Week 33, Monday: Recall addition and subtraction facts within 20 · Describe how words and phrases carry meaning

Day 161 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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Math

Students will recall addition and subtraction facts within 20 from memory using make-a-ten and doubles strategies (2.OA.B.2).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

9 + 4 = ? Facts to 20
Write <, > or =: 575 ___ 943 Week 32
A line plot shows 5 Xs over 3 inches, 1 X over 4 inches, 2 Xs over 5 inches. Which length was measured most often? Week 30

13
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3 inches

Standards Addressed

2.OA.B.2

Activities

10 min

Warm-Up

Ask your child to show you 348 with beans grouped in hundreds, tens, and ones, then say 10 more. Then flash ten fact cards (6 + 8, 13 - 7, 9 + 4, 15 - 9, 7 + 8, 12 - 4, 5 + 9, 14 - 6, 8 + 8, 11 - 3) and sort them into 'know it' and 'still thinking' piles.

dried beansfact cards

15 min

Mini-Lesson

Review fluency strategies (first taught Week 15). Show 8 + 6 on two ten frames and move 2 counters to make a ten: 10 + 4 = 14. Show 7 + 8 as a near double: 7 + 7 + 1 = 15. For subtraction, show 13 - 5 as 'think addition': 5 + ? = 13, so 8. Your child explains each strategy back to you with the counters.

two ten frames drawn on paper20 counters (beans or coins)

15 min

Practice

Strategy sort: write 16 facts on index cards (9 + 7, 6 + 6, 14 - 8, 8 + 5, 7 + 6, 17 - 9, 4 + 9, 12 - 6, 8 + 9, 15 - 7, 5 + 6, 11 - 8, 9 + 9, 13 - 4, 7 + 9, 16 - 8). Your child sorts each into make-a-ten, doubles or near doubles, or think addition, then solves and records all 16.

index cardspaperpencil

5 min

Wrap-Up

Put the 'still thinking' pile in the portfolio folder pocket to practice each morning this week. Ask: 'Which strategy do you use most?'

folder

Materials Needed

dried beansfact cardstwo ten frames drawn on paperindex cardspaperpencilfolder

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Math Worksheets (Weeks 33-36)Math Answer Key (Weeks 33-36)

English Language Arts

Students will describe how words and phrases carry meaning, including idioms taken literally (RL.2.4, first taught in Week 13), and begin a collaborative story.

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

What does 'painless' mean? Week 32
Which is bigger: large or enormous? Week 30
Choose one: The dog (wag / wags) its tail. Grammar and spelling

Standards Addressed

RL.2.4 L.2.5a L.2.4a +3 more

Activities

15 min

Read-Aloud

Read Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish. Each time Amelia takes an instruction literally (dust the furniture, draw the drapes, dress the chicken), stop and ask: 'What did Mrs. Rogers mean? What did Amelia think it meant?' Keep a tally of the mix-ups.

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

10 min

Mini-Lesson

Say: 'In Week 13 we learned that words and phrases can mean more than they say. Amelia is funny because she only hears the plain meaning.' Write 'draw the drapes' on the whiteboard with two pictures: one of a pencil sketch, one of curtains being closed. Label them literal and what people mean.

whiteboard or papermarker

15 min

Guided Reading

Your child rereads the pages about the chicken and the cake, then picks two more phrases from the book and draws the literal and the meant version for each in the reading notebook (Week 26 real-life word connections review).

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parishreading notebookcrayons

15 min

Writing Workshop

Collaborative storytelling begins. Together, invent a new helper character who takes everything literally, and brainstorm six household instructions they might get wrong (make the bed, run a bath, set the table). Use Week 25 conversation rules: one person talks at a time, and each idea gets a 'yes, and'. Write the character's name and the setting on a story-planning page.

10 min

Word Study

Multiple-meaning word review from Week 16. Give your child these words and have them act out both meanings, then write a sentence for each: draw, dust, run, trip. Say: 'Readers choose the meaning that fits the sentence.'

index cardspencil

Materials Needed

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parishwhiteboard or papermarkerreading notebookcrayonsindex cardspencilstory-planning page

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ELA Worksheets (Weeks 33-36)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 33-36)

Science

Students will explain what makes a question testable and choose a science fair question from a menu of safe, measurable investigations (K-2-ETS1-1).

Done

This week's reading: Asking a Testable Question

Standards Addressed

K-2-ETS1-1

Activities

5 min

Science Question of the Week

Ask: 'Last week you counted living things in two squares. Was that a question we could answer by looking and counting?' Explain: a testable question is one we can answer by doing a test and measuring something with a number. 'Which is prettier?' is not testable. 'Which rolls farther?' is.

20 min

Investigation

Read the 6 science fair questions aloud and, for each, name what you would measure: (1) Which brand of paper towel soaks up the most water? (measure spoonfuls) (2) Which surface lets a toy car roll the farthest: carpet, tile or wood, or a smooth table? (measure centimeters) (3) Does a paper airplane with bigger wings fly farther than one with small wings? (measure steps or centimeters) (4) Which wrapping keeps an ice cube frozen the longest: foil, paper towel, a sock, or nothing? (measure minutes) (5) Which ball bounces highest when dropped from the same height: tennis ball, rubber bouncy ball, or ping-pong ball? (measure against a wall marked in centimeters) (6) Does sugar dissolve faster in cold water, room-temperature water, or warm tap water? (measure seconds with a timer). Your child picks one and writes it at the top of a fresh 'Science Fair Plan' page.

Science Fair Plan pagepencilthe question menu written on an index card

5 min

Wrap-Up

Ask your child to say the chosen question and finish the sentence 'I will measure ____ with a ____.' Post the question on the fridge for the next three weeks.

Materials Needed

paperpencilindex cardtape

Related Resources

Science Worksheets (Weeks 33-36)Science Answer Key (Weeks 33-36)

Today's Practice

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

Math practice · Week 33 · Monday

I can use make a ten, doubles and think addition to know my facts.

Look: three fact strategies

Make a ten: 9 + 6. Move 1 to the 9 to make 10. Then 10 + 5 = 15.
Near doubles: 6 + 7 is 6 + 6 + 1 = 13.
Think addition: 16 − 9 = ? Think 9 + ? = 16. So 7.

Add. Use make a ten or doubles.

8 + 3 = ____
7 + 7 = ____
5 + 7 = ____
4 + 8 = ____

Subtract. Think addition to help you.

11 − 5 = ____ Think: 5 + ____ = 11
17 − 8 = ____ Think: 8 + ____ = 17
12 − 9 = ____ Think: 9 + ____ = 12
18 − 9 = ____ Think: 9 + ____ = 18

Challenge

Which strategy do you use most? Tell why.

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

ELA practice · Week 33 · Monday

I can tell what a saying really means.

Look: "I'm all ears."

The silly way: a person made of ears!
The real meaning: I am listening.
Sayings do not always mean what the words say.

Some sayings do not mean what the words say. Write what each one really means.

"It is time to hit the hay."
"That test was a piece of cake."
Draw "It is raining cats and dogs" the silly way, as if the words were true.

Some words have two meanings. Write both meanings.

bark
ring
watch

Challenge

Our story helper takes words the plain way. What would the helper do if told to "make the bed"?

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

Science practice · Week 33 · Monday

I can tell if a question can be tested.

A testable question can be answered by doing a test and measuring with a number. Circle testable or not testable.

Which toy is the cutest?testablenot testable
Which ball rolls farthest down a ramp?testablenot testable
How many drops of water fit on a penny?testablenot testable
Is blue the best color?testablenot testable

My Science Fair Plan.

My question is:
I will measure ____ with a ____.

Challenge

Change "Which cookie is yummiest?" into a question you can test.

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky