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    Week 24, Thursday: Solve word problems about buying, paying · Describe a character's response to bad news

    Day 119 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will solve word problems about buying, paying, and making change with coins and small dollar amounts (2.MD.C.8).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 4 + 4 = ? Facts to 20
    2. What time is it 10 minutes after 8:35? Week 23
    3. On a number line, start at 53 and jump forward 5. Where do you land? Week 22

    Standards Addressed

    2.MD.C.82.OA.A.1

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Set up a pretend store with price tags on 5 items: a pencil 15¢, a sticker 8¢, an apple 40¢, a toy car 65¢, a book $2. Your child reads each price aloud and pays for the pencil with exact coins from the jar.

    5 household itemssticky notes for price tagsjar of coinsdollar bills
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson: Buying and Change

    Read: 'Ana buys a pencil for 15¢ and a sticker for 8¢. How much does she spend?' Count out the coins and write 15¢ + 8¢ = 23¢. Then: 'Ana pays with a quarter. How much change does she get?' Count up from 23¢ to 25¢ with 2 pennies and write 25¢ - 23¢ = 2¢. Show a dollar problem too: 'Milo has $5 and buys a book for $2. How much is left?' ($3).

    jar of coinsdollar billspaperpencil
    15 min

    Practice: Store Problems

    Your child solves four problems using the store and real money, writing an equation for each. 1: 'You buy the apple for 40¢ and the pencil for 15¢. How much altogether?' (55¢). 2: 'You have 3 quarters. You buy the toy car for 65¢. How much is left?' (10¢). 3: 'You have 2 dimes, 1 nickel, and 3 pennies. Can you buy the sticker? How much would be left?' (28¢, yes, 20¢ left). 4: 'You have $10. You buy the book for $2 and a puzzle for $4. How much do you have now?' ($4).

    pretend storejar of coinsdollar billspaperpencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Switch roles: your child is the cashier, you buy the apple with 2 quarters, and they count up to give your change (10¢). Ask: 'What did you say in your head while you counted?'

    jar of coinsmath journalpencil

    Materials Needed

    5 household itemssticky notesjar of coinsdollar billspapermath journalpencil

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 21-24)Math Answer Key (Weeks 21-24)Unit 4 test (end of unit)

    English Language Arts

    Students will describe a character's response to bad news and draft a story-lesson paragraph using collected vocabulary (RL.2.3, RL.2.2, L.2.6).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. What two smaller words are in 'raincoat'? Week 23
    2. Fill in: I made the card all by ___. Week 22
    3. What is the plural of 'mouse'? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.3RL.2.2L.2.6+1 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading

    Read Chapter 6, 'Summer Days,' quickly, then Chapter 7, 'Bad News,' with care. Stop after the old sheep tells Wilbur what happens to pigs and ask, 'How does Wilbur respond, and what does Charlotte say to him?' Add both rows to the chart with clues.

    Charlotte's Web by E. B. WhiteEvent Response Clue chart
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson: Responses Change a Story

    Look down the chart at all of Wilbur's responses so far (crying, worrying, screaming, then trusting Charlotte). Ask, 'What would the story be like if Charlotte had not said, I am going to save you?' Say: 'A character's response is what moves the story forward.'

    Event Response Clue chart
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Your child reads their leveled story for 12 minutes and finds a moment where a character's response changed what happened next. They explain it in two sentences.

    leveled storybook
    15 min

    Writing Workshop: Story Lesson Draft

    Your child drafts a paragraph answering 'What is Charlotte's Web teaching us about friendship so far?' Require one event, Wilbur's response, Charlotte's response, and a lesson sentence, with at least three Word Collector words underlined. Revise with ARMS and edit with CUPS before tomorrow.

    Word Collector bookletARMS cardCUPS cardpaperpencil
    10 min

    Word Study: Endings on Long Words

    Write 'whispered, gathering, remembered, complaining, discovered, trembling, scampered, promised.' Your child covers the ending, reads the base, then uncovers and reads the whole word. Dictate 'Wilbur trembled and Charlotte promised.'

    paperpencil

    Materials Needed

    Charlotte's Web by E. B. WhiteEvent Response Clue chartleveled storybookWord Collector bookletARMS cardCUPS cardpaperpencil

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 21-24)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 21-24)Unit 4 test (end of unit)

    Social Studies

    Students will curate a home history museum that presents important people, Native American nations, explorers and settlers, and inventions from the unit (D2.His.1.K-2, D2.His.2.K-2, D2.His.3.K-2, D2.His.9.K-2, D2.His.14.K-2).

    This week's reading: Getting Around, Then and Now

    Standards Addressed

    D2.His.1.K-2D2.His.2.K-2D2.His.3.K-2+2 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Review and Extend

    Gather every social studies project from Weeks 19 to 23: the three-generation timeline, trading cards, nations map, Three Sisters poster, two points of view page, 1627 chart, invention blueprint, and Tuesday's string timeline. Ask your child to name what each one taught them in one sentence and decide which goes in which museum 'room': Then and Now, People We Remember, First Nations, Explorers and Settlers, Inventions.

    all saved social studies projects from Weeks 19 to 23
    15 min

    Project Work: Museum Setup

    Arrange the projects on a table or taped to a wall in the five rooms, and your child writes a museum label card for each exhibit with a title and one fact. Practice a 30-second tour of one room, using 'long ago,' 'not so long ago,' and 'today.'

    tapeindex cards for labelsmarkertable or wall space
    5 min

    Share Progress

    Your child gives the tour to a family member or records it on a phone. Ask: 'Which person or event from this unit would you most want to learn more about?'

    phone to record (optional)

    Materials Needed

    all saved social studies projects from Weeks 19 to 23tapeindex cards for labelsmarkertable or wall spacephone to record (optional)

    Assessment

    History unit review: student sorts unit projects into five themed museum rooms, writes an accurate label for each, and gives a short tour using past and present vocabulary correctly.

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 21-24)Social Studies Answer Key (Weeks 21-24)Unit 4 test (end of unit)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 24 · Thursday

    I can solve buying and change problems.

    Look: Buy a 40¢ banana with 2 quarters

    1. 2 quarters are 50¢.
    2. Count up from 40¢: 45¢, 50¢. That is 10¢.
    3. 50¢ − 40¢ = 10¢ change.

    Store prices: eraser 20¢, banana 40¢, marble 5¢, notebook 45¢, kite $3. Write an equation and the answer.

    1. Deja buys the eraser and the banana. How much does she spend?
    2. Luis pays for the notebook with 2 quarters. How much change does he get?
    3. Sofia has 1 quarter and 2 dimes. Can she buy the banana? How much is left?
    4. Hana has $9. She buys the kite. How much money is left?
    5. Wei buys 3 marbles. How much does he spend?

    Challenge

    • You pay for 1 marble with a dime. Count up to find your change.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 24 · Thursday

    I can tell how characters respond to bad news and what the story teaches.

    Look: Bad news and a friend

    1. Bad news: the zoo trip is off because of rain.
    2. Lily frowns. Her friend says, "Let's make a zoo with our toys!"
    3. Lesson: a friend can turn a bad day around.

    Think about the chapter you heard today.

    1. What bad news does Wilbur hear?
    2. How does Wilbur respond?
    3. How does Charlotte respond?
    4. What is the story teaching about friendship so far? Use a Word Collector word.

    Cover the ending. Write the base word.

    1. hopping
    2. baked
    3. carried
    4. bravest
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 24 · Thursday

    I can set up a history museum and label what I learned.

    Plan your museum rooms: Then and Now, People We Remember, First Nations, Explorers and Settlers, Inventions. Write one exhibit and one fact for each.

    Museum roomExhibitOne fact for the label
    1. Which room is your favorite? Why?

    Answer.

    1. Write a sentence about one exhibit. Use long ago, not so long ago or today.
    2. Which person or event would you like to learn more about? Why?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky