Quarter 3 Week 27MondayDay 131 of 180

Week 27, Monday: Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons · Identify the different points of view of the kid

Day 131 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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Math

Students will identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons by counting sides and vertices (2.G.A.1).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

6 + 9 = ? Facts to 20
A bar graph of pets shows: cats 9, dogs 3, rabbits 6. How many pets in all? Week 26
What time is it 15 minutes after 2:30? Week 24

15
18
2:45

Standards Addressed

2.G.A.1

Activities

10 min

Warm-Up

Spiral from Week 26: draw a small bar graph with squares 3, triangles 5, circles 2 and ask, 'How many more triangles than circles?' Then ask, 'What makes a triangle a triangle?' and listen for the number three.

15 min

Mini-Lesson

Draw a triangle, a quadrilateral, a pentagon, and a hexagon. For each, trace the sides with a finger while counting, then tap and count the vertices, the corners where two sides meet. Write the name and both counts under each: triangle 3 and 3, quadrilateral 4 and 4, pentagon 5 and 5, hexagon 6 and 6.

15 min

Practice

Your child builds each shape with toothpicks or straws on the table, using one stick per side, and records sides and vertices in a table. Then they make a wobbly, stretched version of each and confirm the counts stay the same.

5 min

Wrap-Up

Ask, 'Is a square a quadrilateral? Is a rectangle?' Guide your child to say yes because both have 4 sides and 4 vertices.

Materials Needed

toothpicks or strawspaperpencil

Related Resources

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

English Language Arts

Students will identify the different points of view of the kid and the ant in 'Hey, Little Ant' and begin revising their recount with temporal words (RL.2.6, W.2.3).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

Add a suffix to 'fear' to mean 'without fear'. Week 26
A character shares her lunch with a hungry friend. What does that show about her? Week 24
Is 'garden' a noun or a verb? Grammar and spelling

Standards Addressed

RL.2.6 RL.2.3 SL.2.1b +2 more

Activities

15 min

Read-Aloud: Hey, Little Ant

Say: 'Last week you built on each other's ideas. This week we listen to two characters who disagree.' Read 'Hey, Little Ant' by Phillip and Hannah Hoose with two voices: you read the kid and your child reads the ant. Stop at the final question about what the kid should do and do not answer it yet.

Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose

10 min

Mini-Lesson: Point of View

Explain that point of view means who is talking and what that character wants. Make a two-column chart: 'The kid wants ___ because ___' and 'The ant wants ___ because ___' and fill each with two reasons from the text (the ant has a family and a job; the kid says his friends would laugh).

chart papermarker

15 min

Guided Reading: Best Argument

Reread the book, switching voices so your child now reads the kid. Your child picks the single strongest argument from each character and reads it in that character's voice, then you hold a stem conversation on 'Who makes the better point?'

Hey, Little Antstem chart

15 min

Writing Workshop: Temporal Words

Pull the Week 25 recount out of the folder. Post a chart of temporal words: first, next, then, after that, later, meanwhile, finally, at last. Your child rereads the draft, circles any time words already there, and adds at least three more so a reader can follow the order.

recount draftchart papermarkerpencil

10 min

Phonics: R-Controlled ar

Word cards: car, farm, star, park, yard, shark, garden, market, sharp, harm, start, barn. Remind your child that 'bossy r' changes the vowel sound, read the pile, and connect 'market' to Market Street. Your child writes four words and underlines 'ar' in each.

index cardsmarkerwriting notebook

Materials Needed

Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoosechart papermarkerstem chartrecount draftpencilindex cardswriting notebook

Related Resources

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

Science

Students will observe that plants need sunlight and water to grow and begin to explain that animals depend on plants for food and shelter (2-LS2-1, 2-LS2-2).

Done

This week's reading: Living Things Need Each Other

Standards Addressed

2-LS2-1 2-LS2-2

Activities

5 min

Science Question of the Week

Look at last week's Animal Groups Poster. Ask: 'What would happen to every animal on this poster if all the plants disappeared?' Let your child think out loud. Write the week's question: 'How do living things depend on each other?'

20 min

Investigation: Bean Sprout Sun-and-Water Test

Set up four clear cups labeled A to D, each with a wet paper towel and 3 dried beans pressed against the side. A: sunny window, water daily. B: sunny window, no more water. C: dark closet, water daily. D: dark closet, no water. Your child predicts which will sprout and draws the setup. While waiting for sprouts, cut open an apple and a bell pepper and find the seeds; discuss that the fruit is the plant's way of getting animals to carry seeds.

4 clear cupspaper towels12 dried beanswatermasking tape and markerapplebell pepperknife (adult)

5 min

Wrap-Up

Say: 'Plants need sun and water. What do animals need from plants?' List food, shade, homes, and oxygen on an index card. Set a reminder to check and water cups A and C daily.

Materials Needed

4 clear cupspaper towels12 dried beanswatermasking tape and markerapplebell pepperknife (adult)index card

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 27 · Monday

I can name shapes by counting sides and vertices.

Look: sides and vertices

Trace each side with your finger and count.
Tap each vertex, the corner where two sides meet, and count.
Use the count to name the shape.

Build each shape with sticks. Fill in the table.

Shape	Sides	Vertices

triangle: ____ sides, ____ vertices
quadrilateral: ____ sides, ____ vertices
pentagon: ____ sides, ____ vertices
hexagon: ____ sides, ____ vertices

Answer.

Is a rectangle a quadrilateral? Why?
You stretch a pentagon so it looks wobbly. How many sides does it have now?

You need: toothpicks or straws

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

ELA practice · Week 27 · Monday

I can tell what two characters want and read ar words.

Look: Two points of view

Kid: "I want to keep the frog in a jar because it is cool."
Frog: "I want to go back to the pond because it is my home."
Each character wants something different.

Think about Hey, Little Ant.

The kid wants to ____.
The ant wants to ____ because ____.
Circle the time word that fits: (First / Finally), I got on the bike. Then I rode to the park.

Bossy r changes the vowel sound. Underline ar in each word.

dark
card
jar
spark
Write a sentence with two ar words.

Challenge

Circle every time word in your true story. Add three more.

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

Science practice · Week 27 · Monday

I can test what bean seeds need to grow.

My bean cups. Write where each cup goes and my prediction.

Cup	Light?	Water?	Will it sprout? (yes or no)

Draw how you set up one cup.
Which cup do you think will grow the most? Why?

Think and answer.

Name two things animals get from plants.
Cut open an apple. What did you find inside?

You need: 4 clear cups, paper towels, dried beans, an apple

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky