Week 18, Friday: Demonstrate that they can identify rows · Read a folktale or fable aloud fluently

Day 90 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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Math

Students will demonstrate that they can identify rows and columns in an array and write repeated addition equations to find the total (2.OA.C.4).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

5 + 8 = ? Facts to 20
Is 13 odd or even? Week 17
7 + 8 = ? and 15 − 7 = ? Week 15

13
odd
15 and 8

Standards Addressed

2.OA.C.4

Activities

10 min

Warm-Up

Unit 3 spiral: one word problem ('Ana had 45 shells and gave away 17. How many left?' 28), one fact burst of 10 facts within 20, one odd or even proof (28 is even because it ends in 8 and 14 + 14 = 28). Then say, 'Now show me 28 as an array,' and let your child try 4 rows of 7 with beans.

15 min

Mini-Lesson

Array gallery: your child draws three arrays of their choice (up to 5 by 5) on one page, labels rows and columns, and writes both repeated addition equations for each. Then they explain one to you as the teacher, tracing rows across and columns down.

15 min

Weekly Assessment

Part 1: for three drawn arrays (3 by 4, 2 by 5, 4 by 4), write the number of rows, the number of columns, a repeated addition equation, and the total. Part 2: build an array with beans that matches 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12 and describe it in words. Part 3: solve 'A garden has 5 rows of 4 flowers. How many flowers?' with a drawing and an equation (20). Part 4: write the by-columns equation for the 3 by 4 array in Part 1 (3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12). Score each part for the equation and the answer.

5 min

Wrap-Up

Unit 3 reflection: 'We solved stories, got fast with facts, found odd and even, and built arrays. Which one would you teach a friend first?' Preview next unit: measuring length with rulers.

Materials Needed

assessment pagedried beanspaperpencil

Assessment

Write repeated addition sentences for arrays; identify rows and columns

Related Resources

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

English Language Arts

Students will read a folktale or fable aloud fluently, state its moral, and show they can match formal and informal English to an audience (RF.2.4b, RL.2.2, L.2.3a).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

Two books about frogs both say frogs lay eggs in water. Is that the same or different? Week 17
Put in ABC order: moon, apple, dog. Week 15
Add the comma: May 5 2027 Grammar and spelling

Standards Addressed

RF.2.4b RL.2.2 L.2.3a +2 more

Activities

10 min

Reading Celebration

Folktale Festival: your child hands out the formal invitation, then performs their rehearsed two pages for the family with expression. Finish by making real stone soup for lunch later (a clean stone, broth, and whatever vegetables everyone brings to the pot).

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

15 min

Reading Assessment

Read a new short Aesop fable aloud that your child has not heard ('The Ant and the Grasshopper' works well). They write the moral in their own words, tell whether it is a fable or a folktale and how they know, and name one other story from this unit with a similar lesson. This is the week's reading assessment.

an Aesop's Fables collectionpaperpencil

15 min

Publishing and Author's Chair

Your child copies their original fable neatly with an illustration and reads it from the Author's Chair, ending with the moral in formal English. Then look back through the Writing Folder at the opinion pieces from Weeks 13, 15, and 16 and choose the one they are proudest of to put on the refrigerator.

writing folderclean paperpencilcrayons

10 min

Phonics Check

Fluency check: your child reads a one-minute passage from 'Stone Soup' they have not rehearsed while you count words and note misses. Then give four informal words (gonna, yeah, kids, thanks) and have them say and write the formal partner for each.

Stone Soup by Marcia Browntimerpaperpencil

15 min

Independent Reading

Free choice: another folktale or fable from the library, or a reread of any unit favorite. Ask your child to tell you the moral at the end and whether a person or an animal taught it.

library books

Materials Needed

Stone Soup by Marcia BrownThe Tortoise and the Hare by Jerry Pinkney or an Aesop's Fables collectionAnansi the Spider by Gerald McDermottan Aesop's Fables collectionpaperclean paperpencilcrayonswriting foldertimerlibrary books

Assessment

Written moral of an unfamiliar Aesop fable with genre identification and a connection to another unit story, a fluent expressive performance and one-minute cold read, a published original fable, and a four-item formal and informal English check.

Related Resources

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

Science

Students will present their engineering project to an audience, answer questions using evidence, and reflect on the whole unit (K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3).

Done

Standards Addressed

K-2-ETS1-1 K-2-ETS1-2 K-2-ETS1-3

Activities

10 min

Drawing Conclusions

Hold the Engineering Showcase for the invited family members or friends (in person or by video call). Your child gives the two-minute talk, shows Designs A, B, and C, and runs the tilt test live with the winning design. Prompt the audience to ask 'How do you know?' and coach your child to point to a number on the board when answering.

showcase boardDesigns A, B, and C8 crayonshardcover bookaudience or video call

15 min

Extension or Art Connection

Make an Engineer Certificate for your child with the words 'Asked, Imagined, Planned, Built, Tested, Improved, Shared' around the border and a drawing of the winning design in the middle. Then have your child give the crayon holder to the family member who had the original problem and explain how to use it.

card stock or papermarkersstickersthe finished crayon holder

5 min

Week Reflection

Ask: 'Which step of the process was your favorite, and which was hardest?' and 'What problem will you solve next?' Write the answer on the last notebook page with the date, and note that next unit you will use these same skills to study land, water, and weather.

Materials Needed

showcase boardDesigns A, B, and C8 crayonshardcover bookaudience or video callcard stock or papermarkersstickersEngineering Notebookpencil

Related Resources

Science Worksheets (Weeks 17-20)Science 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 · Friday

Get ready: I can review adding, subtracting, odd and even, and arrays.

Mixed review. Solve.

8 + 7 = ____
13 − 6 = ____
52 − 19 = ____
Is 24 odd or even? Prove it with a doubles fact.
Jin had 45 shells. He gave away 18. How many shells are left?

Show it as an array.

Draw 20 dots as an array. Write the repeated addition.

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

ELA practice · Week 18 · Friday

Get ready: I can use this unit's story words and read smoothly.

Match each word to its meaning. Write the word.

folktale
fable
moral

the lesson of a story: ____
an old story passed down by telling: ____
a short story with animals that teaches a lesson: ____

Read each phrase smoothly as one chunk. Put a check when it sounds smooth.

a sweet little song
held the ladder still
every family had plums
Which story from this unit would you read to a younger child? Why?

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

Science practice · Week 18 · Friday

I can share my design and use numbers to answer questions.

My Engineering Showcase.

Who came to my showcase?
One question someone asked:
My answer, with a number from my board:
Draw the winning design.

Think back on the whole project.

My favorite step was ____. The hardest step was ____.
A problem I want to solve next:

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky