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Animals of Africa |
URL: |
https://www.readworks.org/article/Animals-of-Africa/577902be-d38a-4a36-ac92-6eaedcd531a7#!articleTab:content/ |
Content Source: |
Other
ReadWorks.org
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| Type: |
Learning Activity
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Overview: |
The teacher will present an informational text from the website, ReadWorks. The students and teacher can interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. The students will answer the questions associated with the article as an assessment. This learning activity can be used to introduce students to the varying habitats of living things, serve as reinforcement after students have already learned this concept, or be used as an assessment at the conclusion of a lesson. This resource also provides an eBook of the article with corresponding illustrations. |
| Content Standard(s): |
Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 2
| 7 ) Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there
are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
| English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
| R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
| 24. Identify the main idea and supporting details of literary and informational texts.
a. Explain how the supporting details contribute to the main idea.
b. Recount or summarize key ideas from the text. |
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| Tags:
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africa, elephant, giraffe, grassland, habitat, hunt, informational text, land, lion, living things, main topic, predator, water |
| License Type:
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Custom Permission Type
See Terms: https://about.readworks.org/terms-of-use.html
For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
https://creativecommons.org/licenses
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| Accessibility | Audio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles
Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings |
| Comments | ReadWorks is a website that provides K-12 teachers with free literacy resources (About ReadWorks). ReadWorks has literary and informational texts on a variety of subjects and reading skills. You may narrow your search using grade level or Lexile level, making this website a wonderful tool for differentiation. Students will complete their work digitally, and you will provide their score and feedback digitally. This makes it easy to go paperless for this activity.
Prior to implementing this activity, you will need to sign up for an Educator Account on ReadWorks. After setting up an account, create a class from the Class Admin tab, this will provide you with a Class Code to give to students. Next, use the Find Content tab to search for the informational article that will be used during this activity, "Animals of Africa." After navigating to the article, click on the blue Assign button to assign it to your class.
Each student will need access to a digital device, such as a tablet or laptop. The first time students enter the website they will need to enter the Class Code that is listed on your Class Admin page. Alternatively, you can print the article and corresponding questions for students, if digital devices are not available. The teacher could also complete this activity by projecting the article and questions for the whole class to view. |