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    Week 15, Thursday: Apply fluency strategies to solve word problems · Use key words correctly in their own writing

    Day 74 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will apply fluency strategies to solve word problems within 20 quickly and to name the strategy they used (2.OA.B.2, 2.OA.A.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 8 + 9 = ? Facts to 20
    2. There are 75 apples. 55 are given away. How many are left? Week 14
    3. Ava has 42 cards. Ava gets 18 more. How many cards now? Week 13

    Standards Addressed

    2.OA.B.22.OA.A.1

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Two-minute mixed practice: 30 facts (addition and subtraction within 20) on a page. Mark how many were finished and how many were correct. Compare with Monday's pretest and celebrate growth.

    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Read fast-fact stories and ask your child to say the strategy before the answer: 'Jo has 8 crayons and finds 7 more. How many?' (near double, 15). 'Ty had 16 grapes and ate 9. How many left?' (think addition, 7). 'There are 9 ducks and 5 more land. How many?' (make ten, 14). 'A shelf has 13 books. 3 fall off. How many left?' (count back, 10). Write the equation for each.

    15 min

    Practice

    Play 'Fact Race' with a die and beans: roll two dice, add them, and say the strategy; then roll once, subtract from 20, and say the strategy. Ten rounds each. Then your child writes two fact stories of their own with a compare bar model, one addition and one subtraction, and solves them.

    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'Which strategy did you use the most today?' Remind your child that tomorrow is a 3-minute check of 40 facts and that the goal is 'fast and correct, not rushed.'

    Materials Needed

    dicedried beanspractice page (30 facts)paperpenciltimer

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Students will use key words correctly in their own writing and finish an opinion piece with linking words and a closing (RI.2.4, W.2.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Put two words together: sun + flower. Week 14
    2. Name two words in the -ight family. Week 13
    3. Is 'softly' an adjective or an adverb? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RI.2.4W.2.1L.2.2e+1 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading

    Reread the pages of either shark book that your child says are the most interesting. Play Key Word Bingo: write six key words on a grid, and each time one is read they cover it with a bean.

    National Geographic Readers: Sharks! by Anne SchreiberSharks by Gail Gibbonspaperdried beans
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Model checking a word's spelling in the glossary or dictionary while writing. Write 'preditor' on paper, say you are not sure, look it up, and fix it to 'predator'. Say: 'Writers check reference books; that is what they are for.'

    children's dictionarypaperpencil
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Your child reads a different nonfiction book with a glossary (any National Geographic Kids Reader or a Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book) and finds three key words, writing each with its glossary meaning on the Key Word List.

    a second nonfiction book with a glossarypaperpencil
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Your child writes the closing sentence ('That is why I think sharks are amazing') and then checks the spelling of every key word in the draft against the glossary. Read the whole piece aloud together and count the linking words; aim for at least three.

    writing folderpencilNational Geographic Readers: Sharks! by Anne Schreiber
    10 min

    Phonics: Dictionary Skills

    Dictionary Race: you name a word (shark, ocean, tooth, jaw, fin, whale) and your child finds it in the children's dictionary using guide words, then reads the first meaning aloud. Time each search and try to beat the last time.

    children's dictionarytimer

    Materials Needed

    National Geographic Readers: Sharks! by Anne SchreiberSharks by Gail Gibbonsa second nonfiction book with a glossarychildren's dictionarypaperpencildried beanswriting foldertimer

    Related Resources

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

    Social Studies

    Students will explain the meaning of the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell and describe why people value these symbols (D2.Civ.8.K-2).

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Civ.8.K-2

    Activities

    10 min

    Review and Extend

    Hang the paper flag and quiz the stars and stripes. Then read 'The Statue of Liberty' by Lucille Recht Penner (Step into Reading) and ask: 'Who gave the statue to America? What does her torch stand for? Why did people arriving by ship feel happy to see her?'

    paper flag from TuesdayThe Statue of Liberty by Lucille Recht Penner (library)
    15 min

    Project Work

    Add a 'Symbols of Our Country' section to the Government at Work poster with four squares: flag, bald eagle, Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell. In each square draw the symbol and write one word it stands for (freedom, strength, welcome, liberty). Make a torch by rolling green paper into a cone and stuffing it with orange tissue or paper flames, and pose holding it up while a family member takes a photo for the poster.

    postermarkersgreen construction paperorange or yellow tissue or papertapephone camera
    5 min

    Share Progress

    Your child presents the four symbols and explains which one they would show a visitor from another country first and why.

    Materials Needed

    paper flag from TuesdayThe Statue of Liberty by Lucille Recht Penner (library)postermarkersgreen construction paperorange or yellow tissue or papertapephone camera

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 13-16)Social Studies Answer Key (Weeks 13-16)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 15 · Thursday

    I can solve fact stories and name my strategy.

    Look: Jo has 8 shells. She finds 9 more.

    1. 8 + 9 = ? 9 is 1 more than 8.
    2. Think of the double: 8 + 8 = 16.
    3. 16 + 1 = 17 shells. Strategy: near doubles.

    Solve. Write the strategy: doubles, near doubles, make ten, count back or think addition.

    1. Rafi has 7 toy cars. He gets 6 more. How many cars now?
    2. Kira had 15 grapes. She ate 7. How many are left?
    3. 9 frogs sit on a log. 6 more hop on. How many frogs?
    4. Tess has 12 pencils. She gives away 2. How many are left?
    5. Ali has 8 red blocks and 8 blue blocks. How many blocks?

    Write your own fact story. Solve it.

    1. My story:

    Challenge

    • Which strategy did you use the most today?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 15 · Thursday

    I can check a key word's spelling in a glossary.

    Look: shel or shell?

    1. The word starts with s. Find the s words in the glossary.
    2. Find the word that means a hard cover: shell.
    3. Copy each letter: s-h-e-l-l.

    Glossary

    fin: a flat part a fish uses to swim gill: a body part that takes in oxygen from water predator: an animal that hunts other animals prey: an animal that is hunted for food

    Fix the spelling. Use the glossary.

    1. pray (an animal that is hunted) ____
    2. gil ____
    3. predater ____
    4. Is this glossary in ABC order? How do you know?

    Finish your shark opinion.

    1. That is why I think sharks are ____.
    2. Write a sentence with one key word.

    Challenge

    • Count the linking words in your shark piece (because, and, also). I used ____.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 15 · Thursday

    I can tell about the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell.

    Answer the questions.

    1. Who gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
    2. Why were people coming by ship glad to see her?
    3. The Liberty Bell is in which city?PhiladelphiaChicagoDenver
    4. What is special about how the Liberty Bell looks?

    Draw each symbol. Write one word it stands for.

    SymbolDrawingIt stands for
    1. Which symbol would you show a visitor first? Why?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky