Quarter 1 · Detailed day-by-day lesson plans · Days 16–20
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Skip counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s reveals patterns on the number chart. In ELA, children determine the central message of a story and launch opinion writing with reasons.
Skip count out loud while climbing stairs or jumping on a trampoline.
Hundreds chart, sticky notes, favorite picture book
Skip-Counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s
Place Value & Number Relationships · 2.NBT.A.1
Assessment: Skip count from any starting number; identify patterns on the number chart
Retelling and Determining Central Message
Phonics: Long vowels with silent e review
Writing: Opinion writing introduction
Properties of Matter
2-PS1-1, 2-PS1-2, 2-PS1-3, 2-PS1-4, K-2-ETS1-1
Students will skip-count by 5s and 10s within 1000 and describe the pattern in the ones digit (2.NBT.A.2).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Warm-Up
Show 3 bags, 4 bundles, 5 beans from last week (345). Then add one bundle at a time and count aloud: 355, 365, 375, 385, 395. Ask, 'What changes each time? What stays the same?'
Mini-Lesson
On the hundreds chart, color every number you land on counting by 5s from 5 to 100. Ask what the ones digits do (5, 0, 5, 0). Then use a different color to circle counting by 10s from 10 to 100 and notice that every 10 is also a 5. Count by 5s aloud from 100 to 150 without the chart.
Practice
Student writes the next 6 numbers for each start: by 5s from 35 (40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65), by 5s from 210, by 10s from 60, by 10s from 430. Then uses nickels to count by 5s to 50 cents and dimes to count by 10s to 100 cents.
Wrap-Up
Ask, 'If you count by 5s, will you ever say 43? Will you ever say 195? How do you know without counting?'
Retell Chrysanthemum using a five-finger retell and begin to think about the central message (RL.2.2).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Read-Aloud
Say: 'Last week we mapped beginnings, middles, and ends. This week we ask what a story is really about.' Read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. Stop when Chrysanthemum wilts after the first day of school and ask what happened to make her feel that way.
Mini-Lesson
Trace your child's hand and label the fingers: characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, with 'lesson' on the palm. Fill in the fingers together for Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum, her parents, Victoria, Mrs. Twinkle; home and school). Leave the palm blank and say we will earn it by the end of the week.
Guided Reading
Your child rereads the first half of Chrysanthemum (or a just-right book) and retells it to you across the five fingers. Prompt with 'Who? Where? What happened first?' as needed.
Writing Workshop
Introduce opinion writing: an opinion is what you think, and a reason tells why. Sort cards together: 'Dogs are the best pets' (opinion), 'Dogs have four legs' (fact), 'Winter is the best season' (opinion), 'Snow is cold' (fact). Announce this week's piece: 'Chrysanthemum is a perfect name' or 'Chrysanthemum is not a perfect name.'
Phonics
Review silent e with a_e and i_e. Read and write: cake, made, plane, gate, shape, bike, ride, smile, kite, white. Show the magic: cap to cape, kit to kite, and have your child do the same with mad and pin.
Students will sort changes to matter into those that can be reversed and those that cannot (2-PS1-4).
Science Question of the Week
Ask, 'Can every change be undone?' Remind your child that last week ice melted and froze again. Then hold up a piece of toast next to a slice of bread and ask, 'Can I turn this toast back into bread?' Write the words reversible and irreversible on an index card.
Investigation: Can We Undo It?
Set up five stations: (1) melt an ice cube in a bowl, (2) crumple a sheet of paper, (3) cut a sheet of paper in half, (4) stir a spoon of sugar into warm water, (5) mash a banana slice. For each, your child makes the change, then tries to undo it, and records 'reversible' or 'irreversible' with a reason in a chart. Support: do stations 1, 2 and 3 only. Stretch: predict before testing and mark each prediction right or wrong.
Wrap-Up
Ask, 'Which changes could go back? Which changes made something brand new?' Have your child explain why the crumpled paper is reversible even though it looks different (it is still paper) but the cut paper is not.
Read it aloud first while your child follows along. Then read it together, and let your child read the parts they can. Talk about the words in the word box.
A citizen is a member of a community. Your community might be your family, your class, your town or your country.
Good citizens help make their community a better place. They follow rules and laws. They tell the truth. They are kind and fair to others.
Good citizens also help. A girl picks up litter at the playground. A boy holds the door for a neighbor. A family gives food to people who need it. Grown-ups can vote to choose leaders.
Good citizens are responsible. Being responsible means doing your jobs without being asked, like feeding your pet or cleaning up after a snack.
Good citizens listen to others, even when they do not agree. They solve problems by talking, not fighting. What is one thing you can do this week to be a good citizen?
Math
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Math
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 5. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Skip-count out loud while jumping or clapping: by 5s from 35, by 10s from 240, by 100s from 300. Then redo the missed items. |
| Only a few right | Do the catch-up activity "Count On, Count By" daily this week. Use a printed hundreds chart for every skip-count task. |
ELA
A crow had a pretty stone. "This is mine!" she said. A little bird asked to see it. The crow said no and hid it. Then a storm came, and the crow's nest fell. The little bird let the crow stay in her nest. The next day, the crow gave the little bird the pretty stone.
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ELA
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 5. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Read a short fable and ask, "What lesson did the character learn?" Practice pairs like kit/kite and hop/hope. |
| Only a few right | Read one fable a day together and name the lesson in one sentence. Practice 5 silent-e pairs daily. |
Science
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Science
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 5. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Sort picture cards (melting ice, cooked egg, folded paper, burnt toast) into "can change back" and "can't change back." Explain two of them. |
| Only a few right | Do one reversible change (freeze and melt water) and one that can't be undone (mix and bake) together, and talk about each. |
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Social Studies
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 5. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Plan and do one good-citizen action together (pick up litter, help a neighbor), then talk about how it helped. |
| Only a few right | Reread "What Makes a Good Citizen?" together and make a list of 3 things your child can do at home. |
Health · My Body and My Senses · All Specials
Health · Week 4
I can use my five senses to learn about the world.
| Sense | Body part | What I found |
|---|---|---|
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Math
Skip counting is a fast way to count
ELA
A story's lesson is its central message
Science
Some changes can be undone, and some cannot
Try it (10 min): Gather nickels and dimes. Count the nickels by 5s and the dimes by 10s. Who can count their pile fastest?
Talk about it: Which coins were quicker to count, and why?
Try it (10 min): Read or tell a short fable together. Retell it on five fingers, then decide what its lesson is.
Talk about it: What would you tell a friend the story teaches?
Try it (10 min): Look for changes while you cook or clean: water freezing, bread toasting, a shirt being folded. Sort them into can undo and cannot undo.
Talk about it: What clue tells you a change cannot be undone?
Try it (10 min): Choose one small job to help your family or neighbors, like watering a plant or picking up litter with gloves. Do it together.
Talk about it: How did helping make you feel?
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