Grade 2 Read-Aloud

Cycles in Nature: Supplemental Guide 3 | Four Seasons in One Year 55

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud and Extensions may have

activity options that exceed the time allocated for that part of

the lesson. To remain within the time periods allocated for each

portion of the lesson, you will need to make conscious choices

about which activities to include based on the needs of your

students.

Exercise Materials Details

Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 minutes)

What Have We Already
Learned?

“sun hat”; globe Note: You may wish to have up to four

students at a time do this activity. This

demonstration can also be done in pairs

with one student acting as the sun and

the other acting as Earth.

Seasons Chart Review the information you have on the

chart so far.

Vocabulary Preview: Tropical/
Polar/
Te m p e ra t e R e g i o n s

globe; images or short video clips

of tropical/polar/temperate regions

Purpose for Listening

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Four Seasons in One Year Seasons Chart You may wish to fill in relevant parts of
the chart during the read-aloud.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions

Word Work: Adapt

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day
Extensions (20 minutes)

Multiple Meaning Word
Activity: Buds

Poster 2M (Buds)

Syntactic Awareness Activity:
Seasonal Compound Words

words written on index cards, tape

Vocabulary Instructional
Activity: Intense

long strip of chart paper; index

cards

Seasons Chart Seasons Chart; Image Cards 1–4 You should be able to fill in the remainder
of the chart. Invite students to fill in the
last row with their own answers.