Quarter 4 · Detailed day-by-day lesson plans · Days 171–175
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Week 35 reviews shapes, partitioning, arrays, and word problems. ELA culminates in a speaking-and-listening showcase where children present narratives with audio recordings.
Host a 10-minute family showcase so your child can present their best piece.
Geometry review, recording app, audience
Geometry and Problem-Solving Review
Review, Word Problems & Consolidation · All Grade 2 CCSS-M Standards
Assessment: Shapes, partitioning, arrays, mixed word problems
Speaking and Listening Showcase
Phonics: Fluency celebration
Writing: Present narratives with audio recording
Review, Projects & Science Fair
Review of all Grade 2 science standards; K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-3 (science fair)
Students will identify and draw triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes by number of sides, angles, and faces (2.G.A.1).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Warm-Up
Read 7:20 and 12:55 on the paper clock and total 2 quarters, 1 dime, 3 pennies (63 cents). Then go on a 60-second shape hunt: name five flat shapes in the room and how many sides each has.
Mini-Lesson
Review shape attributes (first taught Week 27). Draw a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a pentagon, and a hexagon. For each, count sides and corners (angles) aloud and record in a chart. Hold up a cereal box and a dice: count faces (6) and say why they are cubes or not (a cube has six square faces).
Practice
Attribute riddles: your child draws the shape you describe with a ruler. 'I have 4 sides, all the same length, and 4 square corners.' 'I have 5 sides.' 'I have 3 sides and one square corner.' 'I have 6 sides.' 'I have 4 sides but they are not all equal.' Then they write two riddles for you.
Wrap-Up
Ask: 'Are all squares quadrilaterals? Are all quadrilaterals squares?' File the attribute chart in the portfolio.
Students will follow agreed-upon rules for discussion and build on others' talk (SL.2.1a and SL.2.1b, first taught in Weeks 25 and 26) and read with expression, while illustrating their Author's Celebration piece.
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Read-Aloud
Read chapters 1 through 4 of Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo, using a slow, worried voice for Mr. Watson and a loud, bossy voice for Eugenia Lincoln. Before you start, review the Week 25 conversation rules on an index card: look at the speaker, wait your turn, say 'I agree' or 'I want to add'.
Mini-Lesson
Hold a two-minute book talk with the rules in front of you. Start: 'I think Mercy only cares about toast.' Your child must respond with 'I agree because' or 'I disagree because' and then add one new idea (Week 26 building on talk). Switch roles once.
Guided Reading
Your child rereads the page where the bed begins to sink through the floor, first in a flat voice, then with the expression the punctuation calls for (Week 22 review). Ask: 'Which reading sounds like Mr. and Mrs. Watson are really scared? What did you change?'
Writing Workshop
Author's Celebration, illustration day one. Your child finishes the second half of the final copy, then plans illustrations: one for the cover and one for each page, sketched lightly in pencil first. Remind them of Week 5: pictures should show something the words do not.
Phonics
Fluency celebration, day one: phrasing. Copy two sentences from Mercy Watson onto a strip and mark scoops under each phrase. Your child reads the strip three times, faster and smoother each time, keeping the scoops together.
Students will organize their plan, data, graph, and conclusion into a science fair poster with a clear left-to-right order (K-2-ETS1-3).
Science Question of the Week
Ask: 'Last week you found an answer. How do scientists share what they found?' Show a photo of a science fair poster or describe one: a big title, sections in order, a graph in the middle. Say: 'Your poster tells the story of your test to someone who was not there.'
Investigation
Fold a large sheet of poster board or tape 3 pieces of paper side by side into three panels. Label 6 sections in this order: Question, Prediction, Materials, Steps, Results (the bar graph goes here), Conclusion. Your child glues in the pages from Weeks 33 and 34, rewriting anything messy on fresh paper, and writes the question across the top in big letters.
Wrap-Up
Have your child point to each section and say what it is in one sentence. Ask: 'If someone reads only your graph, could they guess your answer?' Add a caption to the graph if not.
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.
When scientists finish an experiment, their work is not over. They share what they found.
Sharing helps other people learn. It also lets other scientists try the same test. If they get the same results, everyone can trust the results more.
Scientists share in many ways. They write reports. They give talks. They make charts and graphs, so others can see the results quickly.
At a science fair, you share, too. Your poster tells your audience what you did. It shows your question, your prediction, what you did, your results and what you learned. A bar graph can show your results at a glance.
When you present, speak clearly and look at your audience. Be ready to answer questions. It is fine if your prediction was wrong! Scientists learn something from every test. Each result can lead to a new question.
Math
Second Grade · Week 35 · Friday · secondgrade.com
Math
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 36. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Build each missed shape with straws or toothpicks and play dough. Count the sides and corners out loud, then redo the missed items. |
| Only a few right | Do the catch-up activity "Count Sides and Corners" daily this week. Go on a shape hunt at home and name 5 shapes you find. |
ELA
Second Grade · Week 35 · Friday · secondgrade.com
ELA
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 36. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Have your child tell a true story about the year to the family, using first, next and last. Practice one poem 3 times for smooth, expressive reading. |
| Only a few right | Do a daily repeated reading: the same short passage 3 times, 5 minutes a day. Practice telling a 3-sentence story at dinner. |
Science
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Science
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 36. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Practice the science fair talk twice for family members. Each listener asks one question, and your child answers it. |
| Only a few right | Make 4 cards (question, prediction, results, what I learned) and practice saying one sentence for each card. |
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Social Studies
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Move on to Week 36. Keep the daily Remember? boxes going. |
| About half right | Play "Point to it" with a map or globe: continents, oceans, your state. Review 5 vocabulary cards and use each in a sentence. |
| Only a few right | Look at one map together each day and find the title, the key and north. Review 2 vocabulary cards a day. |
PE · Fitness Testing & Field Day · All Specials
PE · Week 35
I can play field day games and cheer for others.
You need: an old pillowcase, a spoon and a rolled-up sock, safe things for an obstacle course (pillows, a chair, a rope on the ground)
Second Grade · Week 35 · secondgrade.com
Math
Shapes, equal shares and arrays all around us
ELA
Speaking clearly and reading with a strong voice
Science
Sharing my science fair results with others
Try it (10 min): Go on a shape hunt in the kitchen. Find a triangle, a rectangle and a cube. Fold a napkin into halves, then fourths.
Talk about it: How can two fourths look different but still be fair shares?
Try it (10 min): Read a favorite book aloud together. Take turns reading one page each, and use a different voice for each character.
Talk about it: What did you do with your voice to show a feeling?
Try it (10 min): Let your child give the science fair talk to you while pointing at the poster. Ask one question and let them answer.
Talk about it: What was the most surprising thing your test showed?
Try it (10 min): Draw a quick map of your home together. Add a title, a compass rose and a key with three symbols.
Talk about it: If a visitor used our map, what would they find first?
We did blank of 4 activities.
Second Grade · Week 35 · secondgrade.com
