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Interest Level: Grades K–2
Reading Level: Grade 2
Teaching Lightning Bolt Books™ What Traits Are in Your Genes?
Titles in this series:Body Parts:
Double-Jointedness, Hitchhiker’s Thumb, and More
Eye Color: Brown, Blue, Green, and Other Hues
Facial Features: Freckles, Earlobes, Noses, and More
Hair Traits: Color, Texture, and More
Unusual Traits: Tongue Rolling, Special Taste Sensors, and More
Vision: Nearsightedness, Farsightedness, and More
StandardsNational Science Education• Life science: characteristics of organisms
AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy• The Living Environment Diversity of Life: Know that
some animals and plants are alike in the way they look and in the things they do, and others are very different from one another. Heredity: Know that offspring are very much, but not exactly, like their parents and like one another.
Common Core Reading (Informational Text)• Key Ideas and Details• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Multiple Intelligences Utilized
• Verbal-linguistic, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, intrapersonal, interpersonal
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2 TEACHING WHAT TRAITS ARE IN YOUR GENES?
Prepare•Distributefivetosevenindexcards
to each student.
Pretest•EachstudentwillselectoneWhat
Traits Are in Your Genes? book to read.
•Whatwordsdoyouthinkyoumight find in a book about the topic you chose?
Model•Explainhowstudentscanskimtext
to find important words.•Discusswhatwordsmightbe
important, such as specific vocabulary that is repeated. Discuss where these words can be found, for instance in a topic sentence.
•SelectoneoftheWhatTraitsAre in Your Genes? books. Demonstrate how to skim for importantwords.Explainyourthinking as you select words.
•Showstudentshowtolookupthedefinitions of words in the glossary or a dictionary.
Read•StudentsskimtheirchosenWhat
Traits Are in Your Genes? books.
Practice•Studentsidentifyimportant
vocabulary words and record them on index cards.
•Lookupeachword’sdefinitioninthe glossary or in a dictionary.
Discuss•Groupstudentsaccordingtothe
books they chose, and have them share the words they identified.
•Haveeachgroupcreatealistofthe top ten most important words from their book.
•Usingthelist,askstudentstocirclewhich of the top ten words are in thebook’sglossaryorindex.
•Asaclass,discusstheprocessofskimming for words. Did many group members pick the same words?Howmanywordsinthetoptenlistwereinthebook’sglossaryor index?
•Whatdidyoulearnfromthisexercise?
Evaluate•Evaluatestudents’understanding
and participation during group discussions.
Lesson 1Vocabulary Search
Materials•WhatTraitsAreinYour
Genes? series•indexcards•pencils•dictionary
PurposeStudents will identify and define important vocabulary words relating to genetic traits.
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3 TEACHING WHAT TRAITS ARE IN YOUR GENES?
Prepare•Dividestudentsintopairs.•MakeonecopyofVennDiagramp.6foreachstudent.Makeanadditional copy for each pair.
Pretest•Whydosomefamilieslookalike?Whydosomelookdifferent?
Read•ReadtheWhatTraitsAreinYour
Genes? series.
Model•CompleteasampleVenndiagram
as a class, comparing the teacher and an assistant or a student.
•RefertoWhatTraitsAreinYourGenes? books to remember different traits.
Practice•StudentswillcompleteVenn
Diagram p. 6 with their partners.•StudentswillcompleteVenn
Diagram p. 6 at home, comparing theirtraitswithafamilymember’s.
Discuss•StudentswillsharetheirVenn
diagrams with the class.•Doyouhavemoretraitsin
common with your family member or with your classmate?
Evaluate•AssesseachVennDiagramp.6for
inclusion of a variety of traits.
PurposeStudents will compare and contrast the traits they have with the traits of a classmate and a family member.
Lesson 2Comparing Traits
Materials•WhatTraitsAreinYour
Genes? series•VennDiagramp.6•pencils
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4 TEACHING WHAT TRAITS ARE IN YOUR GENES?
Prepare•SplitstudentsintosmallgroupsandassignoneWhatTraitsAreinYourGenes? book to each group.
•CopyOurTraits—DataChartp.7andOurTraits—BarGraphp.8foreach group.
Pretest•Howareallpeoplethesame?How
are they different?•Howdowecollectdata?How
do we show information on a bar graph?
Read•Insmallgroups,readtheassignedWhatTraitsAreinYourGenes?books.
Model•ListallthetraitsfromoneWhat
Traits Are in Your Genes? book on the board.
•Calloutthetraitsoneatatime,and ask students to raise their hands if they have that trait. Keep track with tally marks.
•Sketchabargraphtoshowyourresults.
Practice•Onlinedpaper,eachstudent
will make a list of traits from the assignedWhatTraitsAreinYourGenes? book.
•Individually,studentswillcirclethetraits they possess.
•EachgroupwillfilloutOurTraits—Data Chart p. 7 together. They will list the traits they read about and make tallies for group members that have each trait.
•GroupswilluseOurTraits—BarGraph p. 8 to create a bar graph based on their tally marks.
Discuss•Havegroupssharetheirresultswith
the class. •Whatisthemostcommontraitin
each group?
Evaluate•Evaluatestudentsfortheir
understanding and participation in group work.
Extension•Assignthisprojectashomework
and have students survey a group of family members.
Lesson 3Tally Your Traits
Materials•WhatTraitsAreinYour
Genes? series•linedpaper•OurTraits—DataChartp.7•OurTraits—BarGraphp.8•pencils
PurposeStudents will take an inventory of their own traits and create a bar graph in small groups.
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5 TEACHING WHAT TRAITS ARE IN YOUR GENES?
Prepare•Completeafewsamplecardsto
use as models.•Dividetheclassintotwoteamsto
play Genetic Jeopardy.
Pretest•Whataretraits?•Wheredotraitscomefrom?
Read•ReadtheWhatTraitsAreinYour
Genes? series.•Astheyread,studentsshouldwrite
down interesting facts they learn.
Model•ExplainhowtoplayGeneticJeopardy.Eachstudentwillgetsixindexcards.Oneachcard,students will write a question that canbeansweredfromaWhatTraits Are in Your Genes? book. Students should write one question perbook.Onthebackofthecard, they will write the answer to the question.
•Showstudentsyoursamplecards.•Explainthatstudentswillwork
in teams to play the game and that there will be a host, like on a game show. The host will collect and sort the cards by book topic. Students will line up in their team toanswerquestions.Onepersonfrom each team will step forward. These students will be racing against oneanother.Whenstudentsareready to play, the host will read the answer on the card. If a player knows the question that matches that answer, he or she will try
to be the first to ring the bell. If the player tells the host the right question, his or her team gets a point. If he or she provides the wrong response, the player from the other team has the opportunity to answer and score a point. If no one responds correctly, no points are earned. The game moves to the second round, with the next set of players, and the next card is read.
Practice•Eachstudentwritesfivequestions
and their answers on individual index cards.
•TheclassplaysGeneticJeopardy.
Evaluate•Theteacherobservesstudents
during game play for knowledge of genes and traits.
•Studentsassesstheirownknowledge of genes and traits through game play.
AssessmentGenetic Jeopardy
Materials•WhatTraitsAreinYour
Genes? series•linedpaper•indexcards•pencils•abell
PurposeStudents will demonstrate their understanding of traits by playing a game.
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Our Traits—Data ChartDirections: Fill in the chart by counting the number of people in your group that have each trait.
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