**Lesson Plan: Reading Comprehension (Stories, Informational Texts)**
**Grade Level:** 2nd Grade
**Duration:** 60 minutes
**Subject:** Language Arts
**Topic:** Reading Comprehension (Stories, Informational Texts)
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**Objectives:**
1. Students will be able to identify the main idea and key details in stories and informational texts.
2. Students will demonstrate understanding of the sequence of events in stories.
3. Students will ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
4. Students will be able to compare and contrast two texts on the same topic.
**Materials:**
- Storybook (fiction) appropriate for 2nd graders
- Informational text (non-fiction) appropriate for 2nd graders
- Chart paper and markers
- Graphic organizers (main idea/details, sequence chart, Venn diagram)
- Whiteboard and markers
- Sticky notes
- Pencils and notebooks
**Common Core Standards:**
- ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- ELA-Literacy.RI.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
- ELA-Literacy.RL.2.5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
**Procedure:**
1. **Introduction (10 minutes):**
- Begin with a brief discussion about the differences between stories (fiction) and informational texts (non-fiction).
- Show the covers of the selected storybook and informational text. Ask students to predict which one is a story and which one is informational based on the cover.
2. **Reading a Story (15 minutes):**
- Read the selected storybook aloud to the class.
- Pause at key points to ask predictive questions (“What do you think will happen next?”) and comprehension questions (“Why do you think [character] did that?”).
- After reading, discuss the main idea and key details of the story with the class.
3. **Activity: Sequence of Events (10 minutes):**
- Distribute a sequence graphic organizer.
- Work together as a class to fill out the sequence chart, identifying the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
- Encourage students to draw pictures and write sentences for each part.
4. **Reading an Informational Text (15 minutes):**
- Read the selected informational text aloud to the class.
- Pause to discuss new vocabulary and concepts.
- After reading, ask the students to identify the main topic and key details of the text.
5. **Activity: Main Idea and Details (10 minutes):**
- Distribute a main idea/details graphic organizer.
- Work together as a class to fill out the organizer, identifying the main idea of the informational text and key details that support it.
6. **Comparison Activity (10 minutes):**
- Draw a Venn diagram on the whiteboard.
- Compare and contrast the story and the informational text with the class. Identify similarities and differences in their content and structure.
- Encourage students to share observations and add them to the Venn diagram.
7. **Conclusion and Review (5 minutes):**
- Review the main points of the lesson (main idea, key details, sequence of events, comparison of texts).
- Ask students to share one thing they learned about reading stories and one thing they learned about reading informational texts.
- Assign a follow-up activity: Have students write a brief summary of either the story or informational text read in class.
**Assessment:**
- Participation in class discussions and activities
- Completed graphic organizers
- Follow-up summary writing assignment
**Differentiation:**
- Provide additional support for struggling readers, such as reading with a peer or in a small group.
- Offer advanced readers more challenging texts for independent reading.
- Use visuals and tangible objects to reinforce new vocabulary and concepts for ELL students.
This lesson plan aims to build foundational reading comprehension skills by engaging students in interactive and collaborative activities.