Quarter 2 · Detailed day-by-day lesson plans · Days 66–70
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Week 14 focuses on subtraction word problems — comparison, take-away, and unknown-position. Readers compare two versions of the same story and write a Venn-diagram response.
Read two retellings of a fairy tale and chart what's the same and different.
Two versions of a fairy tale, Venn diagram, math journal
One- and Two-Step Word Problems (Subtraction)
Operations & Algebraic Thinking · 2.OA.A.1
Assessment: Solve comparison and take-away word problems with bar models
Comparing Two Versions of the Same Story
Phonics: Compound words
Writing: Compare and contrast writing using a Venn diagram
Engineering Design & Testing
K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3
Students will solve take-from word problems with the result unknown by drawing a bar model with the part taken away crossed out and writing a subtraction equation (2.OA.A.1).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Warm-Up
Spiral from Week 13: read one add-to problem, 'Priya had 28 beads and got 14 more. How many now?' (42). Then say, 'Now flip it. Priya had 42 beads and gave away 14. How many are left?' Have your child predict the answer before drawing (28).
Mini-Lesson
Read: 'There were 52 cookies on the tray. The family ate 27. How many cookies are left?' Draw one bar labeled 52 across the top, split it into a part labeled 27 with a big X through it and a part labeled ?. Write 52 - 27 = ? and solve two ways: count up from 27 to 52 (3 to 30, 22 more, so 25) and subtract with tens and ones. Name it a 'take-from' problem.
Practice
Your child solves: 'Diego had 45 balloons. 18 floated away. How many are left?' (27) and 'A parking lot had 70 cars. 36 cars drove off. How many cars are still there?' (34). For each, draw the bar, cross out the part, write the equation with ?, and check by adding the answer back to the part taken (27 + 18 = 45).
Wrap-Up
Ask, 'Why does adding the answer back to the part you took away give the starting number?' Add take-from to the word wall.
Students will retell the events of a classic Cinderella tale and identify its main characters and setting (RL.2.2, RL.2.3).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Read-Aloud
Read 'Cinderella' by Marcia Brown (the Perrault version with the pumpkin coach) straight through. Remind your child that last week poets used sound to make meaning; this week they will see how different tellers change the same story. Ask: 'Who helps Cinderella, and what does she lose at the ball?'
Mini-Lesson
Draw a story map with five boxes labeled Character, Setting, Problem, Helper, Ending. Fill it in together for Marcia Brown's version (Cinderella; a kingdom in France long ago; her stepsisters keep her from the ball; a fairy godmother; the glass slipper fits). Keep this map for Wednesday's comparison.
Guided Reading
Reread the pages where the fairy godmother transforms the pumpkin, mice, and rat. Your child reads the transformation list aloud and you list each 'before' and 'after' on paper (pumpkin to coach, six mice to six horses). Ask which change they think is the funniest and why.
Writing Workshop
Your child writes a five-sentence retelling of Marcia Brown's Cinderella using the words first, next, then, after that, and finally. Model the first sentence aloud: 'First, Cinderella's stepsisters went to the ball and left her at home.'
Phonics: Compound Words
Explain that a compound word is two small words glued into one. Write and read: sunshine, bedroom, cupcake, football, rainbow, birthday, doghouse, sailboat, popcorn, fireplace. Your child draws a line between the two little words in each and tells what the big word means.
Students will ask questions and make observations to define a simple problem that people want to change (K-2-ETS1-1).
Science Question of the Week
Ask: 'How do engineers figure out exactly what the problem is before they start building?' Read the sticky-note problems from last Friday's reflection and choose one family problem to solve this week, or use this one: 'Crayons roll off the table and break.'
Investigation
Play detective. Put five crayons on a table, nudge the table, and watch what happens; then try it on a tablecloth, a plate, and a folded towel. Record on a chart with three columns, 'surface', 'how many rolled off', and 'what I noticed'. Ask 'who, what, where, when, why' questions about the problem and write the three best ones in the Engineering Notebook ('Where do crayons roll the most? When does it happen? Who gets upset?').
Wrap-Up
Write a problem statement together in one sentence: 'Crayons roll off flat tables, and that breaks them.' Explain that a clear problem statement is step one of the design process, and tape it to the notebook cover.
Read it aloud first while your child follows along. Then read it together, and let your child read the parts they can. Talk about the words in the word box.
A government is a group of people who make laws and take care of a place. In the United States, there are three main levels of government.
The local government takes care of a town or city. It is often led by a mayor. It looks after things like parks, libraries and trash pickup. Firefighters and police officers often work for the local government too.
The state government takes care of a whole state. It is led by a governor. It builds many highways and makes laws for the state. Each state has a capital city.
The national government takes care of the whole country. It is led by the President. It makes laws for everyone in the country. Our nation's capital is Washington, D.C.
Your town is in a state, and your state is in the country. So you live under all three levels at once! Who is the mayor of your town?
Math
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Math
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 15. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Draw a bar model for each missed problem: a long bar for the bigger amount and a short bar under it for the smaller one. Shade the difference and solve. |
| Only a few right | Do the catch-up activity "Bar Model Stories" for 3 days. Use paper strips cut to size before drawing bars. |
ELA
Story 1: A hen finds a seed. She asks the cat, the dog and the pig to help her plant it. They all say no. The hen does the work, and she eats the bread by herself. Story 2: A duck finds a seed. She asks her friends to help. They say, "We're too busy!" The duck does the work. At the end, she shares the bread, and her friends help the next time.
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ELA
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 15. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Read two versions of a familiar tale (like two Three Little Pigs books) and fill in a Venn diagram together. Make 5 compound words with word cards (sun + flower). |
| Only a few right | Read one version of a familiar tale each day this week and talk about one difference. Practice 3 contractions a day on cards (is not, isn't). |
Science
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Science
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 15. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Pick a small home problem (a pencil rolls off the desk, a door slams). Your child says the problem in one sentence and asks 2 questions about it. |
| Only a few right | Read a picture book where a character has a problem. Stop and ask, "What is the problem? What could we ask to learn more?" |
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Social Studies
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 15. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Look up the name of your mayor and your governor together. Your child writes each name under the right level on a three-level chart. |
| Only a few right | Reread "Three Levels of Government" together and draw three nested circles: town inside state inside country. |
Music · Instruments & Tone Color · All Specials
Music · Week 14
I can name the four instrument families.
Second Grade · Week 14 · secondgrade.com
Math
Taking away and comparing in story problems
ELA
Same story, told in different ways
Science
Engineers describe a problem before they solve it
Try it (10 min): Line up two piles of spoons, blocks or pennies. Ask how many more one pile has. Then take some away from one pile and ask how many are left.
Talk about it: How is comparing different from taking away?
Try it (10 min): Tell a fairy tale you both know, then tell it again with a new setting, like outer space or your own town. Hunt for contractions (can't, it's) as you talk.
Talk about it: What changed when the setting changed?
Try it (10 min): Find one small problem at home, like a door that slams or a cord that tangles. Say the problem in one sentence and ask a family member two questions about it.
Talk about it: What did you learn from asking questions?
Try it (10 min): Draw three circles, one inside the other, for your town, your state and the country. Write the name of each place and its leader's title.
Talk about it: Which level would you ask to fix a broken swing at the park?
We did blank of 4 activities.
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