Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

Insects: Supplemental Guide 2 | What Makes an Insect an Insect? 35

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud and Extensions may have activity

options that exceed the time allotted for that part 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 1A-16 Talk about similarities and differences

among the insects shown.

Making Predictions About the
Read-Aloud

chart paper, chalkboard, or

whiteboard to make a Prediction

Chart; sticky notes, writing tools

Have students write their predictions on a

sticky note.

Vocabular y Preview: Antennae,
Exoskeleton

Images 2A-9, 2A-11, and 2A-18.

Purpose for Listening Instructional Master 2A-1
(Response Card 1: Insect Body
Parts)

Have students identify and name the

body parts of an insect.

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

What Makes an Insect an
Insect?

Note: Pause after Image 2A-10 to briefly

review read-aloud content.

Image Card 1 Use to show a butterfly’s mouthparts

sucking nectar from a flower.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions Prediction Chart Refer to the chart for Question 1.

Image 2A-8 Question 4: Repeat correct responses

while pointing to the part of the image

that the question is refering to.

Word Work: Microscopic Image of a microscope or an
actual microscope, if available

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

Multiple Meaning Word
Activity: Patch

Poster 1M (Patch); Image 2A-11

Syntactic Awareness Activity:
Adverbs