Nicole Kunze Grade: 2 nd Grade

TEKS Language Arts: (1) Listening/speaking/purposes. The student listens attentively and engages actively in a variety of oral language experiences. The student is expected to: (A) determine the purpose(s) for listening such as to get information, to solve problems, and to enjoy and appreciate (K-3); (C) participate in rhymes, songs, conversations, and discussions (K-3); (E) listen responsively to stories and other texts read aloud, including selections from classic and contemporary works (K-3); and 9) Reading/comprehension. The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend selections read aloud and selections read independently. The student is expected to: (A) use prior knowledge to anticipate meaning and make sense of texts (K-3); (D) monitor his/her own comprehension and act purposefully when comprehension breaks down such as rereading, searching for clues, and asking for help (1-3); (E) draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions (1-3); (10) Reading/literary response. The student responds to various texts. The student is expected to: (A) respond to stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation in discussion (speculating, questioning) in writing, and through movement, music, art, and drama (2-3);

TEKS (15) Writing/penmanship/capitalization/punctuation. The student composes original texts using the conventions of written language such as capitalization and penmanship to communicate clearly. The student is expected to: (A) gain increasing control of aspects of penmanship such as pencil grip, paper position, stroke, and posture, and using correct letter formation, appropriate size, and spacing (2); (B) use word and letter spacing and margins to make messages readable (1-2); (C) use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly such as capitalizing names and first letters in sentences, using periods, question marks, and exclamation points (1-2); and Social Studies: (18) Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to: (B) create written and visual material such as stories, poems, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas. (17) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology. The student is expected to: (C) use various parts of a source, including the table of contents, glossary, and index, as well as keyword computer searches, to locate information;

TEKS Music: (2) Creative expression/performance. The student performs a varied repertoire of music. The student is expected to: (A) sing or play a classroom instrument independently or in groups; and Theater: (1) Perception. The student develops concepts about self, human relationships, and the environment, using elements of drama and conventions of theatre. The student is expected to: (D) role-play, imitate, and recreate dialogue.

Diagram Listening Technology Speaking Art Writing Dramaturgical Reading Viewing Meaning Gathering

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Focus Have the children do a daily warm-up answering this question. If you could hangout with anyone for an entire day, just you and your friend, who would it be? This can be anyone in the world. Please explain why and draw a sketch of you and your friend doing something together. The class will share their work amongst their neighbors or table.

The children will participate in a class read-aloud of the book. After reading the book with a partner, the children will discuss why they enjoyed the book, or why they did not enjoy the book. Speaking

Art The children will write and illustrate their own personal books about them and their friend. Their friend will do what the animal character did, which was continuously change his mind. The class will sing songs that go along with the book. They can dance and sing along in the classroom.

Writing The children will write their own version of the story. They will be the child in the story and they will write about someone that they would like to hangout with all day long. The students will type up their stories, print them out, and then illustrate them.

Dramaturgical The students will make character masks. They will then pair up with another classmate, and do charades. The children will draw from a hat to see which scene from the story they will perform for the class.

Reading The class will read the book as a group in a read-aloud. The students can read the book in partners or silently with an audio tape.

Listening Children will listen to an audio recording of the book or read the book with a partner and listen to the reader. The class will sing and listen to music as they work on activities.

Viewing The class will be watching the teacher during their read-aloud and looking at the illustrations to follow the storyline. Children will be watching each other perform charades with their masks.

Technology Class will participate in baking activities from the activity book. Examples: cookies Children will do research on the animal character from the book. Children will gather information and the class will discuss the findings. Children can also do word processing on the computers for their books.

Mathematics The class will do a chart of everyone’s favorite cookie. They will see how the results compare to one another. The students can color pictures of cookies and count the number of cookies or chocolate chips there are, or have numbers within the cookies and show place value. The students can also do math problems with the measurements for the ingredients.

Social Studies The students can draw a picture of their family, beginning with their grandparents. It will be a family tree, showing how their family is formed, and when everyone was born.

Science The students can pair up and use the classroom computers to do research on mice: what they really eat, how they really act, and what they need to survive. Each pair will be assigned a certain topic to research. The children will then present what they had found to the class, and the teacher can elaborate more on the results for clarification.

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