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    Week 26, Thursday: Use picture graphs and bar graphs to solve · Ask for clarification when a comment is unclear

    Day 129 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will use picture graphs and bar graphs to solve put-together, take-apart, and compare problems (2.MD.D.10, 2.OA.A.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 18 − 9 = ? Facts to 20
    2. A line plot shows 3 Xs over 3 inches, 3 Xs over 4 inches, 2 Xs over 5 inches. How many objects were measured? Week 25
    3. How much money is 2 quarters, 2 dimes, 1 nickel and 2 pennies? Week 24

    Standards Addressed

    2.MD.D.102.OA.A.1

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Survey the house on 'How do you like to get around: walk, bike, car, or bus?' Include relatives by text if needed for at least 8 answers. Your child records the tallies quickly.

    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Draw a bar graph of the transportation data together. Model a compare problem: 'Car has 5 votes and bike has 2. How many more people chose car?' Write 5 - 2 = 3 and show how to read the top of each bar to find both numbers.

    15 min

    Practice

    Your child solves four problems from the fruit picture graph and coin bar graph, writing an equation for each: 'How many votes for apple and banana together? How many fewer grapes than oranges? How many coins are pennies or nickels? If 3 more people chose grape, how many would grape have?'

    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Have your child pick one graph from this week and tell someone else at home two facts from it, pointing to the bars or pictures as they explain.

    Materials Needed

    this week's graphsgrid paperpencilphone for texting relatives with adult help

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Students will ask for clarification when a comment is unclear and connect describing words to objects at home (SL.2.1c, L.2.5a).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. When you write about something that happened to you, in what order do you tell the events? Week 25
    2. In a fable, a slow tortoise wins a race because he never stops. What is the lesson? Week 24
    3. What is the plural of 'child'? Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    SL.2.1cSL.2.1bRL.2.3+3 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading: Trying Out Chairs

    Reread the chair-shopping pages of 'A Chair for My Mother' where the family tries chairs in store after store. Your child reads Rosa's lines and you read Mama and Grandma; stop to ask, 'How do you know this chair is the one?' and find the words that describe it (soft, rosy, with roses on it).

    A Chair for My Mother
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson: Asking for Clarification

    Add two stems: 'What do you mean by ...?' and 'Can you say that another way?' Give vague statements ('It was good.' 'That part was weird.') and have your child ask you to be clearer until you give a detail. Switch roles once.

    stem chartmarker
    15 min

    Independent Reading and Book Talk

    Your child reads a self-chosen book for ten minutes, then gives a book talk while you respond using only stems from the chart, including one clarification question. Count how many different stems the two of you used and try to beat five.

    library bookstem chart
    15 min

    Writing Workshop: Cozy, Wobbly, Smooth

    Walk the house together and pick three objects. For each, your child writes a sentence with a describing word and a reason: 'Our couch is cozy because it has soft cushions.' Use words like cozy, wobbly, smooth, squeaky, heavy, and add them to the Words at Work page.

    writing notebookpencil
    10 min

    Phonics: Suffixes -ly and -ness

    Word cards: slowly, quickly, sadly, kindly, softly, safely, kindness, sadness, darkness, softness, illness, fitness. Your child draws a line between base word and suffix, reads both parts, and acts out three of the -ly words. Stretch: show that 'happy' becomes 'happily' and 'happiness' by changing y to i.

    index cardsmarker

    Materials Needed

    A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williamsstem chartmarkerlibrary bookwriting notebookpencilindex cards

    Related Resources

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

    Social Studies

    Students will identify goods and services in their own neighborhood and create a map or chart showing where each is found (D2.Eco.3.K-2, D2.Eco.4.K-2).

    This week's reading: Goods and Services

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Eco.3.K-2D2.Eco.4.K-2

    Activities

    10 min

    Review and Extend

    Play 'Good or Service?' with 10 quick calls: a pizza, a pizza delivery, a haircut, a hairbrush, a library book, a librarian helping you find it, a bicycle, a bike repair, a birthday cake, a birthday party clown. Then ask the extension question: 'Can one business give both?' A restaurant gives food (a good) and cooking and serving (services).

    15 min

    Project Work: Neighborhood Goods and Services Map

    On a large sheet, your child draws your street or the route to the grocery store as a simple map with 5 to 6 places: grocery store, gas station, school, post office, a restaurant, a park. At each place, your child draws a small box (goods) or a hand (services) or both, and writes one example. Use a real walk, a window view, or an online map for accuracy.

    large papercrayonspencil
    5 min

    Share Progress

    Your child presents the map and picks the one place your family could not do without. Ask: 'Is that place giving us a need or a want?' to connect back to Week 25.

    Materials Needed

    large papercrayonspencil

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 25-28)Social Studies Answer Key (Weeks 25-28)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 26 · Thursday

    I can solve problems with a bar graph.

    Look: Solve with a bar graph

    1. Pet graph: dog 8, cat 5, fish 3.
    2. How many more chose dog than cat? 8 − 5 = 3.
    3. How many chose cat or fish? 5 + 3 = 8.

    How we get to the park: walk 6, bike 4, car 7, bus 2. Write an equation for each answer.

    1. How many people walk or bike?
    2. How many fewer people take the bus than the car?
    3. How many more people take the car than walk?
    4. How many people are on the graph in all?

    Solve. Show your work.

    1. 3 more people chose bike. How many chose bike now?
    2. Nia says bus and bike together equal walk. Is she right? Show how you know.

    Challenge

    • Tell two facts from this graph to someone at home. Write one here.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 26 · Thursday

    I can ask someone to explain and read words with -ly and -ness.

    Look: Ask to hear more

    1. Friend: "The movie was fine."
    2. You ask: "What do you mean by fine?"
    3. soft + ly = softly (in a soft way). kind + ness = kindness (being kind).

    Your friend says, "That part was weird." Circle a good question to ask.

    1. Pick one.What do you mean by weird?I don't care.Let's talk about lunch.
    2. Write another question you could ask to help someone say more.

    Draw a line between the base word and the suffix. Then write what it means.

    1. loudly
    2. neatly
    3. sweetness
    4. brightness
    5. Pick an object at home. Write a sentence with a describing word and a reason.

    Challenge

    • happy becomes happily. Change y to i and add -ness to happy.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 26 · Thursday

    I can find goods and services in my neighborhood.

    Good or service? Circle one.

    1. a haircutgoodservice
    2. a hairbrushgoodservice
    3. a bike repairgoodservice
    4. Can one place give both goods and services? Name one.

    My neighborhood map. Draw 5 places. Draw a box for goods, a hand for services, or both.

    1. My map
    2. Which place could my family not do without? Is it a need or a want?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky