Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

The Power of the Earth

Subject Area

English Language Arts
Science

Grade(s)

2

Overview

The teacher will present an informational text from the website, ReadWorks. The students and teacher can interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. The students will answer the questions associated with the article as an assessment. This learning activity can be used to provide information regarding geologic events that happen over a short period of time, serve as reinforcement after students have already learned this concept, or be used as an assessment at the conclusion of a lesson. This learning activity includes a StepRead: StepReads are less complex versions of the original article. StepRead1 (SR1) is less complex than the original article, and StepRead2 (SR2) is less complex than SR1. This will allow the teacher to use this learning activity with students of varying ability levels. 

    Science (2015) Grade(s): 2

    SC15.2.8

    Make observations from media to obtain information about Earth’s events that happen over a short period of time (e.g., tornados, volcanic explosions, earthquakes) or over a time period longer than one can observe (e.g., erosion of rocks, melting of glaciers).

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SC15.2.8

    Vocabulary

    • Earth events/natural phenomena
    • Earthquake
    • Flood
    • Tornado
    • Volcanic explosions
    • Glaciers
    • Erosion
    • Landslides
    • Weathering

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Earth events and the results of those events may occur slowly or rapidly.
    • Some events are much longer than can be observed.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Make observations and obtain information from multiple sources to provide evidence about Earth events.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Eart's events may change the Earth slowly or rapidly.

    Scientific and Engineering Practices

    Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

    Crosscutting Concepts

    Stability and Change
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

    ELA21.2.R2

    Use knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences and word analysis skills to decode and encode words accurately.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.2.R2

    Vocabulary

    • Decode
    • Encode
    • Phoneme-grapheme correspondences
    • Word-analysis skills

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Phoneme (sound) to grapheme (letter or letters) correspondences to encode (spell) words accurately.
    • Grapheme (letter or letters) to phoneme (sound) correspondences to decode (read) words accurately.
    • Word-analysis skills.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Accurately encode and decode words using knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences.
    • Accurately encode and decode words using word analysis skills.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Mapping graphemes to phonemes is essential for learning to read or decode words efficiently.
    • Mapping phonemes to graphemes is essential for learning to spell or encode words efficiently.
    • Analyzing a word's structure helps to read and spell a word.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

    ELA21.2.30

    Read and comprehend literary and informational texts.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.2.30

    Vocabulary

    • Comprehend
    • Literary texts
    • Informational texts

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Comprehension is understanding text that is read.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Read and comprehend literary (fictional) and informational (nonfiction) text.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • They can read literary and informational texts and use comprehension skills to understand what they have read.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Learning Activity

    Resource Provider

    ReadWorks.org
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

    Audio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles
    License

    License Type

    Custom
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