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    Week 2, Wednesday: Represent numbers from 10 to 100 as tens and ones · Compare how two characters from different books

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    Math

    Students will represent numbers from 10 to 100 as tens and ones using drawings and a place value chart (2.NBT.A.1a).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 7 + 8 = ? Facts to 20
    2. In 425, what is the value of the 5? Week 1
    3. What is 10 more than 63? What is 10 less? Grade 1

    Standards Addressed

    2.NBT.A.12.NBT.A.1a

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Quick draw: say a number, student draws it as tall lines for tens and dots for ones. Use 30, 52, 78, 90, and 100. For 100, ask whether the student would rather draw 10 lines or one square labeled 100.

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Draw a two-column place value chart labeled Tens and Ones. Model 64: 6 bundles in the tens column, 4 beans in the ones column, then write 6 and 4 under them. Model 60 and ask what goes in the ones column (nothing, so we write 0). Finish with 100: 10 bundles in the tens column, and show that the chart needs a new column called Hundreds.

    papermarkerbundles of 10 craft sticksdried beans
    15 min

    Practice

    Student completes a chart for 27, 50, 83, 99, and 100 using sticks and beans first, then writing the digits. For each, student says the number two ways: '83' and '8 tens and 3 ones.'

    place value chartbundles of 10 craft sticksdried beanspencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'Why does 50 need a zero?' Student explains that the zero holds the ones place so the 5 stays in the tens place.

    Materials Needed

    paperpencilmarkerbundles of 10 craft sticksdried beansplace value chart

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 1-4)Math Answer Key (Weeks 1-8)

    English Language Arts

    Compare how two characters from different books respond to a problem, using evidence from their actions (RL.2.3, RL.2.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Put in order: last, first, next. Week 1
    2. Read these words aloud: the, was, said, have. Grade 1
    3. What is the past tense of 'run'? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.3RL.2.1RL.2.7+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud

    Read Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill. Stop after Jamaica takes the stuffed dog home and ask, 'Look at her at the dinner table. What is she doing? What does that tell us she feels?' Finish the book and ask what Jamaica does the next morning and why.

    Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Add Jamaica to Monday's Event, Does, Feels chart beside Toad. Event: Jamaica finds a dog that is not hers. Does: pushes food around her plate, will not play. Feels: uneasy, guilty. Say: 'Both authors never wrote the word guilty or grumpy. They showed it with actions, and we figured it out.'

    Monday's chartMarkers
    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Read 'A Swim' from Frog and Toad Are Friends together, taking turns by page. Ask your child to find the page where Toad's response to being laughed at is clearest, and say the sentence that proves it.

    Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Draft the middle of the small-moment story. Teach 'show, don't tell' with two versions: 'I was scared' versus 'I hid behind the couch and held my breath.' Your child finds one telling sentence in their draft and rewrites it as an action.

    Writing folderLined paperPencil
    10 min

    Phonics

    Mixed sort of all four teams. Write on cards: chain, brain, clay, spray, sweet, queen, dream, teach, tail, May, wheel, peach. Your child sorts into ai, ay, ee, ea columns and reads each column aloud, then writes one sentence using two of the words.

    Index cardsMarkerPaper

    Materials Needed

    Jamaica's Find by Juanita HavillMonday's chartMarkersFrog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold LobelWriting folderLined paperPencilIndex cardsPaper

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 1-4)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 1-8)

    Science

    Students will test which materials absorb water and use the results to add a new property to their sorting chart (2-PS1-1).

    Standards Addressed

    2-PS1-1

    Activities

    5 min

    Review

    Read back Monday's chart. Ask, 'Which property did we not test yet?' Point to the word absorbs on the index card and ask your child to predict which three objects will soak up water.

    20 min

    Deeper Investigation: Does It Absorb?

    Set out a paper towel, a piece of foil, a square of wax paper, a cotton ball, a plastic bag, a scrap of cloth and a coin on a tray. Your child uses a dropper or a spoon to put 5 drops of water on each and waits 10 seconds. Record in a new chart with the columns Material, Prediction, Result (Absorbs or Does Not Absorb). Then ask which materials would make a good raincoat and which would make a good towel.

    tray or baking sheetpaper towelfoilwax papercotton ballplastic bagcloth scrapcoincup of waterspoon or dropper
    5 min

    Data Discussion

    Count the absorbers and the non-absorbers together. Ask, 'Were any of your predictions wrong? What surprised you?' and have your child circle the surprise on the chart.

    Materials Needed

    tray or baking sheetpaper towelfoilwax papercotton ballplastic bagcloth scrapcoincup of waterspoon or dropperMonday's chartpaper and pencil

    Related Resources

    Science Worksheets (Weeks 1-4)Science Answer Key (Weeks 1-4)

    Today's Practice

    One page for your child for each lesson. Answers are for grown-ups.

    Math practice · Week 2 · Wednesday

    I can show a number as tens and ones on a chart.

    Look: 64

    1. Tens: 6 bundles. Ones: 4 beans.
    2. Write 6 in the tens place and 4 in the ones place.
    3. 64 is 6 tens and 4 ones.

    Write the tens and ones.

    NumberTensOnes
    1. 45
    2. 70
    3. 18
    4. 62

    Write the number.

    1. 9 tens and 6 ones = ____
    2. 3 tens and 0 ones = ____
    3. 10 tens = ____ hundred

    Challenge

    • Why does 80 need a zero?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 2 · Wednesday

    I can compare how two characters respond to a problem.

    Look: team and feet

    1. t-ea-m: ea says /ē/.
    2. f-ee-t: ee says /ē/.
    3. Two letters make one sound. Find the team, then read the word.

    Think about the stories you read this week.

    1. What problem did Jamaica have in the story you read today?
    2. What did she do that showed how she felt?
    3. How are Toad and Jamaica alike?

    Read each word. Write ai, ay, ee or ea.

    1. bait
    2. sway
    3. creek
    4. beak

    Challenge

    • Rewrite "I was sad" to show the feeling with an action.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 2 · Wednesday

    I can test which materials absorb water.

    Predict. Then put 5 drops of water on each material. Wait 10 seconds.

    MaterialMy predictionResult: absorbs or does not absorb
    1. Was one of your predictions wrong? Which one?

    Use your results.

    1. Which material would make a good towel?
    2. Which material would make a good raincoat?
    3. Why?

    You need: a paper towel, foil, wax paper, a cotton ball, a plastic bag, a scrap of cloth, a coin, a cup of water and a dropper or spoon

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky