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    Week 34, Tuesday: Solve addition and subtraction word problems about · Describe how a character responds to a major event

    Day 167 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will solve addition and subtraction word problems about length and represent sums and differences on a number line (2.MD.B.5, 2.MD.B.6).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 16 − 8 = ? Facts to 20
    2. 26 + 25 = ? Week 33
    3. 417 − 145 = ? Week 32

    Standards Addressed

    2.MD.B.52.MD.B.6

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Ask your child to remeasure one object from yesterday and see if the result matches. Then draw a number line from 0 to 100 by tens and have them point to 35, 62, and 88.

    rulerpaperpencil
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Review length problems (Week 21) and number lines (Week 22). 'A picnic blanket is 72 inches long. A towel is 28 inches shorter. How long is the towel?' Draw both on a number line, jump back 28 from 72 (44). Then: 'Two tables end to end are 48 inches and 36 inches. Total?' Show jumps forward from 48 to 84.

    paperpenciltape measure
    15 min

    Practice

    Explore with string: cut a 60 cm string and a 35 cm string. Your child answers 'How much longer?' (25 cm) and 'Total?' (95 cm) by laying string on a meter-long paper number line and also by writing equations. Then two written problems: 'A jump rope 85 inches long is cut into 40 inches and the rest' (45). 'Kim walks 27 meters, then 46 more meters' (73). Support: mark the number line in tens before jumping. Stretch: show each answer with two different jump paths.

    stringscissorsmeter stick or tape measurelong paper strippencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask: 'How is a ruler like a number line?' File one number line drawing.

    folder

    Materials Needed

    rulerpaperpenciltape measurestringscissorslong paper stripfolder

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Students will describe how a character responds to a major event (RL.2.3, first taught in Week 2) and revise their own writing with an adult conference (W.2.5, first taught in Week 19).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. You are telling a story with a partner. What should you do before you add your part? Week 33
    2. What does a heading tell you? Week 32
    3. Fill in the reflexive pronoun: I made it all by ___. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.3RL.2.1W.2.5+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud

    Read the chapters where Ruby the baby elephant arrives and Stella asks Ivan for a promise ('ruby', 'stella', 'the promise', 'a promise'). Say: 'In Week 2 we learned to watch how a character responds when something big happens.' Ask: 'What does Ivan do when Stella asks him to promise? Why is that hard for him?'

    The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Make a three-row chart: Event (Ruby arrives), Ivan's Response (he starts to care and to remember), Ivan's Feeling (worried, then determined). Say: 'A big event can change a character. Before Ruby, Ivan says he does not miss the jungle. After, he starts to think about it.'

    papermarker
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Your child reads a book of their choice and completes one Event, Response, Feeling row for a character in it. Read the row back to you at the end and tell whether the character changed.

    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Author's Celebration, revision conference (Week 19 peer and adult editing review). Sit side by side. Your child reads the piece with sticky-note additions; you ask two questions a reader would ask ('What did that look like?' 'How did you feel right then?') and your child writes one more sentence in answer. Use at least one adjective and one adverb in the new sentences (Week 22 review).

    10 min

    Word Study

    Self-selected reading discussion. Your child tells you about the book they are reading using this frame: 'I am reading ____. So far the main character ____. A word I learned is ____, which means ____.' You ask one follow-up question and your child answers in a complete sentence.

    library book of choice

    Materials Needed

    The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegatepapermarkerlibrary book of choicechosen piecesticky notespencil

    Related Resources

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

    Social Studies

    Students will carry out their planned community service project and describe how it helps others (D2.Civ.6.K-2, D2.Civ.14.K-2).

    This week's reading: Our Town Needs a Garden

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Civ.6.K-2D2.Civ.14.K-2

    Activities

    10 min

    Read-Aloud and Discussion

    Read Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. Ask: 'What were the three things Miss Rumphius wanted to do? Which one was the hardest to figure out? How did she make the world more beautiful?' Say: today is your day to make our community a little better.

    15 min

    Hands-On Activity

    Do the project. Cleanup: gloves on, one adult holds the bag, pick up litter on one block and tally how many pieces. Food drive: collect the cans from the neighbors you asked, count them, and pack the box. Cards: make 5 or more cards with a picture and a kind sentence, addressed to the residents. Book drive: gather, sort, and box books, counting them. Planting: fill 3 pots with soil, plant seeds or seedlings, water, and deliver. If the project needs more time, this is the start and it continues after the lesson.

    project materials chosen in Week 33 (gloves and bag, collection box, card stock and markers, book bin, or pots, soil, and seeds)tally sheet
    5 min

    Quick Write

    Your child writes: 'Today I ____. I counted ____. This helps because ____.' Save the number for the tally in Thursday's reflection.

    Materials Needed

    Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooneyproject materials from Week 33 plantally sheetnotebookpencil

    Related Resources

    Social Studies Worksheets (Weeks 33-36)Social Studies 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 · Tuesday

    I can solve length problems on a number line.

    Look: 45 + 30 on a number line

    1. Start at 45.
    2. Jump forward 3 tens: 55, 65, 75.
    3. To subtract, jump back.

    Solve. Show the jumps on a number line.

    1. A ribbon is 64 cm long. Mia cuts off 26 cm. How much is left?
    2. Two boards are 37 inches and 45 inches long. They are put end to end. How long in all?
    3. A red string is 71 cm. A blue string is 49 cm. How much longer is the red string?
    4. Leo hops 18 meters. Then he hops 25 more meters. How far does he hop?

    Challenge

    • How is a ruler like a number line?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 34 · Tuesday

    I can tell how a character changes after a big event.

    Look: A character changes

    1. Big event: A new baby comes home.
    2. At first, Kim hides in her room.
    3. Later, Kim sings to the baby every night. Kim changed from upset to loving.

    Bean

    Theo liked his quiet room. Then his family got a puppy named Bean. At first, Theo shut his door. Bean cried by the door at night. On the third night, Theo let Bean sleep on his rug. Now Theo walks Bean every day. He laughs when she chews his socks.

    Use the story above.

    1. What big event happens?
    2. How does Theo respond at first?
    3. How does Theo change?

    Adjectives tell what kind. Adverbs tell how.

    1. Circle the adjective: The tiny kitten slept.
    2. Circle the adverb: Theo walked slowly.
    3. Add an adjective: The ____ puppy ran.
    4. Add an adverb: Bean barked ____.

    Challenge

    • In the story you read today, what did Ivan do when Stella asked him for a promise?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 34 · Tuesday

    I can carry out my plan to help my community.

    Do your project. Make a tally mark for each thing you pick up, collect, make or plant.

    What we didTallyTotal
    1. Today I ____.
    2. I counted ____.
    3. This helps because ____.

    Think about the story you read today.

    1. What did Miss Rumphius do to make the world more beautiful?

    You need: the supplies from your project plan

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky