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    Week 33, Wednesday: Add up to four two-digit numbers by grouping tens · Compare and contrast two versions of the same

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    Math

    Students will add up to four two-digit numbers by grouping tens and looking for pairs that make ten (2.NBT.B.6).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 5 + 9 = ? Facts to 20
    2. 345 + 295 = ? Week 32
    3. A line plot shows 5 Xs over 4 inches, 1 X over 5 inches, 2 Xs over 6 inches. Which length was measured most often? Week 30

    Standards Addressed

    2.NBT.B.62.NBT.B.5

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Fact pile again, then a pairs-to-ten hunt: say 3, 7, 4, 9, 6, 1, 8, 2, 5 and have your child answer the partner that makes 10 as fast as possible.

    fact cards
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Review adding three and four two-digit numbers (first taught Week 8). Solve 24 + 37 + 16: add tens (20 + 30 + 10 = 60), notice ones 4 + 6 make 10, plus 7, so 77. Then 18 + 25 + 32 + 15: pair 18 + 32 = 50 and 25 + 15 = 40, total 90. This is the picnic skill: adding three prices.

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Practice

    Practice with a picnic price sheet: juice 28 cents, fruit cup 35 cents, sandwich 42 cents, cookie 15 cents. Your child finds the cost of juice, fruit, and sandwich (105 cents, or 1 dollar 5 cents), sandwich, cookie, and juice (85 cents), and all four items (120 cents). Then four bare problems: 33 + 27 + 19 (79), 45 + 22 + 18 + 11 (96), 26 + 36 + 14 (76), 12 + 39 + 28 + 21 (100).

    price sheet on papercoinspaperpencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask: 'What did you look for first when adding three numbers?' File the price sheet work; it is a rehearsal for the Week 36 picnic.

    folder

    Materials Needed

    fact cardsprice sheet on papercoinspaperpencilfolder

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Students will compare and contrast two versions of the same character's story by different authors (RL.2.9, first taught in Week 14) and write a compare-and-contrast paragraph.

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. What is the root word in 'helpful'? Week 32
    2. Sort by vowel sound: boat, rain, feet. Week 30
    3. Fix the capitals: my friend sam lives in texas. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.9RL.2.3RF.2.3e+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud

    Read Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parish, the nephew of Peggy Parish, which shows Amelia as a child. Say: 'In Week 14 we compared two versions of the same story. Today we have two versions of the same character.' Pause when young Amelia misunderstands 'glue yourself to your seat' and ask if grown-up Amelia would do the same.

    Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parish
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Draw a Venn diagram labeled Peggy Parish's Amelia and Herman Parish's Amelia. Fill in the middle together: takes words literally, kind, means well, wins people over. Then add one difference on each side (grown-up maid at a house versus child at school; black-and-white sketches versus full-color art).

    papermarker
    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Your child flips between the two books to find one more similarity and one more difference each, adds them to the Venn diagram, and reads one favorite page from each aloud in an Amelia voice.

    Amelia Bedelia by Peggy ParishAmelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parish
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Compare-and-contrast writing review from Week 14. Your child writes a paragraph: 'Both Amelias ____. But the first Amelia ____, while the young Amelia ____.' Then they add one sentence telling which book they liked more and why.

    10 min

    Word Study

    Advanced word patterns: silent letters. Write knee, knock, write, wrong, lamb, climb, ghost, gnaw on the whiteboard. Your child crosses out the silent letter, reads the word, and sorts by silent k, w, b, g, or h. Support: read the words together first and let your child do the crossing out. Stretch: your child hunts for two silent-letter words in either Amelia book.

    whiteboard or papermarker

    Materials Needed

    Amelia Bedelia by Peggy ParishAmelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parishpapermarkerwhiteboard or paperwriting notebookpencil

    Related Resources

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

    Science

    Students will write a prediction and identify what to change and what to keep the same in their science fair test (K-2-ETS1-1).

    This week's reading: Asking a Testable Question

    Standards Addressed

    K-2-ETS1-1

    Activities

    5 min

    Review

    Read the question on the fridge together. Ask: 'What is the one thing you are changing in your test?' For the paper towel question it is the brand; for the ramp it is the surface; for the ice cube it is the wrapping. Write it under the heading 'I change'.

    20 min

    Deeper Investigation

    On the Science Fair Plan page make three headings: I change, I keep the same, I measure. Under 'I keep the same' your child lists at least 3 things, for example the same amount of water, the same drop height, the same size ice cube, the same push (let the car go, do not push it). Then write a prediction: 'I think ____ will ____ because ____.' Finally draw a data table with a row for each thing being compared (3 or 4 rows) and columns for Trial 1, Trial 2, Trial 3.

    Science Fair Plan pagerulerpencil
    5 min

    Data Discussion

    Ask: 'Why do we test each one three times instead of once?' Guide toward: one try might be a fluke, and three tries show us what usually happens. Support: act out a single lucky bounce to show why one trial can mislead. Stretch: ask what could happen to the results if the drop height changed between trials.

    Materials Needed

    Science Fair Plan pagerulerpencil

    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 · Wednesday

    I can add three or four two-digit numbers.

    Look: 26 + 14 + 35

    1. Look for ones that make ten: 6 + 4 = 10.
    2. Add the tens: 20 + 10 + 30 = 60.
    3. Put it together: 60 + 10 + 5 = 75.

    Add. Look for pairs that make ten first.

    1. 17 + 23 + 34 = ____
    2. 45 + 16 + 25 = ____
    3. 31 + 19 + 22 + 18 = ____
    4. 27 + 14 + 33 + 15 = ____

    Snack stand: lemonade 36 cents, pretzel 24 cents, apple 19 cents, muffin 45 cents.

    1. How much for a lemonade, a pretzel and an apple?
    2. Marco buys a muffin, a pretzel and an apple. How much does he spend?

    Challenge

    • Can you buy a lemonade, a pretzel and an apple with 3 quarters? Tell why.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 33 · Wednesday

    I can compare two versions of the same character.

    Look: Two books, one character

    1. Book 1: Pip the mouse is grown up and lives in a barn. Book 2: young Pip goes to school.
    2. Both Pips are brave and funny.
    3. But the first Pip lives in a barn, while young Pip goes to school.

    Think about the two Amelia Bedelia books.

    1. Fill in the Venn diagram. Write the first Amelia on the left, the young Amelia on the right, and both in the middle.
    2. Both Amelias ____.
    3. But the first Amelia ____, while the young Amelia ____.

    Cross out the silent letter. Then read the word.

    1. knot
    2. wrap
    3. thumb
    4. gnome
    5. comb

    Challenge

    • Which Amelia book did you like more? Tell why.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 33 · Wednesday

    I can plan a fair test and make a prediction.

    Practice with this question: Which ball bounces highest?

    1. What do you change?
    2. Name one thing to keep the same.

    Now plan your own test.

    I changeI keep the sameI measure
    1. My prediction: I think ____ will ____ because ____.
    2. Why do we test each one three times?

    Challenge

    • What could go wrong if you changed two things at once?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky