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    Week 4, Thursday: Use skip-counting to count real collections · Retell Chrysanthemum in order with transition words

    Day 19 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will use skip-counting to count real collections and solve problems efficiently (2.NBT.A.2).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 5 + 6 = ? Facts to 20
    2. How many hundreds are in 200? Week 3
    3. How many tens make 90? Week 2

    Standards Addressed

    2.NBT.A.22.NBT.A.1

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Dump 60 dried beans on the table. Time the student counting them by 1s, then arrange them in rows of 5 and count by 5s. Ask which way was faster and why.

    60 dried beanstimer
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Pose: 'A bookshelf holds 10 books per shelf. There are 7 shelves. How many books?' Count by 10s with bundles: 70. Then: 'Each of 5 gloves has 5 fingers; how many fingers?' Count by 5s: 25. Then: 'A truck carries 100 bricks per trip and makes 6 trips.' Count by 100s: 600.

    bundles of 10 craft sticks100-bean bags or paper flatspapermarker
    15 min

    Practice

    Student solves and shows the count: 'How many toes on 8 people?' (count by 10s, 80), 'How many cents in 9 nickels?' (45), 'How many minutes in 6 groups of 5 minutes on the clock?' (30), 'How many beans in 4 hundred-bags and 3 bundles?' (430). Student writes the count sequence under each answer.

    paperpencil9 nickels
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'When is counting by 5s a good idea? When is counting by 100s a good idea?' Student gives one example of each.

    Materials Needed

    60 dried beanstimerbundles of 10 craft sticks100-bean bags or paper flatspapermarkerpencil9 nickels

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Retell Chrysanthemum in order with transition words and state its central message in one sentence (RL.2.2).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Fill in oa or ow: sn__ (cold and white). Week 3
    2. Sort by vowel sound: map, fin, top. Week 1
    3. What is the plural of 'child'? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.2RL.2.5RF.2.3a+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading

    Read the pages of Chrysanthemum where her parents comfort her each night, taking turns by page. Ask: 'Her parents keep telling her the same thing. What is it, and does it work right away?'

    Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Model a full retell of Chrysanthemum in six sentences with first, then, next, after that, finally, and end with 'The lesson is...' Your child retells it back using the hand sheet, and you count the transition words together.

    Hand-trace retell sheetTransition word strip
    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Your child reads a new just-right book and gives you a retell ending with a lesson sentence. Listen for the events in order and one detail that supports the lesson.

    Library books at your child's levelTransition word strip
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Add a closing sentence that restates the opinion in new words: 'That is why I think Chrysanthemum is a perfect name.' Then edit: every sentence starts with a capital, ends with a period, and the word 'because' is spelled from the word wall.

    Writing folderPencilWord wall
    10 min

    Phonics

    Introduce er, ir, and ur, which all say the same sound. Read and write: her, fern, bird, girl, shirt, first, dirt, fur, turn, hurt, burn, nurse. Sort by spelling and dictate the sentence 'The girl in the shirt turned first.'

    Index cardsMarkerWhiteboard or paper

    Materials Needed

    Chrysanthemum by Kevin HenkesHand-trace retell sheetTransition word stripLibrary books at your child's levelWriting folderPencilWord wallIndex cardsMarkerWhiteboard or paper

    Related Resources

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

    Social Studies

    Students will plan and carry out one act of good citizenship at home or in the neighborhood and reflect on how it helped others (D2.Civ.7.K-2).

    This week's reading: What Makes a Good Citizen?

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Civ.7.K-2

    Activities

    10 min

    Review and Extend

    Reread Tuesday's sentence. Ask, 'Miss Rumphius chose something she could actually do. What is something you can actually do this week?' Brainstorm four ideas on paper (pick up litter on the block, make a card for a neighbor, sort the recycling, plant seeds in a cup for a windowsill) and circle one.

    15 min

    Project Work: Citizen Action Plan

    Your child fills in a three-box plan: What I Will Do, Who It Helps, What I Need. Then start the action right now if possible (fill a bag with litter from the sidewalk with gloves, or plant bean seeds in a cup and label it 'for our windowsill'). Take a photo or draw a picture of the action for a Week 6 review.

    paper and pencilgloves and a bag, or a cup, soil and bean seeds
    5 min

    Share Progress

    Your child tells a family member what they did and answers: 'How did it feel? Who noticed?' Add one sentence to the plan: 'Being a good citizen felt ____.'

    Materials Needed

    Tuesday's Quick Writepaper and pencilgloves and bag or cup, soil and bean seedscamera (optional)

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 1-4)Social Studies Answer Key (Weeks 1-4)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 4 · Thursday

    I can skip-count to solve problems.

    Look: How many cents in 8 nickels?

    1. A nickel is 5 cents. Count by 5s, one count for each nickel.
    2. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40
    3. 8 nickels = 40 cents.

    Solve. Write the count under each answer.

    1. How many fingers are on 6 hands? Count by 5s.
    2. How many cents are in 7 dimes?
    3. A boat carries 100 people on each trip. It makes 4 trips. How many people ride?
    4. Aisha puts 5 grapes on each of 9 plates. How many grapes?
    5. How many beans are in 2 hundred-bags and 6 bundles of ten?

    Challenge

    • When is counting by 100s a good idea? Give an example.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 4 · Thursday

    I can retell a story with its lesson and read er, ir and ur words.

    Look: her, bird, fur

    1. er, ir and ur all say /er/.
    2. h-er, b-ir-d, f-ur
    3. Look at the word to see which one it uses: bird has ir.

    Retell the story you read today. Use first, then and finally.

    1. First, ____
    2. Then, ____
    3. Finally, ____
    4. The lesson is ____.

    Read each word. Write er, ir or ur.

    1. herd
    2. skirt
    3. curl
    4. stir

    Challenge

    • Write a sentence with an er word, an ir word and a ur word.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 4 · Thursday

    I can plan and do one good citizen action.

    My citizen action plan.

    1. What I will do:
    2. Who it helps:
    3. What I need:

    After you do it.

    1. Draw your action.
    2. Being a good citizen felt ____.
    3. Who noticed what you did?

    You need: what your plan needs (gloves and a bag for litter, or seeds and a cup)

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky