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    Week 30, Tuesday: Review identifying and drawing shapes by attributes · Compare the structure of two stories about small

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    Math

    Students will review identifying and drawing shapes by attributes through a build-and-describe activity (2.G.A.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 7 + 7 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Two halves make ___. Week 29
    3. A rectangle is split into 3 rows and 5 columns of same-size squares. How many squares? Week 28

    Standards Addressed

    2.G.A.1

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Show yesterday's shoe bar graph and ask two quick questions. Then say, 'Draw me a shape with 5 vertices' and check that it has 5 sides too.

    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Review the shape chart from Week 27. Play 'Attribute Detective': describe a shape only by attributes, such as 'I have 4 sides, and two of them are longer than the other two,' and your child draws it with a ruler and names it (rectangle, a quadrilateral).

    15 min

    Practice

    Your child builds a hexagon, a pentagon, a quadrilateral, and a triangle from toothpicks, then draws each and writes the side and vertex counts. Then they find one cube at home and write its number of faces and vertices. Support: give a completed chart to copy counts from while they build. Stretch: ask them to build a shape with 7 sides, count its vertices, and predict the count for 8 sides.

    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'What is the same about every shape's number of sides and number of vertices?' Celebrate the pattern: they always match for flat shapes.

    Materials Needed

    toothpicks or strawsrulerpaperpencila die or block

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 29-32)Math Answer Key (Weeks 29-32)Unit 5 test (end of unit)

    English Language Arts

    Students will compare the structure of two stories about small voices asking to be heard and use shades-of-meaning verbs in sentences (RL.2.5, RL.2.9, L.2.5b).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Expand the sentence 'The cat slept.' by telling where. Week 29
    2. Name two sources you could use to learn about sharks. Week 28
    3. Write the contraction for 'we will'. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.5RL.2.9SL.2.1b+3 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading: Reading the Letters

    Your child reads three crayon letters aloud in three different voices while you read Duncan's parts. Point out that each letter has an opening (Dear Duncan) and a closing (Your friend), and have your child find both in every letter read.

    The Day the Crayons Quit
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson: Retelling With Transition Words

    Bring back the temporal words chart from Week 27 (first, next, then, after that, finally). Model a five-sentence retell of the crayons book using one transition per sentence, then your child retells the same story with different transitions.

    temporal words chart
    15 min

    Guided Reading: Crayons and the Ant

    Compare the structure of 'The Day the Crayons Quit' and 'Hey, Little Ant': both have small voices asking to be heard, but one ends with a solution and one ends with a question. Fill a two-row structure map and hold a stem conversation on which ending is more satisfying.

    The Day the Crayons QuitHey, Little Antpaperpencil
    15 min

    Writing Workshop: Shades of Action

    Word sets: walk, stroll, march, stomp; and look, peek, stare, glare. Your child acts each one out, orders each set from gentlest to strongest, and writes two sentences that show the difference: 'Purple crayon stomped off the page' versus 'Beige crayon strolled away.'

    index cardswriting notebookpencil
    10 min

    Phonics: Cumulative Review, R-Controlled and Prefixes

    Twelve cards: farm, storm, bird, turn, her, shark, unlock, reread, preheat, unfair, refill, replay. Sort into 'bossy r' words and 'prefix' words, then read each pile and tell the prefix meanings. Write one sentence using a word from each pile.

    index cardswriting notebook

    Materials Needed

    The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalttemporal words chartHey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoosepaperpencilindex cardswriting notebook

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 29-32)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 29-32)Unit 5 test (end of unit)

    Social Studies

    Students will explain that people trade goods and services because no one can make everything they need, and practice a barter exchange (D2.Eco.14.K-2, D2.Eco.15.K-2).

    This week's reading: Let's Trade!

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Eco.14.K-2D2.Eco.15.K-2

    Activities

    10 min

    Read-Aloud and Discussion

    Read 'Ox-Cart Man' by Donald Hall. Pause at the market in Portsmouth: 'What did the family make? What did they get in return? Why did they not make the needle and the kettle themselves?' Define trade: giving something you have to get something you want. Note that the family traded goods for money, then money for goods.

    Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall (library)
    15 min

    Hands-On Activity: Barter Market

    Give each family member a small bag of 4 different items (crayons, stickers, crackers, paper clips, buttons, a small toy). Nobody has the same set. Announce a goal for each person, for example 'You need 3 crackers and 2 stickers.' Family members trade one for one, then try two for one when someone will not agree. After 8 minutes, check who reached their goal. Ask: 'What was hard about trading? What would make it easier?' Lead toward: money makes trade easier because everyone accepts it.

    small bagsassorted small items (crayons, stickers, crackers, paper clips, buttons)timer
    5 min

    Quick Write

    Your child writes: 'I traded ___ for ___. Trading was easy or hard because ___.' Add to the booklet.

    bookletpencil

    Materials Needed

    Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall (library)small bagsassorted small items (crayons, stickers, crackers, paper clips, buttons)timerNeeds and Wants bookletpencil

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 29-32)Social Studies Answer Key (Weeks 29-32)Unit 5 test (end of unit)

    Today's Practice

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

    Math practice · Week 30 · Tuesday

    I can name and draw shapes by their sides and vertices.

    Look: Draw from a clue

    1. Clue: I have 4 equal sides and 4 square corners.
    2. Draw it with a ruler. Count: 4 sides, 4 vertices.
    3. It is a square. It is also a quadrilateral.

    Build each shape with toothpicks. Write the number of sides and vertices.

    ShapeSidesVertices
    1. Triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon: what do you notice about sides and vertices?

    Read each clue. Draw and name the shape.

    1. I have 5 sides and 5 vertices.
    2. I have 4 sides and 4 square corners. Two sides are long and two are short.
    3. I have 6 sides.
    4. Find a cube at home. How many faces? How many vertices?

    Challenge

    • Build a shape with 8 sides. How many vertices does it have?

    You need: toothpicks

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 30 · Tuesday

    I can retell a story with order words. I can choose words that show how strong an action is.

    Look: Order words and strong words

    1. First, the hen found seeds. Next, she planted them.
    2. Then, she baked bread. Finally, she ate it.
    3. Gentle to strong: sip, drink, gulp.

    Retell the story you read today. Use first, next, then and finally.

    1. First, ____
    2. Next, ____ Then, ____
    3. Finally, ____
    4. The crayon story ends with a solution. How does Hey, Little Ant end?with a solutionwith a question

    Word work: do what each line says.

    1. Order from gentlest to strongest: pound, tap, knock
    2. Order from quietest to loudest: shout, whisper, talk
    3. Circle the bossy r words: fork, redo, hurt, unpack, star, preview

    Challenge

    • What do the prefixes in redo, unpack and preview mean?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 30 · Tuesday

    I can explain what trade is and try a trade.

    Barter Market: trade with your family. Write each trade.

    I gaveI got
    1. Did you reach your goal?yesno
    2. What would make trading easier?

    Think about trade.

    • trade
    1. Trade means ____.
    2. Why do families trade instead of making everything themselves?
    3. I traded ____ for ____. Trading was easy or hard because ____.

    You need: small items to trade, such as crayons, stickers, crackers, paper clips or buttons

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky