Grade 2 Read-Aloud

74 Cycles in Nature:Supplemental Guide 4 | The Life Cycle of a Plant

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?

Image Cards 1–4; Response Card 2

Vocabular y Preview:

Pollinator/Pollination,

Reproduce

Images 4A-5 and 4A-6

Purpose for Listening

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

The Life Cycle of a Plant Note: You may wish to conclude the

read-aloud with a short video clip that

shows the life cycle of a flowering plant.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (10 minutes)

Comprehension Questions

Word Work: Protective

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day

Extensions (20 minutes)

Multiple Meaning Word

Activity: Bats

Poster 3M (Bats)

Syntactic Awareness Activity:

Plant-related Compound

Words

words written on index cards;

images/samples of flowers and

fruits

Vocabulary Instructional

Activity: Process

Sequencing the Life Cycle of a

Flowering Plant

Image Cards 5–9; Cycles Poster 2

(Flowering Plant Life Cycle);

Instructional Masters 4B-1 and

4B-2, scissors, glue