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    Week 6, Thursday: Solve real-world comparison problems · Perform a reader's theater with expression

    Day 29 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will solve real-world comparison problems with three-digit numbers and justify answers with place value (2.NBT.A.4).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 5 + 9 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Write 581 in expanded form. Week 5
    3. Skip-count by 10s: 370, 380, ___, ___ Week 4

    Standards Addressed

    2.NBT.A.42.NBT.A.3

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Read the prices on 4 grocery items or write pretend prices in cents on index cards: 249, 315, 189, 320. Student lines them up from cheapest to most expensive.

    index cardsmarker
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Pose: 'Two schools collected cans. Lincoln School collected 468 cans. Park School collected four hundred eighty-six. Which school collected more?' Student writes both in standard form, compares (468 < 486), and explains using tens. Then: 'A third school collected 500 + 60 + 4. Who won?'

    papermarker
    15 min

    Practice

    Student solves and writes a comparison sentence for each: 'Maya read 312 pages, Leo read 321. Who read more?', 'A puppy weighs 145 ounces, a kitten weighs 98 ounces. Which is lighter?', 'Bus A traveled 670 miles, Bus B traveled 607. Which went farther?', 'Two jars hold 550 and 505 beans. Which has more, and by which place did you decide?'

    paperpencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'Give me a number that is greater than 390 but less than 400.' Then, 'Greater than 199 but less than 201.'

    Materials Needed

    index cardsmarkerpaperpencil

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Perform a reader's theater with expression and self-correction, and revise a two-voice piece so each character's point of view is clear (RF.2.4b, RF.2.4c, RL.2.6).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Add a prefix to make a word that means 'not locked'. Week 5
    2. Fill in oa or ow: b__t (it floats). Week 3
    3. What is the plural of 'foot'? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.6RF.2.4bRF.2.4c+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading

    Turn The Three Little Pigs into a reader's theater: assign wolf, pigs, and narrator (family members can double up). Read it through once, then again with more expression, using the pigs' and wolf's voices from Monday.

    The Three Little Pigs (traditional version, such as James Marshall's)
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Teach self-correction: good readers notice when something does not sound right or make sense and go back. Read a sentence with a planted mistake ('The wolf huffed and puffed and blew the mouse down') and ask your child to catch and fix it, then explain the clue they used.

    The Three Little Pigs (traditional version, such as James Marshall's)
    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Your child reads a just-right book aloud for five minutes while you tally errors and self-corrections on a scrap of paper. Share the tallies and praise every self-correction by name: 'You went back and fixed that one yourself.'

    Library books at your child's levelScrap paperPencil
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Read the Pig draft and the Wolf draft aloud back to back. Revise so they sound like two different characters: add one feeling word to each and one line of dialogue with quotation marks. Edit for capitals, end marks, and 'I' always capitalized.

    Writing folderPencil
    10 min

    Phonics

    Story words for tomorrow's performance, read for accuracy. Read and write: straw, sticks, bricks, huff, puff, chin, wolf, house, blew, sneeze, sugar, framed. Your child reads each in a sentence from the books, checking that it makes sense.

    Index cardsMarker

    Materials Needed

    The Three Little Pigs (traditional version, such as James Marshall's)Library books at your child's levelScrap paperPencilWriting folderIndex cardsMarker

    Related Resources

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

    Social Studies

    Students will create a Rules and Community book that shows laws, helpers, rights, responsibilities and citizen actions from the unit (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

    Review and Extend

    Gather the Week 2 law poster, the Week 3 thank-you card (or a drawing of it), the Week 4 citizen action photo or drawing, and the Week 5 family chart. Lay them out in order and have your child retell what each one shows in one sentence. Ask, 'How do all four fit together?' (rules keep us safe, helpers make the community work, citizens have rights and jobs).

    15 min

    Project Work: My Community Book

    Fold three sheets of paper in half and staple to make a 12-page book. Your child makes a page for each: A Law We Follow, A Helper I Know, My Right, My Responsibility, Something I Did for My Community, and a cover titled 'Rules and Community by ____.' Use drawings from the unit or draw fresh versions.

    3 sheets of paperstaplercrayons or markersunit work from Weeks 2 through 5
    5 min

    Share Progress

    Your child reads the book to a family member and picks one page to show a grandparent or friend by phone or video. Keep the book in the portfolio folder for the end-of-year celebration.

    Materials Needed

    Week 2 law posterWeek 3 thank-you card or drawingWeek 4 action photo or drawingWeek 5 family chart3 sheets of paperstaplercrayons or markers

    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 · Thursday

    I can solve problems by comparing numbers.

    Look: Leo has 528 stickers. Kim has 582. Who has more?

    1. Hundreds: 5 and 5 are the same.
    2. Tens: 2 tens < 8 tens.
    3. 528 < 582, so Kim has more.

    Solve. Write a comparison with >, < or =.

    1. Ava read 234 pages. Ben read 243 pages. Who read more?
    2. A truck carries 815 boxes. A van carries 158 boxes. Which carries fewer?
    3. Kofi's school got three hundred ninety cans. Lina's school got 300 + 90 + 9 cans. Which school got more?
    4. Two jars hold 407 and 470 buttons. Which has more? Which place decided?

    Challenge

    • Write a number greater than 480 but less than 490.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 6 · Thursday

    I can catch and fix my reading mistakes.

    Look: Does it make sense?

    1. Read: I put on my hat and cot.
    2. Stop! cot does not make sense.
    3. Look at the letters again: coat. Reread: I put on my hat and coat.

    Each sentence has one word that does not make sense. Circle it. Write the right word.

    1. The little pig ran into his brick horse.
    2. The wolf knocked on the door with his big pan.
    3. The straw house fell up.
    4. The wolf climbed on the roof to look down the chicken.

    Make your Pig and Wolf sound different.

    1. Write one line the pig says. Use a feeling word and quotation marks.
    2. Write one line the wolf says. Use a feeling word and quotation marks.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 6 · Thursday

    I can plan a book about rules and my community.

    Plan each page of My Community Book. Write one sentence for each.

    1. A law we follow:
    2. A helper I know:
    3. My right:
    4. My responsibility:
    5. Something I did for my community:

    Think about it.

    1. How do rules, helpers and citizens work together?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky