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Week 28 partitions rectangles into rows and columns, connecting to repeated addition. Readers review author's purpose, and writers gather research from provided sources.
Cut a brownie pan into equal rows and columns — then count.
Grid paper, sample text set, source materials
Partitioning Rectangles into Rows and Columns
Data & Geometry · 2.MD.D.9
Assessment: Partition rectangles; count equal squares; connect to repeated addition
Author's Purpose (Review)
Phonics: Apply decoding to grade-level text
Writing: Research
Biodiversity & Interdependence
2-LS2-1, 2-LS2-2, 2-LS4-1
Students will partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count the total (2.G.A.2).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Warm-Up
Spiral from Week 27: show a cracker box and ask, 'Is this a cube? How many faces does it have?' Then hold up one square cracker and ask, 'How many sides? How many vertices?'
Mini-Lesson
Lay square crackers on a sheet of paper in 2 rows of 4 and trace around the outside to make a rectangle. Explain that rows go across and columns go up and down. Say, 'This rectangle has 2 rows and 4 columns. Let's count the squares: 8.'
Practice
Your child uses square crackers or sticky notes to fill rectangles you draw: 3 rows of 3, 2 rows of 5, and 4 rows of 2. For each they write the number of rows, the number of columns, and the total squares.
Wrap-Up
Ask, 'What must be true about all the squares inside one rectangle?' (Same size, no gaps, no overlaps.) Eat one cracker to celebrate.
Students will determine why Lynne Cherry wrote 'The Great Kapok Tree' and begin a research notebook on why rain forests matter (RI.2.6, W.2.7).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Read-Aloud: The Great Kapok Tree
Say: 'Last week every character had a point of view. In this book, every animal does.' Read 'The Great Kapok Tree' by Lynne Cherry, pausing after the boa, the bee, and the monkeys to ask, 'What does this animal want the man to understand?' Keep a running list of the animals that whisper.
Mini-Lesson: Author's Purpose
Review PIE: authors write to persuade, inform, or entertain, and often more than one. Read the author's note and the map at the front of the book and decide together which purpose fits best, pointing to two pages as proof.
Guided Reading: What the Tree Gives
Reread the tree frog, jaguar, and sloth pages. On a chart titled 'What the Kapok Tree Gives,' your child writes one line per animal ('The jaguar says: food, because animals live in the tree') using a stem conversation to agree on each entry.
Writing Workshop: Research Launch
Write the research question at the top of a notebook page: 'Why do rain forests matter, and how can people protect them?' Explain the three sources: Source 1 is the animals' speeches in 'The Great Kapok Tree,' Source 2 is a Gail Gibbons book on Wednesday, Source 3 is a fact sheet you will give. Your child draws three labeled boxes for notes.
Phonics: Closed-Syllable Words
Word cards: forest, insect, blossom, basket, rabbit, sudden, trumpet, velvet, magnet, picnic. Your child draws a line between the two consonants in the middle, reads each part, and blends. Note that a closed syllable ends in a consonant and the vowel is short.
Students will identify what a habitat provides (food, water, shelter, space) and observe how removing one part affects the living things there (2-LS4-1, K-2-ETS1-1).
Science Question of the Week
Point to last week's paper chain. Ask: 'If someone paved over the flower bed, which links would break?' Write this week's question: 'How can people protect the habitats living things need?' Review that a habitat gives food, water, shelter, and space.
Investigation: Shoebox Habitat and the Litter Problem
Build a small pond habitat in a shoebox lid or baking pan: a bowl of water for the pond, soil and grass clippings for the bank, twigs and rocks for shelter, and 6 plastic or paper animals (frog, duck, fish, dragonfly, turtle, heron). Then introduce a problem: drop in 5 pieces of 'litter' (bottle caps, a plastic bag scrap, a candy wrapper) and pour in a spoon of cooking oil to show a spill. Your child describes what each animal loses: the frog cannot find its rock, the duck's feathers get oily. Photograph or draw before and after.
Wrap-Up
Ask: 'What is the problem here? Who does it hurt?' Write a clear problem statement together: 'Litter and oil get into the pond and hurt the animals that live there.' Explain that engineers start every project by naming the problem clearly.
Read it aloud first while your child follows along. Then read it together, and let your child read the parts they can. Talk about the words in the word box.
When you get money, you have a choice. You can spend it, or you can save it.
To spend means to use money to buy something. People spend money on needs, like food and shoes. They also spend money on wants, like toys and games.
To save means to keep money to use later. Many people save for a goal. A goal is something you want to get or do. Maybe you want a new bike. The bike costs more money than you have today. If you save a little each week, you can buy it later.
Some children keep their savings in a piggy bank at home. Many grown-ups keep their savings in a bank. A bank keeps money safe.
Saving takes patience. Patience means waiting calmly for something. It can be hard to wait! But reaching a goal feels good. What would you like to save for?
Math
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Math
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 29. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Lay out square crackers or sticky notes in 3 rows of 4. Count by rows (4, 8, 12), then by columns (3, 6, 9, 12). Then redo the missed items. |
| Only a few right | Do the catch-up activity "Rows and Columns of Squares" for 10 minutes a day this week, and start Week 29 alongside it. |
ELA
Source 1: A frog starts life as an egg in the water. Frogs eat insects. Source 2: Frogs catch insects with long, sticky tongues. Many frogs live near ponds.
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ELA
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 29. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Gather 3 things to read (a storybook, a nonfiction book, an ad) and name each author's purpose. Pick one topic and find 2 facts in a library book. |
| Only a few right | Each day, read one short text together and ask, "Why did the author write this?" Help your child write one fact a day from a nonfiction book. |
Science
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Science
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 29. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Walk outside and list 3 things that help or harm a local habitat (litter, trees, a birdbath). Plan one helpful action together. |
| Only a few right | Reread this week's science lesson together and draw a habitat with one problem and one way people can help. Continue with Week 29. |
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Social Studies
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 29. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Choose a small goal together (a book or a toy) and make a savings chart. Talk about one choice to save instead of spend. |
| Only a few right | Reread "Saving and Spending" together and sort pictures into "spend now" and "save for later." |
Health · Germs, Hygiene and Staying Well · All Specials
Health · Week 28
I can wash my hands the right way.
You need: glitter or cocoa powder, soap and water, a towel
Second Grade · Week 28 · secondgrade.com
Math
Splitting rectangles into rows and columns of squares
ELA
Authors write to inform, entertain or persuade
Science
People can protect the habitats living things need
Try it (10 min): Find things at home with rows and columns, like an egg carton, a muffin pan or tiles. Count the rows, the columns and the total.
Talk about it: How can adding the rows help you count faster?
Try it (10 min): Look at a cereal box, a sign and a storybook. Decide why each one was written: to inform, entertain or persuade.
Talk about it: What clue told you the author's purpose?
Try it (10 min): Take a bag and gloves on a short walk. Pick up litter safely with an adult and put it in a bin.
Talk about it: Which animals might be helped by what we picked up?
Try it (10 min): Pick a small goal your child would like. Talk about the price and make a simple plan to save a little each week.
Talk about it: What might you choose not to buy so you can reach your goal?
We did blank of 4 activities.
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