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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Planets

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Use Planets by Elizabeth Carney to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Explore our solar system with this high-interest, nonfiction text by Elizabeth Carney. Teach students how to comprehend the features of nonfiction text while practicing comprehension strategies to understand interesting facts about our solar system such as the difference between the inner and outer planets, why Earth is so perfect for hosting life, and the many ways humans use to explore space.
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Determining Importance with Planets

 
This determining importance mini lesson will focus student attention on using the features of nonfiction text to help them identify the important details author Elizabeth Carney included in Planets.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.2.6,RI.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.1c,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
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2.7D,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.9D(iii),2.9D(ii),2.9D(i),2.9C,2.8C,2.8A,2.7F,2.7E,2.1A,2.7C,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6G,2.6E,2.6B,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Planets

 
Planets is a great choice for an identifying author's purpose mini lesson due to author Elizabeth Carney's inclusion of various features like visual elements, chapter titles, definitions, and quick facts. Students will put themselves in the author's chair as they consider why these elements were included.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.2.2,RI.2.6,RI.2.8,RI.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.1c,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7F,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.10C,2.10B,2.10A,2.9D(iii),2.9D(ii),2.9D(i),2.9C,2.8C,2.1A,2.7E,2.7D,2.7C,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6E,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Making Inferences with Planets

 
Students will think like space detectives as they search the text and features of nonfiction text looking for clues to help them construct meaning of Elizabeth Carney's Planets. Using the clues they find and their background knowledge, students will work through this making inferences mini lesson to "read between the lines" of a nonfiction text.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.2.3,RI.2.4,RI.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7E,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.9D(iii),2.9D(ii),2.9D(i),2.8C,2.8B,2.7F,2.1A,2.7D,2.7C,2.7B,2.6I,2.6F,2.6E,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Making Predictions with Planets

 
Using the visual elements and chapter titles, students will practice making predictions before and while reading. As an important last step, students will have the opportunity to evaluate their predictions after reading Elizabeth Carney's Planets.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.2.3,RI.2.4,RI.2.8,RI.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7C,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.9D(iii),2.9D(ii),2.9D(i),2.8C,2.7F,2.7E,2.7D,2.1A,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6E,2.6C,2.6B,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Synthesizing with Planets

 
As readers progress through this focused mini lesson, they will use the features of nonfiction text that author Elizabeth Carney included in Planets to acquire new facts about our solar system. Attending to how their knowledge of space and planets grows as a result of reading this text will have readers synthesizing with ease!
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.2.1,RI.2.2,RI.2.3,RI.2.4,RI.2.5,RI.2.6,RI.2.7,RI.2.8,RI.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7E,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.9D(iii),2.9D(ii),2.9D(i),2.9C,2.8C,2.7F,2.1A,2.7D,2.7C,2.7B,2.6I,2.6H,2.6B,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Digraphs with Planets

 

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Planets by Elizabeth Carney as a springboard for instruction focused on digraphs.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how -ch, -sh, and -th digraphs are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words.

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RF.2.3,RF.2.4
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Vocabulary Connections with Planets

This set of vocabulary development resources for Planets highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
L.2.4a,L.2.5a,L.2.6
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2.7E,2.7F,2.3A,2.3B,2.3D
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Comprehension Assessment with Planets

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Planets.
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Running Record with Planets

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Planets. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Writing with Planets

 
The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Determining Importance with Planets (Spanish)

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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Planets (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with Planets (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Planets (Spanish)

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Synthesizing with Planets (Spanish)

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Writing with Planets (Spanish)

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Title: Planets
Author: Elizabeth Carney
Genre: Nonfiction
Themes: Earth and Space
ISBN: 9781426313172
Publisher's Summary:
This brilliantly illustrated book taps into children's natural curiosity about the vast world of space. This level 2 reader, written in simple language that is easy for young readers to understand, introduces children to our solar system, including all of the planets and dwarf planets, and lots of fascinating fun facts. This reader helps cultivate the explorers of tomorrow!
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