Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

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128 Insects: Supplemental Guide 6A | Insects That Glow and Sing



  1. Inferential How do the male grasshoppers make their singing
    sounds? (They rub body parts together, sometimes wings and
    sometimes legs and wings together.)

  2. Literal Where are a cricket’s hearing organs located—its
    abdomen, forelegs, or wings? (on its forelegs)

  3. Inferential You heard in the read-aloud about a tradition in
    some Asian countries where crickets are kept in cages. Is it
    males or females that are caged? Why are they caged? (male;
    so people can hear them sing)

  4. Inferential What do grasshoppers, crickets, and fi refl ies
    all have in common? (They all have three body parts:
    head, thorax, and abdomen; six legs; antennae; and an
    exoskeleton.)
    [Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for
    students, as necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the
    process.]
    I am going to ask a question. I will give you a minute to think about
    the question, and then I will ask you to turn to your neighbor and
    discuss the question. Finally, I will call on several of you to share
    what you discussed with your partner.

  5. Evaluative Think Pair Share: You learned about an insect today
    that is called both a fi refl y and a lightning bug. Which do
    you think is the better name? Why? (Answers may vary, but
    discuss the fact that they are neither fl y nor bug.)

  6. After hearing today’s read-aloud and questions and answers,
    do you have any remaining questions? [If time permits, you
    may wish to allow for individual, group, or class research of
    the text and/or other resources to answer these questions.]

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