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    Week 5, Monday: Read and write three-digit numbers in standard form · Use illustrations in Owl Moon to describe

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    Math

    Students will read and write three-digit numbers in standard form and expanded form (2.NBT.A.3).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 17 − 8 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Skip-count by 5s: 35, 40, ___, ___ Week 4
    3. How many tens make 50? Week 2

    Standards Addressed

    2.NBT.A.32.NBT.A.1

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Count by 100s from 100 to 1000 with bags, laying out 10 bags in a row. Ask, 'How many hundreds is 1000? How many tens?' (10 hundreds, 100 tens). Write 1000 on an index card and notice it has four digits.

    100-bean bags or paper flatsindex cardsmarker
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Build 437 with 4 bags, 3 bundles, 7 beans. Write 437 and then write it stretched out: 400 + 30 + 7. Call this expanded form. Repeat with 582 (500 + 80 + 2) and 903 (900 + 3, explain that we skip the 0 tens). Then give the expanded form 200 + 60 + 1 and have the student build it and write 261.

    100-bean bags or paper flatsbundles of 10 craft sticksdried beanspapermarker
    15 min

    Practice

    Student writes expanded form for 146, 329, 570, 805, and 999, then writes standard form for 300 + 40 + 2, 700 + 9, 100 + 80, and 600 + 50 + 4. Build any that feel tricky with bags and bundles.

    paperpencil100-bean bags or paper flatsbundles of 10 craft sticksdried beans
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'Why is 400 + 30 + 7 the same as 437? What does the plus sign mean here?' Student explains that we are putting the pieces together.

    Materials Needed

    100-bean bags or paper flatsbundles of 10 craft sticksdried beansindex cardsmarkerpaperpencil

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 5-8)Math Answer Key (Weeks 1-8)

    English Language Arts

    Use illustrations in Owl Moon to describe the setting and explain what the pictures tell us that the words do not (RL.2.7).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Fill in ir or ur: b__d (it can fly). Week 4
    2. Fill in the vowel team: pl__ (to have fun). Week 2
    3. Is 'garden' a noun or a verb? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

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

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud

    Say: 'Last week we found the lesson in a story. This week we learn to read the pictures as carefully as the words.' Read Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, holding each page up long enough to look. On the page with the train whistle, ask, 'What do you see in the picture that the words never say?' (the size of the moon, the shadows, how bundled up the child is).

    Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Make a two-column chart: Words tell me / Pictures tell me. Fill in for the first page: Words: it was late one winter night. Pictures: deep snow, a farmhouse, a long shadow, no wind in the trees. Teach: good readers put the two columns together to understand the story.

    Chart paperMarkers
    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Your child goes back through Owl Moon as a picture hunt: find the hidden animals John Schoenherr tucked into the snow scenes (a raccoon, a fox, a mouse, deer). For each one ask, 'Does the text mention it? What does it tell us about the woods at night?'

    Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Introduce text-evidence responses. Ask, 'How does the child feel about going owling?' Model an answer with the frame 'I think ___. In the text it says ___. In the picture I see ___.' and write it on a chart. Your child copies the frame into the writing folder.

    Chart paperMarkersWriting folderPencil
    10 min

    Phonics

    Introduce the prefix un-, which means not or the opposite of. Read and write: unhappy, untie, unlock, unfair, unpack, unkind, unsafe, undo, unable, unzip. Your child covers the prefix with a finger, reads the base word, then uncovers and reads the whole word.

    Index cardsMarker

    Materials Needed

    Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John SchoenherrChart paperMarkersWriting folderPencilIndex cards

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 5-8)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 1-8)

    Science

    Students will test paper towels and other materials to decide which is best at absorbing a spill and explain the choice with data (2-PS1-2).

    This week's reading: Which Material Is Best?

    Standards Addressed

    2-PS1-2

    Activities

    5 min

    Science Question of the Week

    Ask, 'How do we pick the right material for a job?' Remind your child that in Week 2 the sponge absorbed and the foil did not. Say, 'This week you are the tester. A company wants to know which towel to sell.' Write the words test, fair and best for the job on an index card.

    20 min

    Investigation: Which Towel Wins?

    Cut equal squares (about the size of your hand) from a paper towel, a napkin, a tissue, a coffee filter and a piece of newspaper. Pour exactly 2 spoons of water on a plate, lay one square on it for 10 seconds, lift it, and have your child count the spoons of water left on the plate. Repeat for each material and record in a chart. Talk about what made the test fair (same size, same water, same time). Support: test only three materials. Stretch: test each material twice and see if the results match.

    paper towelnapkintissuecoffee filternewspaperscissorsplatespooncup of waterpaper and pencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'Which material is best for a spill? What is your evidence?' Your child answers in the form 'The ____ is best because it left only ____ spoons of water.'

    Materials Needed

    paper towelnapkintissuecoffee filternewspaperscissorsplatespooncup of waterindex cardpaper and pencil

    Related Resources

    Science Worksheets (Weeks 5-8)Science Answer Key (Weeks 5-8)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 5 · Monday

    I can write three-digit numbers in expanded form.

    Look: 524

    1. Find the hundreds: 5 hundreds is 500.
    2. Find the tens and ones: 2 tens is 20, and 4 ones is 4.
    3. Stretch it out: 524 = 500 + 20 + 4.

    Write each number in expanded form.

    1. 263 = ____
    2. 718 = ____
    3. 409 = ____
    4. 850 = ____

    Put the pieces together. Write the number.

    1. 400 + 70 + 5 = ____
    2. 600 + 3 = ____
    3. 900 + 20 + 8 = ____
    4. 200 + 90 = ____

    Challenge

    • How many hundreds make 1000?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 5 · Monday

    I can use a picture to learn more about a story. I can read words with un-.

    Look: un + fair = unfair

    1. un- means not.
    2. unfair means not fair.
    3. Read the base word first, then add un-.

    A Night Walk

    Mia and her dad went out after dinner. It was late. They did not talk. They just walked and looked up at the sky.

    Mia and her dad walk in deep snow under a big round moon while an owl sits on a bare branch.

    Use the words and the picture.

    1. What do the words tell you?
    2. What does the picture tell you about the weather?
    3. What animal is in the picture but not in the words?

    Un- means not or the opposite. Add un- and write the new word.

    1. happy
    2. lock
    3. safe
    4. tie
    5. Unkind means ____.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 5 · Monday

    I can test which material soaks up a spill best.

    Pour 2 spoons of water on a plate. Lay one square on it for 10 seconds. Lift it and count the spoons of water left.

    MaterialSpoons of water left
    1. Which material is best for a spill?
    2. The ____ is best because it left only ____ spoons of water.

    Think about a fair test.

    1. Name one thing you kept the same for every material.

    You need: paper towel, napkin, tissue, coffee filter, newspaper, a spoon, a plate, water

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky