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    Week 9, Wednesday: Subtract within 1000 using base-ten drawings · Compare the text features of two nonfiction texts

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    Math

    Students subtract within 1000 using base-ten drawings, unbundling a ten or a hundred when needed (2.NBT.B.7).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 11 − 2 = ? Facts to 20
    2. 19 + 29 + 18 + 29 = ? Week 8
    3. Write <, > or =: 927 ___ 973 Week 6

    Standards Addressed

    2.NBT.B.72.NBT.B.9

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Quick draw: your child draws 524 in base-ten pictures, then draws it again as 4 squares, 12 sticks, 4 dots and explains why both show 524. Repeat with 310 drawn as 2 squares, 10 sticks, 10 dots.

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Write 452 - 237. Draw 452. Say, 'I need to take 7 dots but only have 2.' Cross out one stick and draw 10 dots (now 4 squares, 4 sticks, 12 dots). Cross out 7 dots, 3 sticks, 2 squares: 2 squares, 1 stick, 5 dots, 215. Then 635 - 271, where you unbundle a hundred into 10 sticks (364).

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Practice

    Your child solves 583 - 246, 724 - 351, 460 - 128, and 812 - 475 by drawing and crossing out (answers 337, 373, 332, 337). Then they check one problem by building it with straws and unbundling.

    paperpencilstraws bundled by tenloose straws
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'What happens to the number when you unbundle a hundred? Does it get bigger, smaller, or stay the same?' Confirm it stays the same, just looks different.

    Materials Needed

    paperpencilstraws bundled by tenloose straws

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 9-12)Math Answer Key (Weeks 9-12)

    English Language Arts

    Students compare the text features of two nonfiction texts and use them to locate specific facts, and draft the middle of a sequenced narrative (RI.2.5, W.2.3).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Which is spelled correctly: 'becuz' or 'because'? Week 8
    2. Read three times, smoothly: 'The cat sat on the warm mat.' Week 6
    3. Fix the capitals: my friend sam lives in texas. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RI.2.5W.2.3RF.2.3c+1 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading

    Read 'What Is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases' by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld from the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. This looks back at your matter unit from science Weeks 2 to 6. As you read, have your child flag the labeled diagrams and the 'Find Out More' activity pages at the end.

    What Is the World Made Of? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeldsticky notes
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Put 'Sharks' and 'What Is the World Made Of?' side by side and make a two-column chart of which features each book has (photos vs. drawings, glossary or not, labels on diagrams, headings). Ask, 'Why might a book about matter use drawings with labels instead of photos?'

    chart papermarkerNational Geographic Kids Readers: Sharks by Anne SchreiberWhat Is the World Made Of? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Your child reads a self-chosen nonfiction book for 12 minutes, then fills in a 'Feature Hunt' card: one heading, one caption, one bold word, and one fact each feature helped them find.

    library nonfiction bookindex cardpencil
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Your child writes the Next box, two or three sentences telling what happened in the middle of the story, using a linking word such as 'then,' 'after that,' or 'suddenly.' Read the First and Next parts together and ask, 'Does the reader know what happened in order?'

    writing notebookpencil
    10 min

    Phonics

    Teach that a silent-e syllable can be part of a longer word. Read and divide: sunshine, cupcake, reptile, inside, complete, athlete, mistake, invite, bedtime, pancake. Your child underlines the vowel-consonant-e pattern in each and reads the word with the long vowel.

    whiteboard or papermarker

    Materials Needed

    What Is the World Made Of? by Kathleen Weidner ZoehfeldNational Geographic Kids Readers: Sharks by Anne Schreibersticky noteschart papermarkerlibrary nonfiction bookindex cardpencilwriting notebookwhiteboard or paper

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 9-12)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 9-12)

    Science

    Students compare different habitats (pond, forest, desert, ocean) and match animals to the habitat that meets their needs (2-LS4-1).

    This week's reading: A Home for Every Animal

    Standards Addressed

    2-LS4-1

    Activities

    5 min

    Review

    Reread Monday's two-column chart. Say, 'The grass square is a tiny habitat. Today we look at big ones.' List the four needs on an index card: food, water, shelter, space.

    notebookindex card
    20 min

    Deeper Investigation: Habitat Sort

    Read 'Over and Under the Pond' by Kate Messner. Then write 12 animal names on index cards (frog, trout, deer, owl, squirrel, camel, lizard, rattlesnake, shark, whale, crab, beaver) and four habitat headers (pond, forest, desert, ocean). Your child sorts the cards and explains one need each habitat meets for one animal, for example 'The pond gives the frog water and insects to eat.' Support: Sort six cards into two habitats. Stretch: Pick one animal and explain why it could not live in a different habitat.

    Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner16 index cardsmarker
    5 min

    Data Discussion

    Ask, 'Which habitat has the most water? The least? How do desert animals get water?' Record the answer to the last question in the notebook.

    notebookpencil

    Materials Needed

    notebookindex cardOver and Under the Pond by Kate Messner16 index cardsmarkerpencil

    Related Resources

    Science Worksheets (Weeks 9-12)Science Answer Key (Weeks 9-12)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 9 · Wednesday

    I can subtract three-digit numbers by opening a ten or a hundred.

    Look: 562 − 318

    1. Draw 562. You need to take 8 ones but have only 2.
    2. Cross out 1 stick and draw 10 dots. Now you have 5 squares, 5 sticks, 12 dots.
    3. Take away 8 dots, 1 stick, 3 squares. You have 2 squares, 4 sticks, 4 dots = 244.

    Draw the first number. Open a ten or a hundred when you need to. Cross out to subtract.

    1. 574 − 238 = ____
    2. 736 − 482 = ____
    3. 851 − 327 = ____
    4. 625 − 348 = ____

    Challenge

    • Check 574 − 238 by adding: 336 + 238 = ____
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 9 · Wednesday

    I can compare the text features in two books.

    Look: inside → in|side

    1. Split the word into two parts: in|side.
    2. Underline the vowel-consonant-e part: ide.
    3. The e is silent. The i says its name. Read: inside.

    Write the titles of two nonfiction books you read this week. Check each feature the book has.

    • heading
    • caption
    • bold word
    • photo
    • drawing with labels
    FeatureBook 1: ________Book 2: ________
    1. Which feature did both books have?
    2. Why might a book about matter use drawings with labels instead of photos?

    Split each word into two parts. Underline the vowel-consonant-e part. Read the word.

    1. sunrise
    2. explode
    3. costume
    4. confuse
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 9 · Wednesday

    I can match animals to the habitat that meets their needs.

    Write each animal in the habitat where it finds food, water and shelter.

    • duck
    • dragonfly
    • bear
    • woodpecker
    • roadrunner
    • tortoise
    • octopus
    • dolphin
    PondForestDesertOcean
    1. Which two animals did you put in the desert?

    Think and write.

    1. Pick one animal. What does its habitat give it?
    2. Which habitat has the least water?pondforestdesertocean
    3. How do desert animals get water?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky