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    Week 20, Friday: Estimate and then measure the same objects in inches · Show they can ask and answer questions about a text

    Day 100 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will estimate and then measure the same objects in inches and centimeters and compare the two results (2.MD.A.2, 2.MD.A.3).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 16 − 8 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Where do you line up the ruler when you measure? Week 19
    3. Is 11 odd or even? Week 17

    Standards Addressed

    2.MD.A.22.MD.A.32.MD.A.4

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Review benchmarks: your child shows the width of their thumb (1 inch), the width of a pinky nail (1 centimeter), and a hand span (about 5 inches). Ask: 'Which unit gives a bigger number for the same object, inches or centimeters?'

    ruler
    15 min

    Weekly Assessment

    Give three objects: a marker, a hardcover book, and a cereal box. For each, your child writes an estimate in inches and in centimeters, measures both ways, and records all four numbers. Then they answer: 'How much longer is the cereal box than the marker in inches?' and 'Why is the centimeter number always bigger?'

    markerhardcover bookcereal boxrulerchart paperpencil
    15 min

    Practice: Estimation Station

    Set out 6 items and have your child sort them into three piles by estimate only: 'shorter than 5 inches,' 'between 5 and 10 inches,' 'longer than 10 inches.' Then measure each to check the sorting and move any that were misplaced.

    6 household items of varied lengthruler3 index cards for pile labelspencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask: 'What helped you estimate well this week?' Preview next week: 'We will solve story problems about lengths, like how much ribbon is left after cutting some off.'

    math journalpencil

    Materials Needed

    markerhardcover bookcereal box6 household items of varied lengthrulerchart paper3 index cardsmath journalpencil

    Assessment

    Estimate and measure the same object in inches and centimeters; compare

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 17-20)Math Answer Key (Weeks 17-20)

    English Language Arts

    Students will show they can ask and answer questions about a text and share a piece published with digital tools (RI.2.1, W.2.6).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Which is spelled correctly: 'nite' or 'night'? Week 19
    2. One book says owls hunt at night. Another says owls have soft feathers. Do they give the same point or different points? Week 17
    3. Join the sentences: The dog is big. The dog is brown. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RI.2.1W.2.6RF.2.4c+1 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Reading Celebration

    Read the full week's question list aloud. Count how many were answered by 'The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth,' how many by 'Down Comes the Rain,' and how many are still open. Let your child pick one open question to chase next week at the library.

    question list
    15 min

    Reading Response

    Read the page in 'Down Comes the Rain' about hail forming inside a cloud. Your child writes one thick question about it and answers it in two sentences using the text. Check that the question is thick and the answer points to something the author said.

    Down Comes the Rain by Franklyn M. Branleypaperpencil
    15 min

    Publishing and Author's Chair

    Print the typed piece with its photo if you can, or show it on the screen. Your child reads it from the author's chair and then tells the audience one thing that was easier on the computer and one thing that was harder than writing by hand.

    typed piece (printed or on screen)
    10 min

    Phonics Check

    Dictate 'said, were, come, some, again, friend, because, water, want, once, mother, done.' Then have your child read the sentence 'The wind will wind the string' and explain how they knew which way to say each 'wind.'

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Your child reads a book of their choice for 15 minutes. Ask them to keep a self-correction tally again and compare it with Tuesday's tally.

    self-selected bookpaperpencil

    Materials Needed

    question listDown Comes the Rain by Franklyn M. Branleytyped piece (printed or on screen)self-selected bookpaperpencil

    Assessment

    Written thick question and text-based answer about a nonfiction page; typed piece with inserted photo and caption read aloud; dictation of 12 irregular and pattern words plus a context-based reading of 'wind.'

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 17-20)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 17-20)

    Science

    Students will conclude that wind and water break down and move land, and that plants can slow erosion (2-ESS2-1, 2-ESS1-1).

    Standards Addressed

    2-ESS2-12-ESS1-1

    Activities

    10 min

    Drawing Conclusions

    Review the sugar cube drawings and the hill drawings. Your child writes: 'Weathering is ___. Erosion is ___. Plants help because ___.' Check Monday's guess about the smooth pebble and decide whether water could do that (yes, very slowly).

    this week's drawingsnotebookpencil
    15 min

    Extension: Erosion Walk

    Walk your block or yard hunting for erosion: a gully at the edge of a driveway, bare dirt under a downspout, sand piled against a curb, a tree root holding a bank in place. Photograph or sketch three examples and label each as caused by water or wind.

    clipboard or notebookpencilphone camera (optional)
    5 min

    Week Reflection

    Ask: 'Which change we saw this week was fast, and which was slow?' Preview next week: 'We will make maps of the land and water shapes we have been building.'

    Materials Needed

    this week's drawingsnotebookpencilclipboardphone camera (optional)

    Related Resources

    Science Worksheets (Weeks 17-20)Science Answer Key (Weeks 17-20)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 20 · Friday

    Get ready: I can review estimating and measuring.

    Estimate only. Circle the right pile.

    1. a paper clipshorter than 5 inches5 to 10 incheslonger than 10 inches
    2. a forkshorter than 5 inches5 to 10 incheslonger than 10 inches
    3. a broomshorter than 5 inches5 to 10 incheslonger than 10 inches
    4. an erasershorter than 5 inches5 to 10 incheslonger than 10 inches

    Mixed review.

    1. A ribbon was 40 inches. Ana cut off 16 inches. How long is it now?
    2. What helps you estimate well?

    You need: a ruler to check your piles

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 20 · Friday

    Get ready: I can review this week's tricky words and reread to self-correct.

    Read each sentence. Circle how the bold word sounds.

    1. The wind blew the kite.wind like 'pinned'wind like 'kind'
    2. I read that book last week.read like 'red'read like 'reed'

    Write the word that fits.

    • once
    • mother
    • done
    • want
    • some
    1. I ____ a snack.
    2. My ____ reads with me.
    3. Are you ____ with your work?
    4. ____ upon a time, there was a fox.
    5. What was easier on the computer than by hand? What was harder?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 20 · Friday

    I can explain how wind and water change the land.

    Erosion walk. Find 3 examples outside. Sketch or write each one.

    What I sawWater or wind?
    1. Which example was the biggest change?

    Think back on the week.

    1. Could water make a jagged rock smooth? How long would it take?
    2. Name one fast change and one slow change we talked about this week.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky