Day: Any Date: Any
Subject: Second Grade Literature- Reading Comprehension
Common Core Standard(s):
• Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
National Standard(s):
• https://www.nctm.org/
Objective(s): At the end of this lesson my students will be able to answer questions as
who, what, where, when, who and how, regarding a specific story, and apply their
answers and understanding in a book report.
Resources/Materials List:
• https://shaestemblog.weebly.com/literacy.html (all materials regarding
activities/games, assessments, practice and learning materials can be found on
this website under the Literature tab!)
• Jungle themed comprehension posters.
• Giraffes Can’t Dance. (any of the three book will work- will need all books for the
tic-tac-toe game later on!)
• Reading comprehension cubes.
• Macaws Book Reading Comprehension Passage and Vocabulary worksheets
• Reading Tic-tac-toe sheet
• Dice and the Roll and Chat activity sheet.
• OPTIONAL: If you do not want to collect the Book reports for assessment you can
use one of the two reading comprehension assessments on the Integrated cite.
• Students Computer.
• Jungle Racers online game.
Procedure:
• Begin the lesson by asking students if they remember the important questions we
need to think about when talking about a story we read- let students raise their
hands and answer- you are looking for the questions who, what, where, when, why,
and how, if they do not get all of them give them the ones they are missing- you
can write them up on the board so students know that they have to be listening
for items in the text that will answer these questions.
• You can use the Comprehension Skills posters to give students tips on how to look
for and find the answers to the key questions we are looking for.
• Next introduce the book Giraffes Can’t Dance- this is just a shot introduction- have
them think about the discussion you just had.
• Read the book to the class.
• Next have a discussion on the book making sure to answer the questions of who,
what, where, when, why, and how, relating to the problem in the book.
• After the discussion introduce the Macaws Reading Comprehension pages
(whichever, and however many you would like).
• Collect the pages as students finish- OPTIONAL: If you do not want to collect the
Book reports for assessment you can use one of the two reading comprehension
assessments on the Integrated cite.
o This can be done as students finish or this can be done later when students
and educators have more time!
• As students finish you can group them into pairs and allow them to pick from Tic-
tac-toe or Roll and Discuss activities (both of these should be done using one of
the three books found under the children’s literature section on the website!).
• After finishing a worksheet students can move onto Jungle Racers of Splash Learn
online reading and phonics games while they wait for the rest of the class to
finish.
• Students can also take this extra time to read silently or with a partner quietly or
complete another tic-tac-toe game or the Roll and Chat activity with their
previous partners.
• You can have a closing discussion asking students what their favorite part of the
book was, what they wrote about, and if they can answer any of our key questions
from the board again!
Plans for differentiation: Differentiation will be determined based on each child’s
needs. The book report can be modified, a different activity can be substituted, or the
students can be given extra support/ time to complete the activities/ worksheets.
Assessment: Students can hand in their book report, or an additional assessment can be
done using one of the two reading comprehension sheets on the Integrated website.
Plans for accommodation/modification: TBD based on students specific educational
and learning needs.
What’s next? This lesson is intended to be a stand-alone lesson on reading
comprehension. This lesson should be taught after students are familiar with the
questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how, (there is a small review at the
beginning of the lesson to solidify their understandings on the importance of these
questions and how students can identify the answers). These worksheets and activities
can be taken from this lesson and applied to other lessons if desired.
STUDENT TEACHER LESSON PLAN FORMAT
