Week 34, Monday: Measure lengths with rulers · Identify the point of view of a first-person

Day 166 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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Math

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).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

9 + 7 = ? Facts to 20
80 − 27 = ? Week 33
Omar has 36 marbles. Omar gets 16 more. How many marbles now? Week 31

16
53
52 marbles

Standards Addressed

2.MD.A.1 2.MD.A.2 2.MD.A.3 +1 more

Activities

10 min

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?'

fact cardsrulertape measure

15 min

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.

tape measureruler with cm and inchespaperpencil

15 min

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.

tape measurerulerrecording tablepencil

5 min

Wrap-Up

Ask: 'Which estimate was closest? What helped you estimate?' File the table in the portfolio.

folder

Materials Needed

fact cardsruler with cm and inchestape measurepaperpencilrecording tablefolder

Related Resources

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

English Language Arts

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).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

Read: phone, graph. What sound does 'ph' make? Week 33
What kind of writing teaches facts about a topic? Week 31
Fill in the collective noun: a ___ of fish. Grammar and spelling

Standards Addressed

RL.2.6 RL.2.4 W.2.5 +2 more

Activities

15 min

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?'

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

10 min

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?'

index cards

15 min

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).

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegatereading notebookpencil

15 min

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.

10 min

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.

library book of choicereading notebook

Materials Needed

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegateindex cardsreading notebookpencilchosen piecesticky noteslibrary book of choice

Related Resources

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

Science

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).

Done

Standards Addressed

2-PS1-2 K-2-ETS1-3

Activities

5 min

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.

20 min

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.

shoebox of experiment materialsdata tablepenciltimertape measure or rulermeasuring spoon

5 min

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 ____.'

Materials Needed

shoebox of experiment materialsScience Fair Plan page with data tablepenciltimertape measure or rulermeasuring spoon

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 34 · Monday

I can estimate and measure in inches and centimeters.

Look: measuring a spoon

Estimate first. Then line up the end with 0.
Read the number where the object ends.
Centimeters are small, so the centimeter number is bigger.

Estimate, then measure each object in inches and in centimeters.

Object	Estimate (inches)	Inches	Centimeters

Measure a fork, a crayon, a sock and a cereal box. Which was longest?
Which estimate was closest?

Solve. Write an equation.

A pencil is 7 inches long. A crayon is 4 inches long. How much longer is the pencil?
A book is 28 cm long. A spoon is 15 cm long. How much longer is the book?
You measure one pencil two ways. Which number is bigger?inchescentimeters

Challenge

Would you use a ruler or a tape measure for a door? Why?

You need: a ruler with inches and centimeters, a tape measure

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

ELA practice · Week 34 · Monday

I can tell who is telling a story.

Look: Who is telling?

Read: I am Rex. I dig holes in the yard.
The word I tells you Rex the dog is telling the story.
"Rex digs holes." Now an outside narrator is telling.

Pepper

I am Pepper. I am a cat. I live in a green house with a girl named Ana. Every morning I sit on the window sill and watch the birds. Ana thinks I want to catch them. I do not. I just like to see them fly. When they fly away, I take a long nap in the sun.

Use the story above.

Who is telling this story?
Circle the word I in the first two sentences.
What does Ana think Pepper wants?
What does Pepper really want?

Revise. Add a feeling or a detail you can see or hear.

We went to the lake.
Find a new word in your library book. Write it and guess what it means.

Challenge

Retell one sentence from Pepper's story with he or she instead of I.

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

Science practice · Week 34 · Monday

I can do my test and record what I see.

Do Trial 1 for every one before Trial 2. Write each number right away.

What I tested	Trial 1	Trial 2	Trial 3

My question:
The one thing I changed:

Think about your results so far.

Which one is winning so far?
Something I noticed was ____.
Why do Trial 1 for every one before Trial 2?

You need: your science fair materials, a timer, ruler or tape measure

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky