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    Week 23, Friday: Read analog and digital clocks to the nearest 5 · Show they can identify the main topic

    Day 115 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will read analog and digital clocks to the nearest 5 minutes, write times with a.m. and p.m., and solve simple elapsed-time problems (2.MD.C.7).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 5 + 4 = ? Facts to 20
    2. On a number line, start at 58 and jump forward 25. Where do you land? Week 22
    3. If you measure with a smaller unit, do you get more units or fewer? Week 20

    Standards Addressed

    2.MD.C.7

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Rapid round: you set the paper clock to 5 times (7:35, 12:10, 3:55, 10:20, 6:45) and your child reads each within a few seconds. Then they set 2 times you name digitally: 8:25 and 11:40.

    paper clock
    15 min

    Weekly Assessment

    Part 1: draw six blank clock faces and set the paper clock to 1:05, 4:30, 8:50, 11:15, 6:40, and 9:25; your child writes each time digitally below a face and draws the hands on it. Part 2: they label 'breakfast at 7:30' and 'bedtime at 8:00' with a.m. or p.m. Part 3: 'Art starts at 2:15 p.m. and lasts 30 minutes. What time does it end?' (2:45 p.m.).

    paper clockpaper with six blank clock facespencil
    15 min

    Practice: Clock Match Game

    Make 8 pairs of index cards, one with a drawn analog clock and one with the matching digital time (use 2:20, 5:45, 9:10, 12:35, 3:50, 7:05, 10:25, 6:15). Shuffle face down and play Memory, reading each card aloud when flipped.

    16 index cardsmarkerpaper clock for reference
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask: 'What trick helps you find the minutes fastest?' (count by 5s). Preview next week: 'We will count coins from a jar and figure out how much money we have.'

    math journalpencil

    Materials Needed

    paper clockpaper with six blank clock faces16 index cardsmarkermath journalpencil

    Assessment

    Read analog and digital clocks; write times; solve elapsed time problems

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 21-24)Math Answer Key (Weeks 21-24)

    English Language Arts

    Students will show they can identify the main topic and key details of a text and write an opinion with reasons and linking words (RI.2.2, W.2.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Find the adjective: The tall girl ran fast. Week 22
    2. Which word makes sense: 'I put on my (coat / goat) because it was cold.' Week 20
    3. Add the comma: May 5 2027 Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RI.2.2W.2.1RF.2.3c+1 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Reading Celebration

    Look out the window and have your child describe today's weather using at least three words from Gail Gibbons's book. Then ask what they think will happen to Wilbur next and why.

    Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons
    15 min

    Reading Assessment

    Read the tornado page from 'Weather Words and What They Mean' aloud once. Your child writes the three-sentence frame (main topic, two key details) and then draws the umbrella with the topic and details. Score: is the topic the umbrella, and do both details belong under it?

    Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbonspaperpencil
    15 min

    Publishing and Author's Chair

    Your child copies the revised weather opinion neatly, adds a drawing of their favorite weather, and reads it from the author's chair. Listeners count the linking words on their fingers and say whether they were convinced.

    revised weather opinionclean papercrayonspencil
    10 min

    Phonics Check

    Dictate 'thunder, frozen, cabin, careful, quickly, coldest, barnyard, didn't, freeze, cloud.' Then have your child read 'The pilot was helpless in the blizzard' and explain how they split 'pilot' and 'blizzard.'

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Your child reads a book of their choice for 15 minutes and tells you its main topic or big idea in one sentence when they finish.

    self-selected book

    Materials Needed

    Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbonsrevised weather opinionclean papercrayonsself-selected bookpaperpencil

    Assessment

    Written main topic and two key details for a nonfiction page with umbrella diagram; published opinion piece with three reasons, linking words, and a closing; 10-word dictation covering syllable types, affixes, compounds, contractions, and vowel teams.

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 21-24)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 21-24)

    Science

    Students will use a week of weather data to describe patterns and explain that wind and weather cause both fast and slow changes to Earth's surface (2-ESS1-1, 2-ESS2-1).

    This week's reading: Watching the Weather

    Standards Addressed

    2-ESS1-12-ESS2-1

    Activities

    10 min

    Drawing Conclusions

    Fill in Friday's row of the weather log and read all five rows aloud. Your child writes two sentences: one pattern they notice (for example, 'It was windiest in the open spot every time') and one fast or slow change that wind can cause.

    weather logpencil
    15 min

    Art Connection: Wind Painting

    Drop small blobs of watery paint on paper and have your child blow them across the sheet through a straw, changing how hard they blow to make thin streaks and wide splashes. Title it 'Light Wind' on one half and 'Strong Wind' on the other. Talk about how the paint moved just like sand and flour did.

    watery tempera or watercolor paintpaperdrinking strawnewspaper to protect the table
    5 min

    Week Reflection

    Ask: 'What are the three things we have seen move or change land this unit?' (water, ice, wind). Preview next week: 'We will put everything together in one big Earth model and a history museum.'

    completed painting

    Materials Needed

    weather logpencilwatery tempera or watercolor paintpaperdrinking strawnewspaper to protect the table

    Related Resources

    Science Worksheets (Weeks 21-24)Science Answer Key (Weeks 21-24)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 23 · Friday

    Get ready: I can count minutes and hours on a clock.

    Fill in the blanks.

    1. 5, 10, 15, ____, 25, ____
    2. How many minutes are in one hour?
    3. How many minutes is half an hour?

    Answer.

    1. The long hand is on 6. The short hand is halfway between 11 and 12. Write the time.
    2. The sun comes up.a.m.p.m.
    3. What time is 1 hour after 4:25?
    4. What time is 10 minutes after 9:40?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 23 · Friday

    Get ready: I can read new words and link my reasons.

    Use a word strategy.

    1. Cover the ending. What is the base word in jumping?
    2. Split the compound word: rainbow
    3. Split and read: napkin
    4. In unlock, un means ________.

    Circle the answer.

    1. I like fall ________ the leaves turn red.becausebut
    2. Robins, eagles, owls and crows. What is the main topic?birdseggstrees
    3. I like to swim. I ________ like to dive.alsobecause
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 23 · Friday

    I can find a pattern in my weather log.

    Read your weather log from this week.

    1. One pattern I noticed:
    2. A windstorm knocks down a tree.fastslow
    3. Wind wears away a rock.fastslow

    Wind painting: blow paint with a straw. Make one half light wind and one half strong wind.

    1. What happened when you blew hard?

    You need: watery paint, a straw, paper

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky