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    Week 18, Thursday: Solve word problems about arrays · Choose formal or informal English for different

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    Math

    Students will solve word problems about arrays by drawing the array and writing a repeated addition equation (2.OA.C.4, 2.OA.A.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 8 + 4 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Is 6 odd or even? Week 17
    3. There are 36 cars in a lot. 14 leave, then 15 more come. How many cars now? Week 16

    Standards Addressed

    2.OA.C.42.OA.A.1

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Say, 'Picture a muffin tin with 2 rows of 6 muffins. Say the repeated addition and the total without looking.' (6 + 6 = 12). Then a bookshelf with 3 shelves of 5 books (15) and a garden with 4 rows of 4 carrots (16).

    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Read: 'Mrs. Lopez put stickers on a chart in 4 rows with 5 stickers in each row. How many stickers are on the chart?' Draw the array with dots, label the rows, and write 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20. Then read: 'A parking lot has 3 rows of cars with 4 cars in each row. How many cars?' (4 + 4 + 4 = 12). Post the routine: read, draw the array, write the repeated addition, answer in a sentence.

    15 min

    Practice

    Your child solves: 'Deshawn plants 5 rows of tomatoes with 3 plants in each row. How many plants?' (15); 'A window has 2 rows of 4 panes. How many panes?' (8); 'Cookies are on a tray in 4 rows of 4. How many cookies?' (16). Then a two-step: 'A tray had 3 rows of 5 muffins. The family ate 6. How many muffins are left?' (5 + 5 + 5 = 15, 15 - 6 = 9). Build each with beans first if needed.

    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'Which words in the problem told you how many rows and how many in each row?' Have your child underline them.

    Materials Needed

    dried beanspaperpencilwhiteboard or large paper

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 17-20)Math Answer Key (Weeks 17-20)Unit 3 test (end of unit)

    English Language Arts

    Students will choose formal or informal English for different audiences and rehearse a fluent reading of a folktale or fable (L.2.3a, SL.2.6, RF.2.4b).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. What does 'dislike' mean? Week 17
    2. An author says, 'Dogs make good pets because they are loyal.' What is the reason? Week 16
    3. What is the plural of 'foot'? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    L.2.3aSL.2.6RF.2.4b+1 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading

    Reread the feast at the end of 'Stone Soup'. Ask your child to find how the villagers talk to the soldiers at the start (suspicious, short answers) and at the end (warm, polite). Talk about how the way people speak changes with how they feel and who they are speaking to.

    Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Make a two-column chart, Informal and Formal, and fill it with pairs: kids / children, yeah / yes, gonna / going to, wanna / want to, hi / hello, thanks / thank you, cool / excellent. Role-play: your child greets a friend at the park, then greets a school principal, using the right column each time.

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Your child chooses the story they will perform tomorrow (Stone Soup, The Tortoise and the Hare, or Anansi the Spider), picks a two-page section, and rehearses it aloud three times with expression, marking pauses with a pencil on a sticky note if needed.

    Stone Soup by Marcia BrownThe Tortoise and the Hare by Jerry Pinkney or an Aesop's Fables collectionAnansi the Spider by Gerald McDermottsticky notespencil
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Your child writes a formal invitation to the family for tomorrow's Folktale Festival ('You are invited to hear a fable read by ____ at 10 o'clock in the living room') and an informal text-style note to a cousin about the same event. They read both and point to three words that changed.

    writing folderpencilclean paper
    10 min

    Phonics: Fluency

    One-minute read: your child reads from their chosen section for one minute while you mark any word they miss on a sticky note. Count words read, practice the missed words (likely candidates: villagers, delicious, tortoise, boastful, Ashanti), and read again to beat the count.

    timersticky notespencil

    Materials Needed

    Stone Soup by Marcia BrownThe Tortoise and the Hare by Jerry Pinkney or an Aesop's Fables collectionAnansi the Spider by Gerald McDermottpaperclean paperpencilsticky noteswriting foldertimer

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 17-20)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 17-20)Unit 3 test (end of unit)

    Social Studies

    Students will complete and present the Government at Work poster, explaining how government, voting, symbols, and shared rules fit together (D2.Civ.1.K-2, D2.Civ.5.K-2, D2.Civ.8.K-2, D2.Civ.10.K-2).

    This week's reading: Holidays We Share

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Civ.1.K-2D2.Civ.5.K-2D2.Civ.8.K-2+1 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Review and Extend

    Say the pledge together slowly, and have your child explain two phrases in their own words. Then reread the first two pages of 'We the Kids' from Week 13 and ask: 'Now that you know about voting and the three levels, who are We the People?'

    I Pledge Allegiance by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael SampsonWe the Kids by David Catrow
    15 min

    Project Work

    Finish the poster: add a title, check that each section (government jobs, three levels, symbols, choosing leaders, days we remember) has a label, and add a final box called 'Rules We Share' with three rules your family follows that also help the whole community (stop at stop signs, recycle, be kind to neighbors). Rehearse a walk-through of the poster, one sentence per section, and time it to under three minutes.

    postermarkerstimer
    5 min

    Share Progress

    Your child presents the whole poster to the family and takes two questions. Photograph it for the portfolio and write on the back: 'The most important thing I learned about government is ___.'

    phone camera

    Materials Needed

    I Pledge Allegiance by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael SampsonWe the Kids by David Catrowpostermarkerstimerphone camerapencil

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 17-20)Social Studies Answer Key (Weeks 17-20)Unit 3 test (end of unit)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 18 · Thursday

    I can solve array word problems with a drawing and an equation.

    Look: The routine

    1. Read. Underline how many rows and how many in each row.
    2. Draw the array and write the repeated addition.
    3. Answer in a sentence.

    Draw, write the equation, and answer.

    1. Aisha sets out chairs in 4 rows with 3 chairs in each row. How many chairs?
    2. Mateo puts stamps on a page in 5 rows of 5. How many stamps?
    3. A box has 2 rows of 4 eggs. How many eggs?

    Two steps. Solve.

    1. A garden has 3 rows of 4 peppers. Rabbits ate 5 peppers. How many are left?

    Challenge

    • Write your own array story. Solve it.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 18 · Thursday

    I can choose formal or informal words for my audience.

    Look: formal or informal?

    1. Informal, for friends: Yeah! Gonna play?
    2. Formal, for a teacher or a letter: Yes. Are you going to play?
    3. Think: Who will read or hear it?

    Write the formal word or words.

    1. nope: ____
    2. gimme: ____
    3. kinda: ____
    4. hey: ____

    Pick the best words for each audience.

    1. To a school principal:Hey, what's up?Good morning, Ms. Park.
    2. To your best friend at the park:Hi! Wanna play tag?Good afternoon. Would you care to play?
    3. Write a formal invitation to the Folktale Festival: You are invited to ____.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 18 · Thursday

    I can show how government, voting, symbols and rules fit together.

    Check each part of your Government at Work poster.

    1. government jobs
    2. three levels: town, state, country
    3. symbols
    4. choosing leaders
    5. days we remember

    Rules We Share. Write three rules your family follows that also help the community.

    1. 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____
    2. The most important thing I learned about government is ____.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky