Biography second grade lesson plans
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So while my first graders were writing their insect reports (see last week's post on that!)I needed to have my second graders working on their biographies. So what is a combination class teacher to do? The biography reports were similar in format to the insect lapbook so that I could try to work with both groups at the same time. Luckily, I was able to introduce the concept of the biographies and do a practice one with the second graders alone one day when all of the first graders left on an all day field trip. Thank goodness!
Basically, I think that the procedure I did actually worked out pretty well, and their reports came out very nicely! In a sense, I would call this "putting training wheels on a book report," because I scaffolded it one piece at a time to make it as easy as possible and to insure success. Read on to find out how we did it.
Day One: Practice Doing One Biogra
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People Who Changed the World
Unit Summary
In this biography-based unit, students explore biographies of changemakers around the world. The unit has three main sections. In the first section, students research and learn about people who have changed the world by inventing or discovering something new. In this section, students will explore how inventions or discoveries can change the world and what it takes to turn an idea into action.
In the second section, students research and learn about people who have changed the world by making the world and environment a better place for everyone. In the third section, students research and learn about people who have changed the world by standing up for what they believe in and fighting for what others think is impossible. In this section, students will explore the ways some leaders have persevered in the face of obstacles and stood up for themselves or their ideas when many had stopped believing in them. Additionally in this section, students are asked to compare and contrast two biographies about the same person. Compare and contrast in this unit should go deeper than text features and structures. Although students can note differences in text features, the main focus should be on comparing and contrasting the different poi
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