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    Week 34, Wednesday: Tell and write time to the nearest five minutes · Describe how an author uses reasons to support

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    Math

    Students will tell and write time to the nearest five minutes on analog and digital clocks and use a.m. and p.m. (2.MD.C.7).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 9 + 8 = ? Facts to 20
    2. 24 + 27 = ? Week 33
    3. There are 43 birds in a tree. 25 leave, then 18 more come. How many birds now? Week 31

    Standards Addressed

    2.MD.C.7

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Count by 5s to 60 while pointing at each clock number. Then ask what time your child woke up, ate breakfast, and started math, and whether each is a.m. or p.m.

    analog clock or paper clock
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Review time (first taught Week 23). Set the paper clock to 2:35, 11:10, 6:50, and 12:05 and have your child read each and write it digitally. Then build a picnic schedule: arrive 10:00 a.m., games 10:30, lunch 11:45, cake 12:20 p.m., pack up 1:05. Show each on the clock.

    paper clock with movable handspaperpencil
    15 min

    Practice

    Clock match: write 12 times on index cards (3:15, 7:40, 9:05, 1:55, 4:20, 10:35, 8:25, 12:45, 5:10, 2:50, 6:30, 11:15). Your child draws a card, sets the clock, and you check; then switch roles for six cards so they check you. Finish with: 'Games start at 10:30 and last 45 minutes. When is lunch?' (11:15).

    index cardspaper clockpencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask: 'When the minute hand points to 8, how many minutes is that?' File the picnic schedule; it will be reused in Week 36.

    folder

    Materials Needed

    analog clock or paper clock with movable handspaperpencilindex cardsfolder

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Students will describe how an author uses reasons to support specific points (RI.2.8, first taught in Week 16) and compare a fiction and a nonfiction text about the same gorilla (RI.2.9, first taught in Week 17), then edit their own writing.

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Two stories tell about the same wolf. Name two things you can compare. Week 33
    2. What is a fable? Week 31
    3. Change 'quick' to tell how she ran: She ran ___. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RI.2.8RI.2.9RI.2.1+4 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading

    Read Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate, a nonfiction picture book about the real Ivan. Say: 'Same author, same gorilla, but this one is true.' Read the author's note at the end too, since it holds the reasons people worked to move Ivan to a zoo.

    Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Say: 'In Week 16 we learned that an author gives reasons to back up a point.' Write the point 'Ivan needed a better home' at the top of the whiteboard and list the reasons the book gives underneath: he lived alone for 27 years, gorillas need other gorillas, he had no grass or trees. Ask your child which reason is strongest.

    whiteboard or papermarker
    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Week 17 comparing two texts review. Your child makes a T-chart, Novel and True Story, and writes two things that are the same in both (Ivan lived at a mall, he painted) and two things the novel added (Ruby, talking animals). Ask: 'Why do you think the author made up parts for the novel?'

    The One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateIvan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegatereading notebookpencil
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Author's Celebration, editing conference. Your child reads the revised piece backward sentence by sentence, checking each for a capital letter, an end mark, and correct spelling of Dolch words from Week 32. Circle up to five words to check in the dictionary together. Support: you read each sentence aloud and your child points to what needs fixing. Stretch: your child also checks that every name and the word I are capitalized and that any talk has quotation marks.

    chosen piecechildren's dictionarypencil
    10 min

    Word Study

    Vocabulary from the true story. Your child writes three words from the book (captivity, sanctuary, habitat) in the reading notebook with a picture and a meaning in their own words, then uses one in a sentence about the real Ivan.

    reading notebookcrayons

    Materials Needed

    The One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateIvan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegatewhiteboard or papermarkerreading notebookpencilchosen piecechildren's dictionarycrayons

    Related Resources

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

    Science

    Students will finish their trials, find the total for each condition, and build a bar graph that shows the results (2-PS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3).

    Standards Addressed

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

    Activities

    5 min

    Review

    Finish any trials still missing from the table. Ask: 'Which trial number was most different from the others? Why might that be?' Cross-check that every row has three numbers.

    20 min

    Deeper Investigation

    For each condition your child adds the three trial numbers to get a total and writes it in a fourth column (adding within 100 from Week 7; help with bigger sums). Then build a bar graph on grid paper: label the bottom with each condition (for example Brand A, Brand B, Brand C), label the side in steps of 5 or 10 depending on the totals, and color one bar per condition to the height of its total. Title the graph with the question.

    data tablegrid paperrulercrayonspencil
    5 min

    Data Discussion

    Ask: 'Which bar is tallest? How much taller than the shortest? Was your prediction right?' Your child writes one sentence under the graph: 'The graph shows ____.' Support: count the squares together and write the number at the top of each bar. Stretch: ask what the graph would look like if we had used only one trial each, and whether the winner might change.

    Materials Needed

    data tablegrid paperrulercrayonspencil

    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 · Wednesday

    I can tell time to 5 minutes and use a.m. and p.m.

    Look: reading the minute hand

    1. Count by 5s at each number: 5, 10, 15, 20 ...
    2. The minute hand on 7 means 35 minutes.
    3. a.m. is midnight to noon. p.m. is noon to midnight.

    Count by 5s.

    1. The minute hand points to 9. How many minutes?
    2. The minute hand points to 11. How many minutes?
    3. Draw the hands to show 8:40.
    4. Draw the hands to show 3:25.

    Circle a.m. or p.m.

    1. Eating breakfasta.m.p.m.
    2. Eating dinnera.m.p.m.
    3. Soccer starts at 2:15 and lasts 30 minutes. When does it end?

    Challenge

    • Write your own picnic schedule with 3 times. Label a.m. or p.m.

    You need: a paper clock

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 34 · Wednesday

    I can find an author's point and reasons, and I can edit.

    Look: Point, reasons, edit

    1. Point: Kids should drink water every day.
    2. Reasons: Water helps your body stay cool. Water has no sugar.
    3. Edit: can i play becomes Can I play?

    Every Town Needs Trees

    Trees are good for a town. First, trees give shade. On a hot day, a street with trees can feel much cooler. Second, trees are homes for birds and squirrels. Third, tree leaves help clean the air we breathe. That is why every town should plant more trees.

    Use the text above.

    1. What is the author's point?
    2. Write two reasons the author gives.
    3. Which reason is strongest? Tell why.

    Edit. Write each sentence the right way.

    1. my dog ran to the park
    2. where is my hat
    3. I saw thre birds.

    Challenge

    • Name one thing in the Ivan novel that is not in the true story.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 34 · Wednesday

    I can find totals and make a bar graph of my results.

    Add the three trials to find the total.

    1. Sam's ball bounced 23 cm, 27 cm and 25 cm. What is the total?
    2. My totals: write the total for each thing you tested.

    Make a bar graph of your totals. Add a title and labels.

    1. My bar graph
    2. Which bar is tallest?
    3. How much taller is it than the shortest bar?
    4. The graph shows ____.

    You need: grid paper, your data table

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky