the second instructional day, Parts C and D of the lesson (50 minutes
total) are to be covered at different intervals during the day. Part C (35
minutes) includes:- Reviewing the Read-Aloud
- Presenting the Interactive Read-Aloud
- Discussing the Read-Aloud
If necessary, Part C can be divided into two sessions with ten minutes for
Reviewing the Read-Aloud up to Purpose for Listening and 25 minutes
for Purpose for Listening, Presenting the Interactive Read-Aloud and
Discussing the Read-Aloud.
Later in the day, Part D (15 minutes) will be covered and includes similar
extension activities of the related lesson in the Tell It Again! Read-Aloud
Anthology for Plants.
Lessons 4–8
Please note that Lessons 4–8 are one instructional day each with
Extension activities alternating between Supplemental Guide activities in
Lessons 5, 7, and 8 and content-related activities in Lessons 4 and 6.
This domain contains a Pausing Point following Lesson 3, after plant
parts and the life cycle of a plant have been covered. At the end of the
domain, a Domain Review, a Domain Assessment, and Culminating
Activities are included to allow time to review, reinforce, assess, and
remediate content knowledge. You should spend no more than 15
days total on this domain.