Integrated Literacy Unit Assignment /

EDU203 - Literacy and Language

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Integrated Literacy Unit Assignment

Grade Level: 2

Unit Theme: The Secret Life of Bees

Literature: “Lima & Ina: The Bee Sting” by Mason Nassah

Literacy Skills:

· Writing every day in response to learning (CC.1.4.2.X)

· Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic (CC.1.2.2.I)

· Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text (CC.1.3.2.B)

· Choose words and phrases for effect (CC.1.4.2.E&Q)

· Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question (CC.1.4.2.W)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (2020). Subject area - cc.1: english language arts. Retrieved July 13, 2020, from http://www.pdesas.org/Standard/View

Integrated Activities

· Listening/Speaking – The students will sit quietly while I read the story to them and raise their hands to answer questions they might have as we go.

· Writing – In addition to their daily journal writing, they will be answering questions about the book in small groups using the book as a reference tool.

· Art – Students will work on the adopt a bee project drawing a picture of the bee they will be adopting as well as explaining details about their bee.

· Science – Students will create their own model bee hive by following the directions and using the given to them.

· Reading Comprehension – Students will do a compare/contrast paper about the two bee books we have read. They will create lists of what is different on each side and similar in the middle (Venn Diagram)