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    Week 25, Monday: Measure the lengths of household objects · Agree on three conversation rules

    Day 121 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will measure the lengths of household objects to the nearest inch and record the data in a table to prepare for a line plot (2.MD.D.9).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 7 + 4 = ? Facts to 20
    2. A red ribbon is 46 cm. A blue ribbon is 38 cm. How much longer is the red ribbon? Week 24
    3. On a number line, start at 15 and jump forward 10. Where do you land? Week 22

    Standards Addressed

    2.MD.D.92.MD.A.1

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Spiral from Week 24: set out 3 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 pennies and ask, 'How much money is this?' (99 cents). Then ask, 'What tool did we use last unit to measure length?' and have your child find the ruler.

    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Explain that today you are collecting data, which means information we gather to answer a question. Ask the question, 'How long are the spoons in our kitchen?' Model measuring one spoon to the nearest inch, saying 'The end is closest to the 6, so I record 6 inches.'

    15 min

    Practice

    Your child measures 10 spoons, forks, and knives from the drawer to the nearest inch and records each in a two-column table labeled Object and Length in inches. Check that each measurement starts at zero on the ruler.

    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'What was the shortest length you found? The longest? Did any lengths repeat?' Circle the repeated lengths in the table to set up tomorrow.

    Materials Needed

    ruler with inches10 spoons, forks, and knivespaperpencilcoins

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 25-28)Math Answer Key (Weeks 25-28)

    English Language Arts

    Students will agree on three conversation rules and use them to discuss how CJ's feelings change during the bus ride in 'Last Stop on Market Street' (SL.2.1a, RL.2.3).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Clap the syllables in 'elephant'. Week 24
    2. A good retelling tells the events in order. What else should it tell? Week 22
    3. What is the past tense of 'tell'? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    SL.2.1aRL.2.1RL.2.3+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud: Last Stop on Market Street

    Say: 'Last week we tracked how characters respond to what happens to them. Today watch CJ.' Read 'Last Stop on Market Street' by Matt de la Pena straight through, stopping three times: when CJ asks why they do not have a car, when he closes his eyes to listen to the guitar man, and on the last page. Each time ask, 'How does CJ feel right now, and which words tell you?'

    Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson: Our Talking Together Rules

    On chart paper write 'Talking Together' and three rules: eyes on the speaker, one voice at a time, stay on the topic. Act out breaking each rule (interrupt, look at your phone, change the subject to lunch) and have your child catch you and name the rule you broke. Let your child add a fourth rule and sign the chart.

    chart paper or a large sheetmarker
    15 min

    Guided Reading: A Two-Person Conversation

    Reread the page where Nana tells CJ that when you are surrounded by dirt you are a better witness for what is beautiful. Hold a conversation using the rules on this question: 'What does Nana mean, and where in the book do we see it come true?' Each of you speaks at least twice, and your child puts a tally mark on a sticky note each time someone follows all three rules.

    Last Stop on Market Streetsticky notespencil
    15 min

    Writing Workshop: Choosing One Real Event

    Explain that this week and in Week 27 your child will write a recount, a true story about one event that really happened, like CJ's bus ride. Brainstorm a list of five real events (a bus or car ride, a visit to someone, a first time doing something, a day something went wrong) and star the one with the most to say. Your child tells the event aloud in one minute, then writes a first sentence that names who, where, and when.

    writing notebookpencil
    10 min

    Phonics: Vowel Teams ai and ay

    Write these twelve words on index cards: rain, paint, wait, train, chain, mail, play, stay, day, tray, gray, away. Your child reads each word, sorts into an 'ai' pile and an 'ay' pile, and notices that 'ai' sits in the middle of a word while 'ay' sits at the end. Your child writes three words from each pile in the notebook.

    index cardsmarkerwriting notebook

    Materials Needed

    Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Penachart paper or a large sheetmarkersticky noteswriting notebookpencilindex cards

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 25-28)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 25-28)

    Science

    Students will observe and record the variety of living things in one small outdoor area and explain that biodiversity means 'many different kinds of life' (2-LS4-1).

    This week's reading: So Many Kinds of Living Things

    Standards Addressed

    2-LS4-1

    Activities

    5 min

    Science Question of the Week

    Ask: 'How many different kinds of living things can we find in one square of our yard or park?' Remind your child that last week's Earth's Systems review was about where water and land are; this unit is about who lives there. Write the word 'biodiversity' on an index card and explain: bio means life, diversity means many different kinds.

    20 min

    Investigation: One-Square-Meter Survey

    Outside, lay four pieces of string or a hula hoop on the grass, a sidewalk edge, or a garden bed to mark one square. Kneel and hunt for 5 full minutes: grass, clover, dandelion, moss, ants, a beetle, a worm, a bird overhead, a spider web all count. Your child draws each different kind in a notebook and makes a tally mark each time it appears again. Support: you spot, your child draws. Stretch: your child sorts the finds into 'plant' and 'animal' columns and counts each column.

    string or hula hoopnotebookpencilmagnifying glass (optional)
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Count the number of different kinds found (most yards give 6 to 12). Say: 'That number is the biodiversity of our square. On Wednesday we will test a different square and see if the number changes.'

    Materials Needed

    string or hula hoopnotebookpencilindex cardmagnifying glass (optional)

    Related Resources

    Science Worksheets (Weeks 25-28)Science Answer Key (Weeks 25-28)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 25 · Monday

    I can measure things to the nearest inch and record the data.

    Look: measure to the nearest inch

    1. Line up one end of the object with the 0 on the ruler.
    2. Look at the other end. Find the inch mark it is closest to.
    3. Write that number and the word inches in the table.

    Measure 8 things from your kitchen drawer. Write each length in the table.

    ObjectLength in inches
    1. What was the shortest length you found?
    2. What was the longest length you found?
    3. Circle any lengths in your table that repeat.

    Write the length to the nearest inch.

    1. A fork ends between 6 and 7. It is closer to 7. How long is it?
    2. A spoon ends between 4 and 5. It is closer to 4. How long is it?
    3. A knife ends right on the 9. How long is it?

    Challenge

    • Why must you start at 0 on the ruler?

    You need: a ruler, spoons, forks and butter knives

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 25 · Monday

    I can follow talking rules and sort ai and ay words.

    Look: Talk rules and ai, ay

    1. We are talking about a book. Jay talks about his dog.
    2. Jay broke the rule: stay on the topic.
    3. ai sits in the middle: tail. ay sits at the end: way.

    Which rule did each person break? Circle it.

    1. Mia talks while Sam is still talking.eyes on the speakerone voice at a timestay on the topic
    2. Leo looks at a toy while Dad talks.eyes on the speakerone voice at a timestay on the topic
    3. We are talking about the book. Ana starts talking about her lunch.eyes on the speakerone voice at a timestay on the topic

    Read each word. Write ai or ay to show its vowel team.

    1. snail ____
    2. clay ____
    3. braid ____
    4. spray ____
    5. Write the first sentence of your true story. Tell who, where and when.

    Challenge

    • Where does ay usually sit in a word: the middle or the end?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 25 · Monday

    I can count how many kinds of living things live in one small square.

    Biodiversity means many different kinds of life. Finish the sentence.

    1. Bio means ______. Diversity means many different ______.

    My square survey. Hunt for 5 minutes. Draw or write each kind you find. Make a tally mark each time you see it again.

    Kind of living thingPlant or animal?Tally
    1. How many different kinds did you find?
    2. Did you find more kinds of plants or more kinds of animals?
    3. Which living thing did you see the most times?

    You need: 4 pieces of string or a hula hoop, a hand lens if you have one

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky