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    Week 12, Thursday: Apply all Unit 2 skills to solve multi-part word · Describe connections within a text in writing

    Day 59 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students apply all Unit 2 skills to solve multi-part word problems and explain their thinking (2.OA.A.1, 2.NBT.B.6, 2.NBT.B.7, 2.NBT.B.9).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 5 + 6 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Take away the tens: 86 − 70 = ? Week 11
    3. What is 10 less than 309? Week 10

    Standards Addressed

    2.OA.A.12.NBT.B.62.NBT.B.7+1 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Think fast: 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 (100), 100 - 45 (55), 350 + 100 + 10 (460), 68 + 32 (100), 91 - 19 (72). Ask which strategy came to mind for each.

    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Read aloud: 'A toy store had 425 stuffed animals. On Saturday it sold 138 and on Sunday it sold 96. How many are left?' Draw a bar model with 425 on top and three parts below (138, 96, ?). Solve two ways: 425 - 138 = 287, then 287 - 96 = 191; or 138 + 96 = 234, then 425 - 234 = 191. Ask, 'Why do both paths work?'

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Practice

    Your child solves three story problems with a bar model, equation, and one-sentence explanation: 'Three bins hold 24, 38, and 29 blocks, then 45 blocks are taken out, how many left?' (46); 'A zoo has 316 birds and gets 100 more, then 10 fly to a new home, how many now?' (406); 'Nia read 147 pages last week and 268 this week, how many more pages until she reaches 500?' (85).

    paperpencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Your child chooses their best work from Weeks 7 through 11 (the saved Friday papers) to put in a portfolio folder and says one sentence about what they learned in Unit 2.

    foldersaved assessment papers

    Materials Needed

    paperpencilfoldersaved assessment papers

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 9-12)Math Answer Key (Weeks 9-12)Unit 2 test (end of unit)

    English Language Arts

    Students describe connections within a text in writing and assemble the All About book with a cover, contents, and glossary (RI.2.3, RI.2.5, W.2.2).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Read with expression: 'Wow, look at that!' Week 11
    2. Why might an author write a book called 'How to Plant a Seed'? Week 10
    3. Write the contraction for 'do not'. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RI.2.3RI.2.5W.2.2+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud

    Reread the last four pages of 'Where Do Polar Bears Live?' where the book tells what people can do. Ask, 'How does something a person does far away connect to a polar bear?' and have your child add a final link to the melting-ice chain on the chart.

    Where Do Polar Bears Live? by Sarah L. Thomsonchart papermarker
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Model writing a connection paragraph: three sentences that follow one chain from the book, using 'because,' 'so,' and 'then.' Write it on the chart, then cross out the linking words and read it again to hear how the ideas fall apart without them.

    chart papermarker
    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Your child writes their own connection paragraph about the fur-and-fat chain or the wide-paws chain, checking each fact against the page. Read it aloud and underline the linking words.

    Where Do Polar Bears Live? by Sarah L. Thomsonwriting notebookpencil
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Assemble the book: your child makes a cover with the title 'All About ______' and their name as author, a table of contents listing the three section headings with page numbers, and a glossary page defining three important words from the sections. Staple in order: cover, contents, introduction, sections, conclusion, glossary.

    folderplain paperpencilcrayonsstapler
    10 min

    Word Study

    High-frequency review from Week 8. Dictate and have your child write: because, their, would, which, write, always, been, does, gave, those. Then your child checks the All About book for any of these words and fixes any misspellings.

    writing notebookpencilfolder

    Materials Needed

    Where Do Polar Bears Live? by Sarah L. Thomsonchart papermarkerwriting notebookpencilfolderplain papercrayonsstapler

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 9-12)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 9-12)Unit 2 test (end of unit)

    Social Studies

    Students demonstrate the unit's geography learning by completing a neighborhood map project that includes map parts, landforms, community type, and a natural resource (D2.Geo.1.K-2, D2.Geo.2.K-2, D2.Geo.3.K-2, D2.Geo.4.K-2, D2.Geo.5.K-2).

    This week's reading: Natural Resources All Around Us

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Geo.1.K-2D2.Geo.2.K-2D2.Geo.3.K-2+2 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Review and Extend

    Check the conservation tally from last week and count the total. Then take a 5-minute walk to the corner and back, noting what your child sees: houses or buildings, any hill or creek, trees, a store. Say, 'Today you make a map of what we just walked.'

    conservation posterclipboardpencil
    15 min

    Project Work: Neighborhood Map

    On a large sheet, your child draws your street from above with your home, at least three other places, and any landform or water nearby. Required parts: title, compass rose, key with at least three symbols, a label saying urban, suburban, or rural, and a star on one natural resource people use (a tree, a river, a garden).

    large paperpencilcrayonsruler
    5 min

    Share Progress

    Your child presents the map to the family, naming each required part and answering, 'Which continent and ocean is this neighborhood near?'

    neighborhood map

    Materials Needed

    conservation posterclipboardpencillarge papercrayonsruler

    Assessment

    Neighborhood map includes a title, compass rose, key, community label, and a marked natural resource, and child names the continent and nearest ocean.

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 9-12)Social Studies Answer Key (Weeks 9-12)Unit 2 test (end of unit)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 12 · Thursday

    I can solve two-step story problems.

    Look: two steps

    1. Draw a bar model with the whole on top and the parts below.
    2. Do one step at a time.
    3. Write the answer with a word, like 85 rolls.

    Draw a bar model. Write equations. Solve.

    1. A bakery made 350 rolls. It sold 125 in the morning and 140 in the afternoon. How many rolls are left?
    2. Three shelves hold 32, 45 and 27 books. Then 38 books are taken off. How many books are left?
    3. A park has 248 trees. Workers plant 100 more. Then 10 fall in a storm. How many trees now?
    4. Zara's book has 400 pages. She has read 186. How many pages are left?

    Challenge

    • Solve the bakery problem another way.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 12 · Thursday

    I can write a paragraph that connects ideas.

    Look: link your ideas

    1. It rained all night. The ground got wet.
    2. Join them with so: It rained all night, so the ground got wet.
    3. Then worms came up. Linking words: so, then, because.

    Write three sentences about this chain. Use because, so and then.

    • Leaves fall in autumn.
    • The leaves rot into the soil.
    • The soil helps new plants grow.
    1. My connection paragraph
    2. Underline the linking words in your paragraph.

    Circle the word that is spelled right.

    1. My best ____ came to play.frendfriend
    2. We ____ at the zoo all day.werewer
    3. I have ____ books.menymany
    4. She ____ swim fast.couldcud

    Challenge

    • Write the three section headings for your book's table of contents.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 12 · Thursday

    I can make a map of my neighborhood.

    Draw your street from above. Show your home and three other places.

    1. My neighborhood map
    2. Check each part you added: title, compass rose, key with 3 symbols, urban, suburban or rural label, a star on a natural resource.

    Ask your family if you need help.

    1. Our neighborhood is on the continent of ________.
    2. The ocean closest to us is ________.
    3. I put a star on ________. People use it to ________.

    You need: a large sheet of paper

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky