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    Week 6, Tuesday: Compare three-digit numbers · Compare the wolf's point of view in The True Story

    Day 27 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will compare three-digit numbers with the same hundreds digit by checking tens, then ones (2.NBT.A.4).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 12 − 7 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Write 769 in expanded form. Week 5
    3. Skip-count by 100s: 300, 400, ___, ___ Week 4

    Standards Addressed

    2.NBT.A.42.NBT.A.1

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Digit-card duel: each player flips three digit cards and arranges them to make the biggest number possible. Compare with > or <. Play 4 rounds.

    index cards with digits 0 to 9paperpencil
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Build 463 and 438. Ask, 'Same hundreds. Now what?' Compare the bundles: 6 tens versus 3 tens, so 463 > 438. Then build 527 and 529: same hundreds, same tens, so look at the beans: 527 < 529. Write the rule: 'Hundreds first. If they tie, tens. If they tie, ones.'

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

    Practice

    Student compares 6 pairs and circles the digit that decided each: 674 and 647, 380 and 308, 915 and 951, 202 and 220, 566 and 566, 843 and 839. Support: build each pair with bundles and beans and line up the columns. Stretch: write three different numbers that are all bigger than 550 but smaller than 560.

    100-bean bags or paper flatsbundles of 10 craft sticksdried beanspaperpencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'If two numbers both start with 7, do I need the beans to decide? When do I need them?'

    Materials Needed

    index cards with digits 0 to 9paperpencil100-bean bags or paper flatsbundles of 10 craft sticksdried beansmarker

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 5-8)Math Answer Key (Weeks 1-8)Unit 1 test (end of unit)

    English Language Arts

    Compare the wolf's point of view in The True Story of the Three Little Pigs with the traditional tale (RL.2.6, RL.2.9).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. What does 'reread' mean? Week 5
    2. Read: road, grow, coat, slow. What vowel sound do they share? Week 3
    3. Add a describing word: The ___ cat slept. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.6RL.2.9RL.2.1+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud

    Read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. Stop after the wolf explains the cup of sugar and the sneeze and ask, 'Do you believe him? What is he trying to make us think?' Finish and ask why the wolf says he was framed.

    The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Fill in the wolf's side of the T-chart: I had a cold, I needed sugar, the houses fell down by accident, the pigs were rude. Point out that this book uses 'I' because the wolf tells it himself, while yesterday's book used 'he' and 'the wolf.'

    Monday's T-chartMarkers
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Your child reads independently and then tells you who is telling their book: a character using 'I,' or a narrator outside the story. Ask how they know.

    Library books at your child's level
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Draft the Pig's side of the event in first person: 'I heard a knock and my knees shook.' Aim for four to five sentences using 'I' and 'me,' with one line of what the pig said inside quotation marks.

    Writing folderLined paperPencilMonday's planning paper
    10 min

    Phonics

    High-frequency words with irregular spellings, read by sight for fluency. Read and write: because, again, around, before, would, could, should, people, laugh, every, always, thought. Play a fast flash game: two seconds per card.

    Index cardsMarker

    Materials Needed

    The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaMonday's T-chartMarkersLibrary books at your child's levelWriting folderLined paperPencilMonday's planning paperIndex cards

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 5-8)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 1-8)Unit 1 test (end of unit)

    Social Studies

    Students will review why communities need rules, who helps enforce and follow them, and what good citizens do (D2.Civ.2.K-2, D2.Civ.3.K-2, D2.Civ.6.K-2, D2.Civ.7.K-2).

    This week's reading: Rights and Responsibilities

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Civ.2.K-2D2.Civ.3.K-2D2.Civ.6.K-2+1 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Read-Aloud and Discussion

    Read 'Officer Buckle and Gloria' by Peggy Rathmann. Ask, 'Why does nobody listen to Officer Buckle's safety rules at first? What changes when Gloria acts them out?' Then connect the unit: 'Officer Buckle is a community helper. His rules are like laws. The students following the rules are being good citizens.' Have your child find one safety tip in the illustrations to add to the family chart.

    'Officer Buckle and Gloria' by Peggy Rathmann (library)
    15 min

    Hands-On Activity: Unit Review Game

    Write 12 review questions on index cards (What is a law? Name two community helpers. What is a right? What is a responsibility? What does a good citizen do at the park? Why did Ruby Bridges need helpers? What did Miss Rumphius do? What happens in a game with no rules?). Shuffle and take turns drawing; a correct answer earns a dried bean. Add your own questions about your town.

    12 index cardsmarkerdried beans
    5 min

    Quick Write

    Your child writes their own safety tip in Officer Buckle style ('Safety Tip #1: ____') and draws Gloria acting it out.

    paper and pencilcrayons

    Materials Needed

    'Officer Buckle and Gloria' by Peggy Rathmann (library)12 index cardsmarkerdried beanspaper and pencilcrayons

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 5-8)Social Studies Answer Key (Weeks 5-8)Unit 1 test (end of unit)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 6 · Tuesday

    I can compare numbers when the hundreds are the same.

    Look: 452 and 425

    1. Hundreds: 4 and 4. They tie.
    2. Tens: 5 tens and 2 tens. 5 is more.
    3. So 452 > 425. Hundreds first, then tens, then ones.

    Write >, < or =. Circle the digit that decided it.

    1. 562 ____ 526><=
    2. 734 ____ 743><=
    3. 481 ____ 418><=
    4. 309 ____ 390><=
    5. 657 ____ 657><=
    6. 925 ____ 928><=

    Challenge

    • Write three numbers that are bigger than 340 but smaller than 350.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 6 · Tuesday

    I can tell the wolf's side of the story. I can read tricky words fast.

    Look: Who is telling?

    1. Read: I went to the pond. I saw my friend Duck.
    2. The words I and my tell you a character is telling the story.
    3. The teller is Duck's friend, not Duck.

    Think about The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.

    1. Who is telling this story?
    2. How do you know?
    3. Why does the wolf say he went to the pigs' houses?
    4. What does the wolf say made the houses fall?

    Circle the word that fits.

    1. I ate ____ I was hungry.becauseagain
    2. Many ____ came to the park.peoplewould
    3. We ____ play after lunch.alwaysaround
    4. The joke made me ____.laughthought
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 6 · Tuesday

    I can tell how rules, helpers and good citizens keep us safe.

    Think about Officer Buckle and Gloria.

    1. Why did no one listen to Officer Buckle at first?
    2. Officer Buckle is a community ____.helperlaw
    3. A kid who follows safety rules is being a good ____.citizenhelper

    Write your own safety tip. Draw someone acting it out.

    1. Safety Tip #1: ____
    2. My drawing
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky