All About Rabbits

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All About Rabbits

Grade 2 RI.2.1 5 steps

Standard: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

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What to Do

Read the passage carefully. You may underline or annotate as you read.
Review the vocabulary words.
Complete each writing step in order. Follow the instructions and hints.
Use the Self-Check Rubric and checklist to review your work.

Assignment Overview

Let's learn about rabbits! You will read about rabbits, then
use what you read to answer a question about them.

Rabbits are small, furry animals. They have long ears and soft tails. Rabbits can be brown, white, gray, or black.

Rabbits live in homes called burrows. A burrow is a hole they dig in the ground. It keeps them safe and warm.

Rabbits love to eat. They nibble on grass, hay, and vegetables like carrots and lettuce. They need fresh water every day too.

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.

Rabbits also need friends. They do not like to be alone. They feel safe when they are with other rabbits.

Vocabulary Bank

Word	Definition
burrow	A hole in the ground where a rabbit lives.
nibble	To take small, gentle bites of food.

Writing Steps

1 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:

What is the passage mostly about?
What are we trying to find out?
If you told a friend what this was about, what would you say?

Main Idea

Detail / Evidence 1

Detail / Evidence 2

Detail / Evidence 3

2 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!

Now let us go back to the passage and find a detail that helps answer our question:

What do rabbits need to stay healthy and happy?

A detail is something the author wrote in the passage. You can look right at the words!

Read the passage again. Can you find something that helps answer the question?

Scoring Guidance — Step 2

Look for:

Look at the passage again. What does it SAY?
Can you find a sentence that helps answer the question?
Try to use words from the passage

Look at the passage again. What does it SAY?

Can you find a sentence that helps answer the question?

Try to use words from the passage

Sentence Starters

In the text, the author shows that ___.

The author writes, "___," which shows ___.

This is important because ___.

Overall, the text shows that ___.

3 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:

Use the detail you found to help answer the question
Try to use words from the passage
Start with 'The answer is...' or 'I think...'

Use the detail you found to help answer the question

Try to use words from the passage

Start with 'The answer is...' or 'I think...

Sentence Starters

In the text, the author shows that ___.

The author writes, "___," which shows ___.

This is important because ___.

Overall, the text shows that ___.

4 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! Now let us see if we can find even MORE details in the passage.

Good readers look for more than one detail. Let us find another one!

Go back to the passage and look for something else that helps answer:
What do rabbits need to stay healthy and happy?

Scoring Guidance — Step 4

Look for:

Look at a different part of the passage
What other things does the author tell us?
Can you find another sentence that helps?

Look at a different part of the passage

What other things does the author tell us?

Can you find another sentence that helps?

Sentence Starters

In the text, the author shows that ___.

The author writes, "___," which shows ___.

This is important because ___.

Overall, the text shows that ___.

5 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
3. Use your own words

You can start with:
- "The passage tells us that..."
- "I learned that..."
- "The answer is... because the passage says..."

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:

Start by answering the question
Use details from the passage
Try to make your sentences go together
Use your own words to tell what you learned

Start by answering the question

Use details from the passage

Try to make your sentences go together

Use your own words to tell what you learned

Sentence Starters

In the text, the author shows that ___.

The author writes, "___," which shows ___.

This is important because ___.

Overall, the text shows that ___.

Self-Check Rubric

Criteria	●●●●● 5 — Advanced	●●●●○ 4 — Proficient	●●●○○ 3 — Developing	●●○○○ 2 — Emerging	●○○○○ 1 — Beginning
Ideas	Original, well-developed ideas with depth	Clear ideas with good development	Ideas present with basic development	Ideas unclear or underdeveloped	Off-topic or missing
Evidence	Strong, specific text evidence with explanation	Relevant text evidence cited	Some evidence but vague	Little or no evidence	No text support
Organization	Logical flow with effective transitions	Clear structure with transitions	Basic structure, some transitions	Disorganized	No structure
Language	Precise vocabulary, varied sentences, few errors	Grade-appropriate language, minor errors	Basic language, some errors	Limited vocabulary, frequent errors	Difficult to understand

Before You Turn In

I completed the planning step

I completed Step 2: Find a Detail

I completed Step 3: Answer the Question

I completed Step 4: Find More Details

I completed Step 5: Put It All Together

I re-read my writing and fixed any spelling or grammar mistakes

I am proud of this work

Reflection

What was the hardest part of this assignment? What would you do differently next time?

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