Quarter 1 · Detailed day-by-day lesson plans · Days 31–35
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Week 7 builds fluency adding and subtracting within 100 using place-value strategies. Readers shift to nonfiction, learning to ask and answer questions about a text.
Practice mental math by adding grocery prices to the nearest dollar.
Whiteboard, nonfiction picture book, math journal
Fluently Add and Subtract Within 100
Addition & Subtraction Within 100 · 2.NBT.B.5
Assessment: Solve 20 problems within 100 using strategies; explain one strategy in writing
Asking and Answering Questions in Nonfiction
Phonics: Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ly, -ness
Writing: Informational writing
Plants, Animals & Habitats
2-LS2-1, 2-LS2-2, 2-LS4-1, K-2-ETS1-2
Students add two-digit numbers within 100 using make-a-ten and open number line strategies based on place value (2.NBT.B.5).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Warm-Up
Spiral from Week 6: write 348 and 384 on index cards and ask which is greater and how you know. Then flash 10 make-a-ten facts (7 + 3, 8 + 2, 6 + 4, 9 + 1, 5 + 5) and have your child answer aloud as fast as possible.
Mini-Lesson
Write 38 + 25. Model with straw bundles: 3 tens and 8 ones plus 2 tens and 5 ones. Show how 8 loose straws and 2 of the 5 make a new bundle of ten, leaving 3 loose. Say, 'We made a ten. Now we have 6 tens and 3 ones, 63.' Repeat with 47 + 36 (6 + 3 more makes a ten, total 83).
Practice
Your child solves 29 + 34, 56 + 27, 45 + 38, and 18 + 65 by building each with straws, making a ten when needed, and writing the answer (63, 83, 83, 83). For the last problem, ask them to also draw the bundles as sticks and dots on paper.
Wrap-Up
Ask, 'When do we need to make a new ten?' Listen for 'when the ones add up to 10 or more.' Have your child tell you one problem from today where they made a ten.
Students ask who, what, where, when, why, and how questions before and during a nonfiction read-aloud and begin an informational piece by introducing a topic (RI.2.1, W.2.2).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Read-Aloud
Say, 'Last week we read stories and asked whose point of view we were hearing. This week we read true books, and the reader's job is to ask questions.' Show the cover of 'From Seed to Plant' by Gail Gibbons and write three questions your child wonders about on a chart labeled 'Before Reading' (for example, 'How does a seed know when to grow?'). Read the first half, through the pages that show how seeds travel, pausing whenever a question gets answered to draw a check mark next to it.
Mini-Lesson
Make a six-box anchor chart with the words Who, What, Where, When, Why, How. Model turning one page into a question for each box: 'Where does the seed go after the wind carries it?' Explain that good readers ask questions the whole time they read, not just at the start.
Guided Reading
Give your child six sticky notes, one per question word. Reread two pages together and have your child write one question on each note, then hunt for the answer and write the page number on the back. Any question the book does not answer goes on a separate 'Still Wondering' card.
Writing Workshop
Introduce informational writing: 'This kind of writing teaches a reader something true.' Your child picks a topic they already know well (a pet, a sport, a favorite food, a plant in the yard) and writes a topic sentence that names it, such as 'Cats are pets that like to climb and nap.' Draw a quick picture that shows the topic.
Phonics
Teach the suffix -ful, meaning 'full of.' Write these words on index cards and have your child cover the suffix, read the base word, then read the whole word and tell what it means: helpful, careful, hopeful, playful, colorful, thankful, useful, joyful, cheerful, painful. Sort the cards by whether the base word is a thing (color) or an action (help).
Students plan and set up an investigation to find out whether plants need water and sunlight to grow (2-LS2-1).
Science Question of the Week
Remind your child that last week we learned big objects are made of small pieces. Say, 'This week we start living things. Our question: What does a plant need to grow?' Write the question on an index card and tape it above the work space.
Investigation: Seeds in Bags
Fold four damp paper towels into four zip bags and press two dried beans (pinto or kidney, soaked overnight) into each. Label the bags A: water and light (sunny window), B: water, no light (dark cupboard), C: no water and light (dry towel, sunny window), D: no water, no light. Have your child predict which bag will sprout first and record the prediction on a chart with four rows.
Wrap-Up
Ask, 'Which bag are you most sure about? Why?' Your child draws all four bags in the science notebook and writes today's date under the drawing.
Read it aloud first while your child follows along. Then read it together, and let your child read the parts they can. Talk about the words in the word box.
Plants are living things. Like you, they need certain things to live and grow.
Plants need light. Most plants get light from the sun. A plant kept in a dark closet turns pale and weak.
Plants need water. Water travels up from the roots, through the stem, to the leaves.
Plants need air. Leaves take in a gas from the air called carbon dioxide.
Plants need nutrients. Nutrients help a plant grow strong. Roots take them in from the soil.
Plants also need space. If seeds are planted too close together, the plants crowd each other and stay small.
Plants use light, water and air to make their own food in their leaves. People and animals cannot do that! How could you test whether a bean plant needs light?
Math
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Math
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 8. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Pick 4 missed problems. Solve each with base-ten blocks, then draw the blocks, then write the numbers. Keep the facts-to-20 drill daily. |
| Only a few right | Do the catch-up activity "Make a Ten, Then Add Tens" for 10 minutes a day during Week 8. Practice facts to 20 every day. |
ELA
A snail has a hard shell on its back. The shell keeps the snail safe. Snails move slowly on one flat foot. They like wet places.
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ELA
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 8. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Read this week's passage again and have your child ask you 3 questions about it. Build suffix words: hope + ful, care + less, quick + ly, kind + ness. |
| Only a few right | Read the passage aloud together each day and ask one question word per paragraph. Practice 2 suffix words a day. |
Science
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Science
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 8. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Set up two bean cups, one in light and one in a dark cupboard. Predict and check every other day. |
| Only a few right | Read "What Plants Need" together and draw a plant with labels for light, water, air, soil and space. |
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Social Studies
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 8. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Draw a map of your child's bedroom together with a key (bed, door, window) and a compass rose. |
| Only a few right | Look at a map of your town together and find 3 symbols in the key. Practice N, S, E and W by pointing around the room. |
PE · Throwing, Catching & Hand-Eye Coordination · All Specials
PE · Week 7
I can toss underhand and catch with two hands.
| Distance | Catches out of 10 |
|---|---|
You need: a beanbag or a pair of rolled-up socks, a partner
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Math
Adding and taking away with smart strategies
ELA
Asking questions helps me learn true facts
Science
Plants need water and light to grow
Try it (10 min): Use coins or beans. Make two piles under 50, count each, and add them. Then take some away and find what is left.
Talk about it: Did you make a ten or use a friendly number?
Try it (10 min): Before you read a true book together, each person writes one question. Read and see whose question gets answered.
Talk about it: Where in the book did you find the answer?
Try it (10 min): Put a few dry beans in a cup with a wet paper towel and a few in a cup with a dry towel. Check them every day this week.
Talk about it: Which beans changed? Why do you think so?
Try it (10 min): Stand on a safe step stool and look down at the kitchen table. Draw what you see from above.
Talk about it: How does a plate look from above? How does it look from the side?
We did blank of 4 activities.
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