Second Grade

Turn and Talk: "Get ready to tell your neighbor, this book was mostly about..."

Emily and her second grade students develop their own summarizing statements about the book using a prompt.

Write Pair Share: "What did the story mostly make you think about?"

Emily and her second grade students finish reading "Corduroy," write or draw their final responses to the story, and share their responses with their partner.

Write Pair Share: “Quickly write down or draw what you’re thinking."

Emily and her second grade students write down their connections to the book, she checks in with individual students, and then they share with their neighbor what they're thinking.

Turn and Talk: “I want you to tell your neighbor what we did today.”

Emily and her second grade students conclude the lesson by re-reading the list of key words they created and contributing examples of animals that use camouflage.

Turn and Talk: “Find out what the other important thing is!"

Emily and her second grade students discuss how word frequency helps them identify what characteristics animals need to have to blend in with their surroundings.

Turn and Talk: “I want you to have a chance to talk to your neighbor.”

Emily and her second grade students re-read the first section of their camouflage paragraph to identify key words.

Turn and Talk: "Tell your neighbor what you remember."

Emily and her second grade students begin a shared reading of a paragraph about camouflage.

Write Pair Share: "What's he thinking right now?"

Emily and her second grade students write down their responses on post-it notes, then share their responses with each other.

Turn and Talk: "I want you to tell your neighbor what you're thinking."

Emily invites her second grade students to identify insights into the text and connections with their own lives, then share these insights with each other.

Write Pair Share: "I’m going to put a ‘P’ because I'm predicting.”

Emily and her second grade students prepare to write their responses to the book "Corduroy" using post-it notes.