Quarter 2 · Detailed day-by-day lesson plans · Days 71–75
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Week 15 pushes timed fluency within 20: forty facts in three minutes. Readers identify key words in informational text and use linking words in opinion writing.
Run a 1-minute fact race every morning during breakfast.
Flash cards, timer, nonfiction article, opinion paragraph
Fluently Add and Subtract Within 20
Operations & Algebraic Thinking · 2.OA.A.1
Assessment: Timed fluency: 40 facts in 3 minutes; mental math strategies
Key Words in Informational Text
Phonics: Dictionary and glossary skills
Writing: Use linking words (because, and, also) in opinion writing
Engineering Design & Testing
K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3
Students will use the doubles and near-doubles strategies to recall addition facts within 20 (2.OA.B.2).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Warm-Up
Spiral from Week 14: read 'Sara had 17 stickers and gave away 9. How many left?' and let your child solve it (8). Then say, 'That took a while. This week we make facts like 17 - 9 fast.' Give a 1-minute pretest of 20 mixed facts within 20 and keep the paper to compare on Friday.
Mini-Lesson
Post the doubles ladder: 1+1=2, 2+2=4, 3+3=6, 4+4=8, 5+5=10, 6+6=12, 7+7=14, 8+8=16, 9+9=18, 10+10=20. Chant it up and down with claps. Then teach near doubles: 6 + 7 is 'double 6 plus 1' (13); 8 + 9 is 'double 8 plus 1' (17); 7 + 5 is 'double 6, one up and one down' (12). Model with two rows of beans that are almost equal.
Practice
Make 12 index cards: 6 doubles (3+3, 5+5, 6+6, 7+7, 8+8, 9+9) and 6 near doubles (4+5, 6+7, 7+8, 8+9, 5+6, 9+8). Your child flips a card, says the double it hides ('7+8 is double 7 plus 1'), and gives the answer. Time three passes through the deck and record the fastest time.
Wrap-Up
Ask, 'Which double do you know the fastest? Which near double still makes you think?' Circle those on the ladder to practice tomorrow.
Students will identify key words in a nonfiction text and use the book's glossary to find their meanings (RI.2.4, L.2.4e).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Read-Aloud
Read the first half of 'National Geographic Readers: Sharks!' by Anne Schreiber. Say that last week they compared stories; this week they will learn the special words that nonfiction authors use and where to find their meanings. Each time a bold word appears, stop and say 'key word' together.
Mini-Lesson
Turn to the picture glossary at the back of the book. Show that the words are in alphabetical order and each has a short definition and a photo. Look up 'predator' and 'prey' together and write both words and their meanings on an index card.
Guided Reading
Reread the pages about shark senses and teeth with your child reading aloud. Each time they hit a bold word they stop, flip to the glossary, read the meaning, then reread the sentence. Keep a Key Word List on paper.
Writing Workshop
Begin a new opinion piece: 'Sharks are amazing animals' or 'Sharks are scary animals' (your child picks). They write the opinion sentence and one reason from the book using the word 'because': 'Sharks are amazing because they can smell one drop of blood far away.'
Phonics: Dictionary Skills
Practice first-letter alphabetical order. Write the shark words shark, fin, gill, ocean, prey, tooth, whale, jaw on cards and have your child line them up in ABC order, then read them in order and backward.
Students will generate several possible solutions to the defined problem and sketch each one with labels (K-2-ETS1-2).
Science Question of the Week
Ask: 'Why do engineers draw their ideas before they build them?' Read last week's Problem Brief aloud and the sticky-note idea. Say: 'Today we brainstorm, and in brainstorming every idea gets written down, even silly ones.'
Investigation
Set a timer for 5 minutes and list as many crayon-holder ideas as possible on a big sheet (a tray with a lip, a cardboard tube with a base, an egg carton, a sock with the toe cut, a box with rubber bands). Then choose the three best and make a labeled sketch of each in the notebook: draw the shape, write the material next to each part, and write one criteria it meets ('lip stops rolling'). Support: give a choice of two materials to start the sketch. Stretch: add a top view and a side view of the favorite design.
Wrap-Up
Count the ideas on the brainstorm sheet and celebrate the number. Ask: 'Which sketch would a stranger understand best, and why?' Circle the clearest label.
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.
Engineers know there is more than one way to solve a problem. Before they build, they think of many ideas. They often work in a team and write down every idea, even ones that seem silly at first.
Next, they make a sketch. A sketch is a quick drawing of an idea. It does not need to be pretty. It needs to show how the idea will work.
Engineers add labels to their sketches. A label is a word that names a part. Arrows point from each label to the part. Engineers may write sizes on a sketch too, like 10 inches.
Then they look at all their sketches and pick the idea they think will work best. Now they are ready to build.
Try it! Sketch a way to keep your pencils from rolling off the table. Label each part.
Math
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Math
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 16. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Make flash cards of the missed facts only. Practice 5 minutes a day and move each card to a "know it" pile when your child answers in 3 seconds. |
| Only a few right | Do the catch-up activity "Fact Friends to 20" daily. Practice 5 facts a day alongside Week 16 instead of the full timed drill. |
ELA
An octopus has eight arms. It can squirt ink to hide from a predator. An octopus has no bones, so it can squeeze into small cracks. Its arms have suckers that help it hold on to rocks.
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ELA
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 16. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Put 8 word cards in ABC order together, then find 3 of them in a children's dictionary. Find the bold words in this week's passage and say what each means. |
| Only a few right | Practice ABC order by the first letter only with 5 cards a day. Look at the glossary in a library nonfiction book together. |
Science
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Science
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 16. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Your child draws 2 different ideas for keeping a pencil from rolling off a desk, with labels and arrows. Ask which idea they would build first and why. |
| Only a few right | Reread "Plan It, Sketch It" together. Draw one simple labeled sketch together, like a cup holder for a bike. |
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Social Studies
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 16. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Count the stars and stripes on a picture of the flag together (50 stars, 13 stripes) and talk about what they stand for. |
| Only a few right | Make matching cards for 3 symbols (flag, bald eagle, Statue of Liberty) and talk about one each day. |
PE · Balance, Flexibility & Yoga · All Specials
PE · Week 15
I can hold a balance and stretch with care.
| Pose | Seconds |
|---|---|
You need: a mat or towel, floor tape or a string line
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Math
Fast facts with doubles and making ten
ELA
Key words and how to find them
Science
Brainstorm many ideas, then sketch the best ones
Try it (10 min): Play a quick card game: each person flips two cards (ace is 1, face cards out) and adds them. Name the strategy: doubles, near doubles or make ten.
Talk about it: Which strategy is your favorite, and why?
Try it (10 min): Open a nonfiction book, a cookbook or a dictionary. Find the glossary or guide words, and race to find three words in ABC order.
Talk about it: Where would you look if you did not know a word?
Try it (10 min): Set a timer for 5 minutes. Think of as many ways as you can to carry three books without a bag. Sketch the best idea and label it.
Talk about it: Which idea was silly but still fun to think about?
Try it (10 min): Look at coins and a dollar bill together. Find an eagle, a flag or another American symbol. Draw one and say what it stands for.
Talk about it: Why do you think a country picks symbols?
We did blank of 4 activities.
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