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Writing Assignment
All About Rabbits
Standard: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
What to Do
Let's learn about rabbits! You will read about rabbits, then All About Rabbits
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Rabbits are small, furry animals. They have long ears and soft tails. Rabbits can be brown, white, gray, or black.
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Rabbits live in homes called burrows. A burrow is a hole they dig in the ground. It keeps them safe and warm.
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Rabbits love to eat. They nibble on grass, hay, and vegetables like carrots and lettuce. They need fresh water every day too.
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Rabbits like to hop and play. They need space to run around. A happy rabbit will jump and twist in the air. This funny jump is called a binky.
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Rabbits also need friends. They do not like to be alone. They feel safe when they are with other rabbits. Word Bank
Writing Steps
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What Are We Reading?
Tell us in your own words:
- What is this passage about? - What do we need to find out about rabbits? You can use these sentence starters: - "This passage is about..." - "We need to find out..." There is no wrong way to answer this! Just try your best. Let us read this passage together! Read it nice and slow.
Now think about this question: What do rabbits need to stay healthy and happy? Before we look for answers, let us make sure we know what the passage is about and what we need to find!
Scoring Guidance — Step 1
Look for:
Main Idea Detail / Evidence 1 Detail / Evidence 2 Detail / Evidence 3
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Find a Detail
Find ONE detail from the passage that helps answer the question.
You can fill in this sentence: - "The passage says ____________." - "I found that ____________." - "The author tells us ____________." Just look at the passage and find something that helps! Let us find a detail that helps answer our question:
What do rabbits need to stay healthy and happy? A detail is something the author wrote. Read the passage again and look right at the words!
Scoring Guidance — Step 2
Look for:
Sentence Starters
In the text, the author shows that ___.
The author writes, "___," which shows ___.
This is important because ___.
Overall, the text shows that ___.
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Answer the Question
Answer the question using what you found in the passage.
You can fill in this sentence: - "The answer is ____________ because the passage says ____________." - "I think ____________ because I read that ____________." Use information from the passage in your answer! Great job finding a detail! Now let us use it to answer the question.
Remember our question: What do rabbits need to stay healthy and happy? Use the detail you found to help write your answer. Try to use information from the passage!
Scoring Guidance — Step 3
Look for:
Sentence Starters
In the text, the author shows that ___.
The author writes, "___," which shows ___.
This is important because ___.
Overall, the text shows that ___.
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Find More Details
Find ONE MORE detail from the passage that helps answer the question.
You can fill in this sentence: - "The passage also says ____________." - "I also found that ____________." - "Another thing the author tells us is ____________." Try to find something DIFFERENT from what you found before! You are doing so well! Good readers find more than one detail. Look for something else in the passage that helps answer:
What do rabbits need to stay healthy and happy?
Scoring Guidance — Step 4
Look for:
Sentence Starters
In the text, the author shows that ___.
The author writes, "___," which shows ___.
This is important because ___.
Overall, the text shows that ___.
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Put It All Together
Write your complete answer in 1-3 sentences. Try to:
1. Answer the question about rabbits 2. Use details from the passage You can start with: - "The passage tells us that..." - "I learned that..." You are almost done! Do your best! Amazing work! Now let us put everything together to write a complete answer.
You will answer our question using the details you found: What do rabbits need to stay healthy and happy? Use the details from the passage to write your best answer!
Scoring Guidance — Step 5
Look for:
Sentence Starters
In the text, the author shows that ___.
The author writes, "___," which shows ___.
This is important because ___.
Overall, the text shows that ___.
How Did I Do?Circle one box for each step. 2Find a Detail
3Answer the Question
4Find More Details
5Put It All Together
Before You Turn InI did every step
I checked my spelling
I am proud of this work
ReflectionWhat was hard? What are you proud of?
For the Teacher
Teacher Guide — All About RabbitsRI.2.1 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. · Grade 2 · ~15 min
The student pages use short directions and a How Did I Do? star self-check instead of a printed rubric — most readers at this grade can't parse rubric language yet. Walk through the stars together after the last step. Score finished work against the full rubric below. Scoring Rubric
Step-by-Step Coaching Notes
Step 1 — What Are We Reading?
Step 2 — Find a Detail
Step 3 — Answer the Question
Step 4 — Find More Details
Step 5 — Put It All Together
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