Grade 2 Short Stories Comprehension – A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up – Short Stories Comprehension. Easy short stories with comprehension for Second graders. Free eBooks/Flipbooks and PDFs
A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up – Short Stories Comprehension
A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up – Short Stories Comprehension
Grade 2, Unit 2
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Animal’s rescue
Content Objectives
Children will:
- Learn about the concept of animal rescue.
- Access prior knowledge and build background about how people rescue animals.
- Explore and apply the concept of why people rescue animals.
Language Objectives
Children will:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of animal rescue.
- Orally use words that describe how people rescue animals.
- Extend oral vocabulary by speaking about why people rescue animals.
- Use key concept words [dogs, cats, birds, seals, whales, save, lost].
Explain
Explain that children are going to learn about animal rescue:
- Why an animal might need to be rescued.
- What people can do to help animals.
- What are some ways that people help animals.
- Why people should help animals.
Model
After the host introduces the slideshow, point to the photo on screen. Ask children: What are the people in the photo doing? (helping the turtle). Why might this turtle need help? (other animals might steal the eggs, people can learn about turtles). Ask children: Have you ever helped an animal? (answers will vary). Say: There are many ways people can help animals. Can you name some of them? (take care of animals that are sick, bring animals to a shelter, save baby animals).
Apply
Have children play the games that follow. Have them discuss with their partner the different topics that appear during the Talk About It feature. After the first game, ask children to talk about how they can tell whether the animals they see on screen need help and help the children learn more about how people help animals. After the second game, have them discuss how they new what would help the different animals they saw on screen.
Close
Ask children: How would you like to help animals? Explain. Summarize for children that there are many ways we can help animals. We can protect areas that animals live in the wild. Encourage children to think about why it is important to help animals.
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