Quarter 4 · Detailed day-by-day lesson plans · Days 166–170
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Week 34 reviews length, time, money, and graphs in a single packet. In ELA, children review author's reasoning and conduct peer editing on writing pieces.
Time a family walk and chart it on a small bar graph.
Measurement review, peer-editing checklist
Measurement and Data Review
Review, Word Problems & Consolidation · All Grade 2 CCSS-M Standards
Assessment: Length measurement, time, money, graphs review
Author's Reasoning Review
Phonics: Self-selected reading and discussion
Writing: Peer editing and revision conference
Review, Projects & Science Fair
Review of all Grade 2 science standards; K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-3 (science fair)
Students will measure lengths with rulers and tape measures in inches and centimeters, estimate first, and compare two measurements (2.MD.A.1, 2.MD.A.2, 2.MD.A.3, 2.MD.A.4).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Warm-Up
Ten quick facts from last week's pile. Then ask: 'Which would you use to measure a book, a table, and the hallway: a ruler, a yardstick, or a tape measure? Why?'
Mini-Lesson
Review measuring (first taught Weeks 19 and 20). Measure the kitchen table together: estimate first in inches, then measure with the tape measure starting at the zero mark, and record. Measure the same edge in centimeters and ask why the centimeter number is bigger. This is the picnic table skill.
Practice
Your child measures six objects, estimating first: a spoon, a book, a shoe, a chair seat, a window ledge, and a door width. Record estimate, inches, and centimeters in a table. Then answer: 'How much longer is the door than the book?' with a subtraction equation.
Wrap-Up
Ask: 'Which estimate was closest? What helped you estimate?' File the table in the portfolio.
Students will identify the point of view of a first-person narrator and read his words in his voice (RL.2.6, first taught in Week 6), and begin revising their Author's Celebration piece (W.2.5, first taught in Week 19).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Read-Aloud
Read the opening short chapters of The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate ('hello', 'name', 'patience', 'how I look', 'the exit 8 big top mall and video arcade'). Say: 'Ivan tells his own story. In Week 6 we called this point of view.' Stop after 'I am Ivan. I am a gorilla' and ask: 'Who is talking? How do you know?'
Mini-Lesson
Write 'I' and 'he' on two cards. Read one line from Ivan and one line from Amelia Bedelia and have your child hold up the card that matches. Say: 'When the narrator says I, we only know what that character knows and feels. Ivan says his glass wall is a good thing. Do we agree?'
Guided Reading
Your child rereads the chapter 'how I look' and lists three things Ivan says about himself, then writes what a visitor at the mall might say about Ivan instead. Compare the two lists (Week 13 words-and-phrases review: notice Ivan's short, plain sentences).
Writing Workshop
Author's Celebration, revision day one (Week 19 review). Your child reads their chosen piece aloud to you once, then marks three places with a caret where a reader would want more: a feeling, a detail you could see or hear, or a line of talk. They write the new words on sticky notes and tuck them in place.
Word Study
Self-selected reading vocabulary (Week 24 review). Your child brings the library book they are reading on their own, finds two words they think are interesting or new, and writes each with a guess at its meaning and the sentence it came from. Discuss the guesses together.
Students will carry out their science fair experiment with three trials for each condition and record results in a data table (2-PS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3).
Science Question of the Week
Say: 'Last week you planned. Today you test.' Your child reads the question, the prediction, and the numbered steps aloud, then names the one thing that changes and two things kept the same.
Investigation
Run the experiment following the steps exactly, with your child doing the hands-on part and you holding the timer or tape measure. Do Trial 1 for every condition before going back for Trial 2, so no condition gets extra practice. Your child writes each number in the data table right away. For the ice cube question, set up all wrappings at once and check every 5 minutes, recording the minute each cube is fully melted, so this may run past the lesson.
Wrap-Up
Look at the table. Ask: 'Which one is winning so far? Did anything surprising happen?' Write one sentence at the bottom of the table beginning 'Something I noticed was ____.'
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.
I think every town should have a community garden. A community garden is a piece of land where neighbors grow plants together. Here are my reasons.
First, a garden gives people fresh food. Neighbors can grow tomatoes, beans and carrots. They can pick them and eat them the same day.
Second, a garden helps neighbors get to know each other. People work side by side. They share tools and give each other tips.
Third, a garden helps nature. Flowers feed bees and butterflies. Bees carry pollen from flower to flower. This helps many plants make fruit and seeds.
A garden takes work. Neighbors must water, pull weeds and share the space fairly. But I think the good things are worth the work. What would you plant in a community garden?
Math
Second Grade · Week 34 · Friday · secondgrade.com
Math
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 35. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Set a paper-plate clock to 4 times of day and say each one with a.m. or p.m. Measure 3 objects in inches and count a handful of coins. Then redo the missed items. |
| Only a few right | Do the catch-up activity "Clock Count by Fives" for 10 minutes a day this week. Count coins at the store or at home twice this week. |
ELA
Kids should help cook dinner. First, cooking uses math. You count scoops and measure cups. Second, kids learn how to make healthy food. Third, it is a fun way to spend time with family.
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ELA
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 35. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Reread this week's passage and list the author's reasons on sticky notes. Edit a short paragraph you write with 3 mistakes in it. |
| Only a few right | Read one short opinion text a day and ask, "What is one reason?" Check one sentence a day for a capital, an end mark and spelling. |
Science
Maya let the same toy car roll down the same ramp onto three surfaces. She wrote down how far it rolled. Carpet: 30 cm. Tile: 85 cm. Wood: 70 cm.
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Science
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 35. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Repeat one trial of the experiment together and add the results to the chart. Draw the bar graph again with the scale labeled. |
| Only a few right | Help your child fill in a simple results chart, then color one square per result to make a bar graph together. |
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Social Studies
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 35. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Do one step of the community project together and take a photo or draw a picture. Talk about who it helped. |
| Only a few right | Do one small helpful action together this week, then say or write one sentence about who it helped. |
Music · Performance & Music Celebration · All Specials
Music · Week 34
I can plan and perform songs for my family.
| Song | Instrument or movement | One thing I learned |
|---|---|---|
You need: homemade instruments from this year, paper for a program
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Math
Measuring, telling time, counting money and reading graphs
ELA
Finding reasons and fixing up my writing
Science
Doing my test and graphing what happened
Try it (10 min): Gather a few coins and a few objects. Your child counts the coins, then measures two objects with a ruler and tells how much longer one is.
Talk about it: What time do we eat dinner, and is it a.m. or p.m.?
Try it (10 min): Choose a family rule, like "brush your teeth". Your child tells the point and gives two reasons for it.
Talk about it: Which reason do you think is strongest?
Try it (10 min): Look at your child's data table together. Help add up one row, then count the squares on one bar of the graph.
Talk about it: Was your prediction right? How do you know?
Try it (10 min): Look at a photo or drawing of the community project. Write one thank-you note together to someone who helped.
Talk about it: How did our project make our community better?
We did blank of 4 activities.
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