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    Week 7, Thursday: Apply addition and subtraction strategies to solve · Generate and answer questions on their own during

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    Math

    Students apply addition and subtraction strategies to solve one-step word problems within 100 and record equations (2.OA.A.1, 2.NBT.B.5).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 3 + 4 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Write <, > or =: 427 ___ 427 Week 6
    3. Write 964 in expanded form. Week 5

    Standards Addressed

    2.OA.A.12.NBT.B.5

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Race the clock: your child solves 45 + 30, 45 + 32, 45 + 37, 80 - 20, 80 - 24, 80 - 27 (answers 75, 77, 82, 60, 56, 53). Time it, then ask which problem was easiest and why.

    paperpenciltimer or clock
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Read aloud: 'The library had 64 picture books on the shelf. Kids checked out 27. How many are left?' Draw a bar model: one long bar labeled 64, split into 27 and a question mark. Write 64 - 27 = ? and solve on an open number line (64 - 20 = 44, 44 - 4 = 40, 40 - 3 = 37). Then do an add-to problem: 'Maya had 38 stickers and got 45 more' (83).

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Practice

    Your child solves three word problems with a bar model and equation each: 'A bus had 52 riders, 18 got off, how many now?' (34); 'Dad picked 36 apples, Mom picked 47, how many total?' (83); 'Jae has 90 beads and uses 55 for a necklace, how many left?' (35). Count out 90 beans for the last one to check.

    paperpencildried beans
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Your child makes up one word problem about something in your home (spoons, books, socks) with numbers under 100 and you solve it while they check your work.

    Materials Needed

    paperpenciltimer or clockdried beans

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    English Language Arts

    Students generate and answer questions on their own during rereading and add facts beneath an informational introduction (RI.2.1, W.2.2).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. What marks show that someone is talking in a story? Week 6
    2. Fill in ar or or: c__ (you ride in it). Week 4
    3. What is the plural of 'child'? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RI.2.1W.2.2L.2.4b+1 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud

    Reread the middle section of 'From Seed to Plant' (the pages about how pollen moves from flower to flower). Play Question Tennis: you ask a question, your child answers from the page, then your child asks and you answer. Keep score on a scrap of paper; tie games are best.

    From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbonsscrap paperpencil
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Teach that some answers are 'right there' in one sentence and others need 'think and search' across two pages. Model both with 'What carries pollen?' (right there) and 'How does a flower become a fruit?' (think and search). Have your child sort yesterday's sticky-note questions into the two kinds.

    From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbonssticky notes
    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Write six questions about seeds on index cards and six matching answers on other cards. Your child reads each question, finds the answer card, and checks it against the book page. Then flip the game: your child writes two new question cards for you to match.

    index cardsmarkerFrom Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Under the introduction, your child writes two true facts about the topic, each as a full sentence. Say, 'A fact is something you could prove by looking.' Add an adverb with -ly to one fact ('Cats jump quickly.'), which connects to this week's word study (L.2.1e).

    writing notebookpencil
    10 min

    Phonics

    Teach the suffix -ness, which turns a describing word into a thing. Read: kindness, darkness, sadness, softness, illness, sickness, fairness, brightness, thickness, sweetness. Have your child cover -ness, read the base, then write two of the words from dictation.

    index cardsmarkerwriting notebookpencil

    Materials Needed

    From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbonsscrap paperpencilsticky notesindex cardsmarkerwriting notebook

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    Social Studies

    Students compare a map and a globe and use the parts of a map, including a title, key, and compass rose, to add detail to their home map (D2.Geo.1.K-2).

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Geo.1.K-2

    Activities

    10 min

    Review and Extend

    Hold up an orange and a flat sheet of paper. Say, 'A globe is round like Earth. A map is flat so it fits in a book.' Draw a compass rose on the paper together and have your child point to the north wall of the house, then east, south, west. Label the four directions on sticky notes and post them on the walls.

    orangepapersticky notesmarker
    15 min

    Project Work: Map of Our Home

    On a large sheet of paper, your child draws the main floor of your home from above: each room as a rectangle, doors as gaps. Add a title, 'Map of Our Home,' a compass rose in a corner, and a key with three symbols: a small square for windows, a circle for the kitchen table, a triangle for the front door.

    large paperpencilcrayonsruler
    5 min

    Share Progress

    Your child gives a family member a 'map tour,' pointing to the key, the compass rose, and one room. Ask, 'Which direction is your bedroom from the kitchen?'

    home map

    Materials Needed

    orangepapersticky notesmarkerlarge paperpencilcrayonsruler

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 5-8)Social Studies Answer Key (Weeks 5-8)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 7 · Thursday

    I can solve word problems with a bar model.

    Look: 50 crayons, 18 broke

    1. Draw a bar for 50. Split it into 18 and ?.
    2. Write the equation: 50 − 18 = ?.
    3. Solve: 50 − 18 = 32. 32 crayons are not broken.

    Draw a bar model. Write an equation. Solve.

    1. The shelf had 73 books. Kids took 36. How many books are left?
    2. Rosa had 45 shells. She found 38 more. How many shells does she have now?
    3. A bus had 61 riders. 24 got off. How many riders are on the bus now?
    4. Amir has 80 beads. He uses 47 for a necklace. How many beads are left?

    Challenge

    • Write your own word problem about something in your home. Use numbers under 100.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 7 · Thursday

    I can tell right there and think and search questions. I can read words with -ness.

    Look: neat + ness = neatness

    1. neat is a describing word.
    2. Add -ness: neatness. Now it names a thing.
    3. His neatness helps him find his toys.

    From Seed to Plant

    A seed needs water to wake up. When the seed gets wet, a root pushes out. Next, a green stem pokes up through the dirt. The stem grows leaves. The leaves need sunlight to make food for the plant.

    Is the answer in one sentence (right there) or in more than one place (think and search)? Circle one. Then answer.

    1. What does a seed need to wake up?right therethink and search
    2. How does a seed become a plant with leaves?right therethink and search
    3. What do leaves need to make food?right therethink and search

    -ness turns a describing word into a thing. Add -ness and write the word.

    1. kind
    2. dark
    3. soft
    4. bright
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 7 · Thursday

    I can use a map key and a compass rose.

    Label the compass rose with N, E, S and W.

    1. Compass rose
    2. Which is round like Earth?a mapa globe
    3. Which is flat and fits in a book?a mapa globe

    Make a key for your Map of Our Home. Draw each symbol and tell what it means.

    SymbolWhat it means
    1. Which direction is your bedroom from the kitchen?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky