Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

Insects: Supplemental Guide 6 | Insects That Glow and Sing 119

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?

KWL Chart You may wish to revisit the KWL Chart

and update it with information presented

in Lesson 5.

Vocabular y Preview:
Bioluminescence, Tymbals

Images 6A-6 and 6A-13

Purpose for Listening

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Insects That Glow and Sing Note: Pause after Image 6A-6, and briefly
review fireflies.
Pause after Image 6A-9, and briefly
review grasshoppers.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions

Word Work: Transparent

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

Syntactic Awareness Activity:
Adverbs

Insects Journal Instructional Master 6B-1 (Insects
Journal Page 6); video or audio
recording of an insect from this
read-aloud

Writing an Insect Story: Draft Instructional Masters 5B-2 (Writing
Plan) and 6B-2 (Draft)

Domain-Related Trade Book trade book about grasshoppers or
crickets; drawing paper, drawing
and writing tools

Trade book suggestions are numbered 6,

13, 15, 19, 20, 42, 45 and 48 in the trade

book list.