Week 13, Friday: Demonstrate that they can solve one- · Perform a poem, publish an opinion piece

Day 65 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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Math

Students will demonstrate that they can solve one- and two-step addition word problems by drawing models and writing equations with a symbol for the unknown (2.OA.A.1).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

14 − 6 = ? Facts to 20
What is 100 more than 380? Week 12
What is 10 less than 282? Week 10

Standards Addressed

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

Activities

10 min

Warm-Up

Review the four-step routine (read twice, draw and mark ?, write equation, solve and check) by having your child recite it and then solve one quick problem: 'Nina has 18 grapes and 7 more in her lunchbox. How many grapes?' (25).

15 min

Mini-Lesson

Model one last example with the unknown in the start position so it is fresh: 'Some children were on the playground. 14 more came. Now there are 31. How many were there at first?' (? + 14 = 31, 17). Then ask your child to write one word problem of their own and trade with you; each of you solves the other's problem.

15 min

Weekly Assessment

Give four problems on one page and have your child draw a model and write an equation with a ? for each: 1) 'Eli has 27 blue marbles and 35 green marbles. How many marbles?' (62); 2) 'Zoe had 19 stamps. She got some more. Now she has 45. How many did she get?' (26); 3) 'Some birds were on the wire. 16 more landed. Now there are 40. How many at first?' (24); 4) 'Tom read 12 pages, then 15 pages, then 20 pages. How many pages in all?' (47, two steps). Score model, equation, and answer separately.

5 min

Wrap-Up

Reflect: 'Last week we added big numbers. This week we used adding to solve stories. Which position for the ? was trickiest?' Preview next week: subtraction stories and comparing.

Materials Needed

assessment page (four problems)paperpencildried beans for checking

Assessment

Solve 4 word problems; draw models and write equations

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English Language Arts

Students will perform a poem, publish an opinion piece with two reasons and a closing, and read word family words accurately (RL.2.4, W.2.1, RF.2.3a).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

'The wind blew hard, so the tree fell.' What happened because of the wind? Week 12
Read: 'The owl is nocturnal. It sleeps all day and hunts at night.' What does 'nocturnal' mean? Week 10
Add the comma: May 5 2027 Grammar and spelling

Standards Addressed

RL.2.4 W.2.1 RF.2.3a +2 more

Activities

10 min

Reading Celebration

Poetry Cafe: dim the lights, set out a snack, and let your child perform the poem they rehearsed yesterday. Snap fingers instead of clapping, then have them tell the audience one thing the poet did with sound.

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

15 min

Reading Response

Read a short poem your child has not heard yet (try 'Jimmy Jet and His TV Set'). They write three sentences: what the poem is about, one pair of rhyming words, and one line they would read loudly and why. This is the week's reading assessment.

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silversteinpaperpencil

15 min

Publishing and Author's Chair

Your child copies their opinion piece neatly onto clean paper (or types it) and adds a small drawing of the poem's picture in their head. They read it from the Author's Chair; you respond with one specific compliment about a reason they gave.

writing folderclean paperpencilcrayons

10 min

Phonics Check

Dictate ten words from this week's families: snack, quick, jump, bring, night, shake, snail, treat, thump, flight. Your child writes each one, then checks against the cards and rereads any they missed.

paperpencilindex cards

15 min

Independent Reading

Free choice from either poetry book or a library book. Before they start, ask them to find one sentence or line that has a beat they can tap and show you at the end.

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silversteinlibrary books

Materials Needed

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutskypaperclean paperpencilcrayonswriting folderindex cardslibrary books

Assessment

Reading response on an unfamiliar poem (topic, rhyming pair, line to read loudly), published opinion piece with two reasons and a closing, and a 10-word word-family dictation.

Related Resources

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

Science

Students will define engineering in their own words and connect the design process to problems people face every day (K-2-ETS1-1).

Done

This week's reading: What Do Engineers Do?

Standards Addressed

K-2-ETS1-1

Activities

10 min

Drawing Conclusions

Review the notebook: the tower, the cup stand, the changes you wrote. Together write a definition of engineering on the notebook cover, such as 'Engineering is solving a problem by designing, building, and testing.' Ask: 'Is a cook an engineer? Is a person who invents a better lunchbox an engineer?' and talk it through.

Engineering Notebookpencil

15 min

Extension or Art Connection

If you can, read 'Rosie Revere, Engineer' by Andrea Beaty; if not, tell the story of a first try that flopped. Then have your child draw an 'Invention I Wish Existed' with labels for at least three parts and one sentence that names the problem it solves ('a backpack that zips itself because zippers get stuck').

Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty (optional, library)drawing papercrayons or markers

5 min

Week Reflection

Ask: 'What is one problem you noticed this week that an engineer could fix?' Write it on a sticky note and put it in the notebook; next week you will pick one problem to work on.

Materials Needed

Engineering NotebookpencilRosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty (optional, library)drawing papercrayons or markerssticky notes

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 · Friday

I can get ready to show what I know about adding stories.

Get ready! Draw a bar model, write an equation with a ?, and solve.

Luis has 44 marbles. He gets 19 more. How many marbles now?
Hana had 28 cards. She got some more. Now she has 50. How many did she get?
Some kids were at the pool. 13 more came. Now there are 32. How many were there at first?

Where does the ? go? Circle one.

Sam has 12 red cars and 9 blue cars. How many cars?wholepart
Ivy had 20 beads. She got some more. Now she has 35. How many did she get?wholepart

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

ELA practice · Week 13 · Friday

I can get ready to show what I know about poems and word families.

Get ready! Read the rhyme.

"A cat in a hat / sat on a mat." Circle the four words that rhyme.
Write two words that rhyme with night.
Name two things a good opinion piece has.

Change the first letter or letters. Write the new word.

back: change b to p. ____
lake: change l to sh. ____
sing: change s to k. ____
seat: change s to b. ____

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

Science practice · Week 13 · Friday

I can tell what engineering is in my own words.

Think about the tower and the cup stand.

Engineering is ____.
Is a person who invents a better lunchbox an engineer? Why?

Draw an invention you wish you had. Label 3 parts.

My invention:
It solves this problem: ____.

Challenge

Write one problem you noticed this week that an engineer could fix.

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky