GRADE LEVEL: 2

OBJECTIVE: Using the technology available to students and teachers in the

Patchogue-Medford School District, Students Will Be Able To
 

· Use prediction strategies and activate prior knowledge before reading
· Identify details from material read
· Recognize, define and apply information obtained at specific web sites
· Read silently with attention and comprehension
· Interpret information found on subject
· Discriminate between important and unimportant information
· Organize material into coherent structure
· Summarize text demonstrating understanding of main idea and key concepts
· Import picture from the Internet
· Write a report on the life of animal assigned or chosen
· Evaluate the accuracy of prediction make prior to reading
· Independently activate prior knowledge before reading
· Write complete simple sentences
· Appreciate and enjoy nature and the natural world
· Learn how animals adapt to their environment
· Understand how the changing seasons affect plants and animals
 

New York State Standards Addressed
 

ELA Standard 1- Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing for information and understanding

Standard 2-Students will read, write, listen and speak for literary response and expression

Standard 3- Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation

Standard 4-Students will read, write, listen and speak for social interactions

MS&T

Standard 1- Refining their research ideas through library investigation, including electronic information

Standard 2.1- Accessing, generating, processing and transferring information using appropriate technologies.

Standard 4- Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science

Standard 5.3 Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs
 
 

Procedure:

1. Group children in teams of four to six students for center work

2. Organize students according to assignments

3. With two students per computer, students will access the Internet to read for information

4. Students will cooperatively answer questions generated by teacher for site

5. Students will have agreed upon period of time at each Center to complete assignment

6. Students will enter the Internet through the Internet book on the School Vista bookshelf

7. Students will click on the left hand box, the Read mail box

8. Students will click on READ at the bottom of the screen

9. Students will click on the paper clip in the upper right hand corner of the screen to access sites

10. Students will cooperatively answer questions generated by teacher for site
 
 

Evaluation
 

Students will complete assignment in appropriate period of time

Students will generate report on animal including information on whether animal is safe, endangered, or extinct and reasons why

Students will present completed report using at least two sources,

one book (from the library) and one on-line source

Students will record proper documentation of sources
 
 
 

Unit and Questions designed and implemented by

Susan Radoulovitch DanaCerbone

Grade 2 Reading

Canaan Elementary School Canaan Elementary School

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Questions for research project
 
 

Book or Internet Address

Habitat: Where do they live? __________________________________
 
 
 
 
 

Growing Up- How were they born? ________________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Diet and feeding- What do they eat? ________________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Physical Features-How do they look? ______________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dangers and enemies____________________________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Special Information ____________________________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SUGGESTED SITES FOR RESEARCH ON ANIMALS
 

http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/mon2.htm
 

http://www.nwf.org/endangered/kids/index.html
 

http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=sci4500
 
 
 
 
 

SUGGESTED CENTERS
 
 
 

CENTER I

WRITING

· Students will use teacher created worksheets to organize material found through various books from library or other printed sources Independent
 

CENTER II
 

RESEARCH /READING

· Students will use library materials available to record answers Independent
 

CENTER III
 

COMPUTER
 

· Students will access the Internet e-mail where the teacher has sent exact sites to specific students so as to facilitate the necessary research. Cooperative