Skip to main content
    Second Grade
    Today

    Quarter 1Week 6FridayDay 30 of 180

    Week 6, Friday: Compare pairs of three-digit numbers using · Explain how two characters see the same event

    Day 30 · 3 lessons · 140 min

    Previous dayNext day This week's worksheets

    Math

    Students will compare pairs of three-digit numbers using >, =, and < and explain their reasoning with place value (2.NBT.A.4).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 6 + 8 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Write 597 in expanded form. Week 5
    3. 9 hundreds, 6 tens and 8 ones = ? Week 3

    Standards Addressed

    2.NBT.A.42.NBT.A.12.NBT.A.3

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Unit 1 rapid review: count by 100s from 100 to 1000, build 100 as 10 bundles, say the value of the 4 in 346, and write 519 in expanded form.

    bundles of 10 craft stickspaperpencil
    15 min

    Review

    Student builds 634 and 643 and teaches you how to compare them, using the words hundreds, tens, and ones. Then explains why 800 > 799 without building.

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

    Weekly Assessment

    On paper, student (1) writes >, <, or = for 6 pairs: 356 and 365, 720 and 702, 499 and 500, 888 and 888, 210 and 120, 947 and 974, (2) orders 573, 375, 537, 753 from least to greatest, and (3) explains in a sentence how they compared 499 and 500.

    paperpencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Reflect on the whole unit: 'What is the biggest thing you learned about hundreds, tens, and ones since Week 1?' Preview Unit 2: 'Next week we start adding and subtracting with these numbers.'

    Materials Needed

    bundles of 10 craft sticks100-bean bags or paper flatsdried beanspaperpencil

    Assessment

    Compare pairs of three-digit numbers using >, =, < with place value reasoning

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Explain how two characters see the same event differently, publish a two-voice piece, and read grade-level text with accuracy and self-correction (RL.2.6, RF.2.4).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. How can a picture help you understand a story? Week 5
    2. Fill in oa or ow: sn__ (cold and white). Week 3
    3. Add the comma: May 5 2027 Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.6RF.2.4aRF.2.4c+3 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Reading Celebration

    Perform the reader's theater of The Three Little Pigs for an audience (a sibling, a grandparent on video, or stuffed animals). Look back over the unit: 'Which character from Weeks 1 to 6 would you most like to be friends with: Owl, Toad, Chrysanthemum, or the wolf? Why?'

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

    Reading Assessment

    Your child answers two questions in writing: 'How does the wolf in The True Story explain the fallen houses?' and 'How would the pigs explain it?' Each answer needs one detail from the right book.

    PaperPencilThe True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaThe Three Little Pigs (traditional version, such as James Marshall's)
    15 min

    Publishing and Author's Chair

    Publish the two-voice piece as a flip book: Pig on one page, Wolf on the next, with a drawing of each. From the Author's Chair, your child reads both sides in two voices; listeners say which character they believe and why.

    Writing folderClean paperStaplerCrayonsA special chair
    10 min

    Phonics Check

    Fluency check: your child reads a one-minute passage from The Three Little Pigs while you count words read correctly and note self-corrections. Then dictate ten review words: because, people, bricks, sneeze, repaint, unload, yellow, girl, plane, stay.

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

    Independent Reading

    Fifteen quiet minutes with a self-chosen book. Afterward your child tells you who is telling the story and one thing that character wants.

    Library books at your child's level

    Materials Needed

    The Three Little Pigs (traditional version, such as James Marshall's)PaperPencilThe True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaWriting folderClean paperStaplerCrayonsA special chairA timer or phoneLibrary books at your child's level

    Assessment

    Written comparison of two characters' points of view on the same event with one detail from each book; published two-voice piece with a distinct first-person voice for each character; one-minute oral reading with words correct per minute and self-corrections recorded, plus a 10-word cumulative spelling check.

    Related Resources

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

    Science

    Students will review the Properties of Matter unit by sorting, changing and building with materials and create a mosaic from small pieces (2-PS1-3, 2-PS1-1).

    Standards Addressed

    2-PS1-32-PS1-1

    Activities

    10 min

    Drawing Conclusions: Unit Review

    Set out the Week 2 texture collage, the Week 4 reversible poster, and the Week 5 charts. Ask four review questions: 'Name three properties of a sponge. What does heat do to ice? Name one change you cannot undo. Which material was best for an umbrella and why?' Your child answers aloud and points to the evidence on each paper.

    15 min

    Art Connection: Torn Paper Mosaic

    Your child tears colored paper or old magazine pages into about 50 small pieces, sorts them by color (a property), then glues them onto a sheet to build one big picture (a fish, a tree, a house). Ask, 'Could these same pieces have made a different picture?' to connect back to Monday.

    colored paper or magazine pagesglueconstruction paper
    5 min

    Week Reflection

    Ask, 'We started this unit describing objects and ended it building new objects from pieces. What was your favorite investigation from Weeks 2 through 6, and what do you still wonder about matter?' Write the answer on the back of the mosaic and add it to the portfolio.

    Materials Needed

    Week 2 collageWeek 4 posterWeek 5 chartscolored paper or magazine pagesglueconstruction paperpencil

    Related Resources

    Science Worksheets (Weeks 5-8)Science 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 · Friday

    Get ready: I can show what I know about hundreds, tens and ones.

    Fill in the blanks.

    1. Count by 100s: 600, 700, ____, ____, 1000
    2. 10 tens = ____
    3. What is the value of the 4 in 486?
    4. Write 731 in expanded form.

    Show and write.

    1. Draw 258 with squares, sticks and dots.
    2. Write 407 in words.
    3. What number is 10 more than 395?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 6 · Friday

    Get ready: I can use quotation marks, capital I and feeling words.

    Fix each sentence. Add quotation marks, capitals and end marks.

    1. i am so scared, said the pig
    2. the wolf said, i only wanted sugar

    Circle the feeling word in each sentence.

    1. The pig felt brave in his brick house.
    2. The wolf was grumpy and hungry.
    3. The pigs were happy when the wolf left.

    Challenge

    • Which character would you like to be friends with? Tell why.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 6 · Friday

    Get ready: I can sort pieces by a property and build something new.

    Tear paper into about 50 small pieces. Sort them by color. Make a tally mark for each piece.

    ColorTallyHow many?
    1. What property did you use to sort?
    2. Could the same pieces make a different picture?yesno

    Think back.

    1. What was your favorite investigation in this unit? Why?
    2. What do you still wonder about matter?

    You need: colored paper or old magazines, glue, a sheet of paper

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky