1. Informational Text Second Grade Task Generation Model 1B3 (RI) RI 1.1, 1.2, 1.8, & 1.9

3. A Baby Polar Bear Grow Up Guided Practice What is the main topic of this text or section? What is the most important information about the main topic that the author wants me to know? RI 1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate and understanding of key details in a text. RI 2: Identify a topic and retell key details of a text. RI 8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

4. A Baby Polar Bear Grow Up You will be working with a partner to answer questions about the text while your teacher guides you through different types of questions. You and your partner will answer Two- Part Questions(Citing evidence) You and your partner will complete a short answer response question, citing evidence from the text. Be prepared to report out your answers.

5. A Baby Polar Bear Grows Up You and your partner will answer the following Two- Part Question(Citing evidence) Part A. What is a cub? A.A baby polar bear B.A fish C.A grown up polar bear Part B. Which detail best supports the answer in Part A. A.“Polar bears live in ice and snow.” B.“A polar bear baby is a cub.” C.“It rolls in the snow.” RI 1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate and understanding of key details in a text. RI 2: Identify a topic and retell key details of a text. RI 8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

6. A Baby Polar Bear Grow Up You and your partner will answer the following Two- Part Question(Citing evidence) Part A. The passage describes a polar bear that is born.? What is a polar bear like when it is first born? A.It likes to play and roll in the snow. B.Its eyes are closed and it does not have much hair. C.It can swim and find its own food. Part B. Which detail best supports the answer in Part A. A.“ A cub drinks its mother’s milk.” B.“ The cub likes to play.” C.“A cub is born with its eyes closed. It does not have much hair.” RI 1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate and understanding of key details in a text. RI 2: Identify a topic and retell key details of a text. RI 8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

7. A Baby Polar Bear Grows Up RI 1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate and understanding of key details in a text. RI 2: Identify a topic and retell key details of a text. RI 8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

9. Meet a Baby Panda Guided Practice What is the main topic of this text or section? What is the most important information about the main topic that the author wants me to know? RI 1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate and understanding of key details in a text. RI 2: Identify a topic and retell key details of a text. RI 8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

10. Meet a Baby Panda You will be working with a partner to answer questions about the text while your teacher guides you through different types of questions. You and your partner will answer Two- Part Questions(Citing evidence) You and your partner will complete a short answer response question, citing evidence from the text. Be prepared to report out your answers.

11. Meet a Baby Panda You and your partner will answer the following Two- Part Question(Citing evidence) Part A. What does a baby panda look like when it is first born? A.It is big and has black and white fur. B.It does not have much hair and its eyes are closed. C.It has blue eyes and a tiny pink nose. Part B. Which detail best supports the answer in Part A. A.“Some baby pandas are born in the zoo.” B.“ It does not have much hair at all. Its eyes are closed..” C.“Now it looks like its mother.” RI 1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate and understanding of key details in a text. RI 2: Identify a topic and retell key details of a text. RI 8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

12. Meet a Baby Panda You and your partner will answer the following Two- Part Question(Citing evidence) Part A. The passage describes how a baby panda grows. Who does the baby panda look like when it grows? A.Its mother B.A lion cub C.A panda that is just born Part B. Which detail best supports the answer in Part A. A.“ At first, a baby panda does not look like its mother.” B.“ The mother holds the baby in her paws.” C.“The baby grows quickly. Now it looks like its mother.” RI 1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate and understanding of key details in a text. RI 2: Identify a topic and retell key details of a text. RI 8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

13. Meet a Baby Panda RI 1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate and understanding of key details in a text. RI 2: Identify a topic and retell key details of a text. RI 8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

14. A Baby Polar Bear Grows Up & Meet a Baby Panda How are baby pandas and polar bear cubs alike? Cite evidence from both articles to support your answer. RI 1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate and understanding of key details in a text. RI 9: Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.