Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

56 Insects: Supplemental Guide 3 | Life Cycles of Insects

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 2A-4; Response Card 1 You may wish to use Response Card 1

or Image 2A-4 to prompt student

responses.

Instructional Master 3A-1

(Response Card 2: Life Cycles)

Give students Response Card 2, and

introduce them to the two kinds of

metamorphosis.

Vocabular y Preview:

Metamorphosis, Nymph

Image Cards 6 and 7, Response

Card 2

Image 3A-6

Purpose for Listening

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Life Cycles of Insects

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions Image Cards 6 and 7

Word Work: Progression drawing paper, drawing tools

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day

Extensions (20 minutes)

Life Cycles Activity Instructional Master 3B-1

(Complete Metamorphosis)

Instructional Master 3B-2

(Incomplete Metamorphosis)

On Stage Image Cards 1, 2, 8–13 Invite students to act out a stage of the

life cycle as you describe it.

Insects Journal Instructional Master 3B-3 (Insects

Journal Page 3)

Domain-Related Trade Book trade book about the life cycle of

an insect; drawing paper, drawing

and writing tools

Trade book suggestions are numbered

31, and 35–37 in the trade book list.