Week 13, Wednesday: Solve a mix of add-to and put-together problems · Compare the rhythm of two poets' work

Day 63 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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Math

Students will solve a mix of add-to and put-together problems with unknowns in different positions, choosing where the ? belongs before solving (2.OA.A.1).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

13 − 5 = ? Facts to 20
Write <, > or =: 241 ___ 510 Week 12
What is 10 less than 490? Week 10

Standards Addressed

2.OA.A.1 2.NBT.B.5

Activities

10 min

Warm-Up

Show three bar models already drawn: one with ? over the whole, one with ? in the first part, one with ? in the second part. Say a short problem for each ('12 and 9, how many in all?', 'some and 9 make 21', '12 and some make 21') and have your child point to the matching bar and say the equation.

15 min

Mini-Lesson

Teach a four-step routine and post it: 1) Read it twice. 2) Draw the bar and mark the ?. 3) Write the equation. 4) Solve and check. Model with: 'A bakery sold 45 muffins in the morning and 38 in the afternoon. How many muffins did it sell that day?' (45 + 38 = ?, 83). Then model a change-unknown problem: 'The library had 29 new books on the shelf. After a delivery there were 60. How many books came in the delivery?' (29 + ? = 60, 31).

15 min

Practice

Give four problems on cards and have your child sort them first into 'whole unknown' and 'part unknown' piles, then solve: 'Jada has 16 pennies and 27 dimes. How many coins?' (43); 'Omar planted 18 seeds and then some more. Now 35 seeds are planted. How many more?' (17); 'A box has 22 red and 39 blue blocks. How many blocks?' (61); 'Mia had some shells. She found 24 more. Now she has 51. How many at first?' (27). Check each with coins or blocks.

5 min

Wrap-Up

Have your child pick the hardest card and explain the bar model to you as if you were the student. Ask, 'How did you check your answer?'

Materials Needed

index cardscoinsbuilding blocks or dried beanspaperpencil

Related Resources

Math Worksheets (Weeks 13-16)Math Answer Key (Weeks 13-16)

English Language Arts

Students will compare the rhythm of two poets' work and use rhyme to predict words while reading (RL.2.4, RF.2.4c).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

Why do you read a recipe? Week 12
What is the root word in 'replanted'? Week 10
Fix the capitals: my friend sam lives in texas. Grammar and spelling

Standards Addressed

RL.2.4 RF.2.4c W.2.1 +1 more

Activities

15 min

Read-Aloud

Read 'Homework! Oh, Homework!' and 'Bleezer's Ice Cream' from 'The New Kid on the Block' by Jack Prelutsky. Pause before the last word of several rhyming lines and let your child shout the word the rhyme predicts. Ask: 'Does Prelutsky's beat feel faster or slower than Silverstein's?'

The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

10 min

Mini-Lesson

Put 'Sick' and 'Homework! Oh, Homework!' side by side. Clap the first two lines of each and count the claps on paper. Point out that both poets use rhyme and a steady beat to make a complaint funny instead of whiny.

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutskypaperpencil

15 min

Guided Reading

Your child reads 'Bleezer's Ice Cream' aloud, using the rhyme and the picture to figure out any silly flavor words. Talk about how the long list gets funnier because the beat never stops. Have them pick their favorite flavor line and read it three times, faster each time.

The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

15 min

Writing Workshop

Your child rereads their opinion draft and decides whether to stay with a Silverstein poem or switch to a Prelutsky poem. They revise the opening sentence to name the poet and the book ('My favorite poem is Sick by Shel Silverstein from Where the Sidewalk Ends because') and check that both reasons are still true.

writing folderpencil

10 min

Phonics: Word Families

Introduce -ight and -ake. Write and read: light, night, right, tight, bright, fright, flight, might; bake, cake, lake, make, take, shake, snake, awake. Your child writes a two-line rhyme using one word from each family, such as 'At night the snake was awake.'

index cardsmarkerpaper

Materials Needed

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutskypaperpencilwriting folderindex cardsmarker

Related Resources

ELA Worksheets (Weeks 13-16)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 13-16)

Science

Students will observe that a design has limits (a budget of materials) and use a test to decide whether it solved the problem (K-2-ETS1-1).

Done

This week's reading: What Do Engineers Do?

Standards Addressed

K-2-ETS1-1

Activities

5 min

Review

Look at Monday's tower height in the Engineering Notebook. Ask: 'What made the tower fall? What did you want to use but did not have?' Introduce the word 'constraint': a limit on what you can use or do.

20 min

Deeper Investigation

Set a new problem: 'Build a stand that holds a paper cup of water at least 6 inches above the table.' Give a strict budget of 10 straws (or rolled paper tubes), 12 inches of tape, and 4 index cards. Sketch a plan first, build for 10 minutes, then test by placing the half-full cup on top and counting slowly to 10; measure the height with a ruler and write 'held' or 'fell' in the notebook.

10 drinking straws or rolled paper tubestape4 index cardspaper cupwaterrulerEngineering Notebook

5 min

Data Discussion

Compare the tower (no tape) and the stand (a little tape). Ask: 'Which constraint was hardest? What one thing would you change if you could build again?' Write the change as a full sentence in the notebook.

Materials Needed

10 drinking straws or rolled paper tubestape4 index cardspaper cupwaterrulerEngineering Notebookpencil

Related Resources

Science Worksheets (Weeks 13-16)Science Answer Key (Weeks 13-16)

Today's Practice

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

Math practice · Week 13 · Wednesday

I can decide where the ? goes before I solve.

Look: 4 steps for a story problem

1. Read it two times.
2. Draw the bar and mark the ?. Is the whole missing, or a part?
3. Write the equation. 4. Solve and check.

Write WHOLE or PART for the ?. Then draw, write an equation and solve.

Rosa has 25 pennies and 38 nickels. How many coins does she have?
Eli planted 17 bean seeds. Then he planted some more. Now 42 are planted. How many more did he plant?
A shelf has 36 big books and 47 small books. How many books are on the shelf?
Grace had some shells. She found 29 more. Now she has 64. How many did she have at first?

Challenge

Check problem 4: 35 + 29 = ____

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

ELA practice · Week 13 · Wednesday

I can use rhyme to guess the next word.

Look: finish the rhyme

Read: My pet cat / sat on a ____.
The word must rhyme with cat and make sense.
mat rhymes and makes sense: sat on a mat.

Read each rhyme. Write the word that rhymes and makes sense.

awake
bright
cake
light
shake

I saw a snake by the lake. / It was not asleep. It was wide ____.
Hold on tight! / The stars are so ____.
Let's go and bake / a big birthday ____.
My kite took flight / in the morning ____.
The wet dog came out of the lake. / He gave his fur a big ____.

Think about the two poems you read today.

Which poem had the faster beat?
How are the two poems the same?

Challenge

Write your own two-line rhyme. Use one -ight word and one -ake word.

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

Science practice · Week 13 · Wednesday

I can build with a limit on my materials.

Plan a stand that holds a cup of water at least 6 inches above the table. You may use only 10 straws, 12 inches of tape and 4 index cards.

Draw your plan before you build.

Build for 10 minutes. Put a half-full cup on top and count to 10.

My stand was ____ inches tall.
Did it hold the cup?heldfell
What is a constraint?
If I build again, I will change ____.

You need: 10 straws or rolled paper tubes, tape, 4 index cards, a paper cup, water, a ruler

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky