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    Week 33, Friday: Demonstrate fluency within 20, strategies within 100 · Present a collaborative story with clear voices

    Day 165 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will demonstrate fluency within 20, strategies within 100, and word problem solving on a mixed assessment (2.OA.B.2, 2.NBT.B.5, 2.OA.A.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 5 + 8 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Write <, > or =: 620 ___ 605 Week 32
    3. What do we call any shape with 4 sides? Week 30

    Standards Addressed

    2.OA.B.22.NBT.B.52.NBT.B.6+3 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Final run of the fact pile and celebrate any cards that move to 'know it'. Then have your child teach you the make-a-ten strategy using 9 + 5.

    fact cardsten frame
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Walk through the assessment format: a timed fact section, a strategy section where each answer needs a labeled strategy, and a word problem section with models. Practice one of each together: 7 + 6, 46 + 38 (84, label the strategy), and 'A shelf has 3 rows of 7 books; 4 are borrowed' (17).

    paperpenciltimer
    15 min

    Weekly Assessment

    Part 1 (3 minutes): 30 facts within 20 mixed addition and subtraction. Part 2: 57 + 26 (83), 82 - 47 (35), 19 + 34 + 21 (74), 65 - 29 (36), each with a strategy label. Part 3: 'Juice costs 28 cents and a pretzel 45 cents; you pay 75 cents. Change?' (2 cents). 'Chairs in 4 rows of 6, plus 7 extra' (31). 'Is 35 odd or even? Show why.' Record fact accuracy and strategy use separately.

    assessment sheetpenciltimerdried beans
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Portfolio routine: file the assessment and the fact-card piles with the date. Sticky note: 'My best strategy is...' Preview next week: rulers, clocks, coins, and graphs.

    foldersticky note

    Materials Needed

    fact cardsten framepaperpenciltimerassessment sheetdried beansfoldersticky note

    Assessment

    Fluency within 20; strategies within 100; word problems

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Students will present a collaborative story with clear voices and appropriate pacing (SL.2.4 and SL.2.5, first taught in Weeks 16 and 17) and show mastery of comparing two versions of a story.

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Where in a nonfiction book can you find what a key word means? Week 32
    2. In which part of a story do you usually learn the problem? Week 30
    3. Add the comma: May 5 2027 Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.9SL.2.4SL.2.5+4 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Reading Celebration

    Amelia Bedelia readers' theater. Assign parts (Amelia, Mrs. Rogers, Mr. Rogers, narrator), grab a dish towel for a prop, and act out the chicken and the pie scenes. Praise expression and pauses at commas.

    Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parishdish towel
    15 min

    Reading Response or Assessment

    Weekly assessment. Your child writes a response to: 'How are the two Amelia Bedelia books the same? How are they different? Which do you think is funnier and why?' Look for at least two similarities, two differences, and one reason for the opinion.

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Publishing and Author's Chair

    Present the collaborative story. Your child reads it aloud to the family, using a different voice for the helper and the boss and pausing before each mix-up for the laugh. Afterward, ask the family which mix-up was funniest, then file the story in the Finished Pieces folder.

    collaborative storyFinished Pieces folder
    10 min

    Phonics Check

    Advanced pattern check. Your child reads twelve words with silent letters and contractions cold: knee, wrong, lamb, gnat, ghost, write, climb, knock, didn't, they're, can't, I'll. Note any missed for review.

    index cards
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Free choice. Offer another Amelia Bedelia title (Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise Shower or Amelia Bedelia Means Business) and ask your child to keep a tally of literal mix-ups, just like Monday.

    library book of choice

    Materials Needed

    Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parishdish towelpaperpencilcollaborative storyFinished Pieces folderindex cardslibrary book of choice

    Assessment

    Written comparison of two Amelia Bedelia books with two similarities, two differences, and a supported opinion; oral presentation of the collaborative story with distinct character voices; twelve-word advanced pattern check.

    Related Resources

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

    Science

    Students will gather materials, draw the experiment setup, and run one practice trial to check that the measurement works (K-2-ETS1-1).

    This week's reading: Asking a Testable Question

    Standards Addressed

    K-2-ETS1-1

    Activities

    10 min

    Drawing Conclusions

    Read the prediction and the 'I keep the same' list back to your child. Ask: 'Is there anything we forgot to keep the same?' Add it. Then together write a numbered list of steps, 4 to 6 steps long, in the order you will do them next week.

    15 min

    Extension or Art Connection

    Collect the real materials into a shoebox: for example 3 paper towel brands, a measuring spoon and cup; or a toy car, a book for a ramp, and a tape measure; or 3 balls and a strip of paper taped to the wall marked every 10 centimeters. Your child draws the setup with labels on a 'How I Did It' page, then runs ONE practice trial to be sure the number can actually be read. Fix anything awkward, such as a ramp that is too steep to measure.

    shoeboxthe chosen experiment materialstape measure or rulermeasuring spoontimerpaperpencil
    5 min

    Week Reflection

    Ask: 'Two weeks ago we sorted materials by properties. Which property matters most in your experiment?' (Absorbing water, smoothness, bounciness, or how well something blocks heat.) Put the shoebox somewhere safe for Monday.

    Materials Needed

    Science Fair Plan pageshoeboxchosen experiment materialstape measure or rulermeasuring spoontimerpaperpencil

    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 · Friday

    I can get ready for my math check.

    Get ready: quick facts.

    1. 6 + 9 = ____
    2. 13 − 8 = ____
    3. 12 − 7 = ____
    4. 4 + 7 = ____

    Get ready: word problems. Show your work.

    1. Tom pays 50 cents for a juice that costs 37 cents. How much change does he get?
    2. There are 3 rows of 5 chairs. Dad brings 4 more chairs. How many chairs?
    3. Is 32 odd or even? Write it as a doubles fact.

    Challenge

    • Teach make a ten with 8 + 5. Write the steps.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 33 · Friday

    I can get ready to share our story with a clear voice.

    Get ready to share our class story.

    1. Who are the two main characters in our story?
    2. Which mix-up is the funniest? Where will you pause for the laugh?
    3. How will your voice sound for the helper? For the boss?

    Write the contraction.

    1. do not
    2. he is
    3. we will
    4. are not
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 33 · Friday

    I can set up my test and try one practice trial.

    Get your test ready.

    1. Materials in my shoebox:
    2. My steps, in order (4 to 6 steps):
    3. Draw your setup. Label the parts.

    Do ONE practice trial.

    1. My practice number was ____.
    2. Was the number easy to read? What did you fix?
    3. Which property matters most in your test?

    You need: the materials for your science fair test, a ruler, tape measure, timer or measuring spoon

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky