Week 35, Monday: Identify and draw triangles, quadrilaterals · Follow agreed-upon rules for discussion

Day 171 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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Math

Students will identify and draw triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes by number of sides, angles, and faces (2.G.A.1).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

18 − 9 = ? Facts to 20
How much money is 1 quarter, 1 dime, 3 nickels and 2 pennies? Week 34
534 + 150 = ? Week 32

9
52¢
684

Standards Addressed

2.G.A.1

Activities

10 min

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.

paper clockcoins

15 min

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).

paperpencilrulercereal boxdice or block

15 min

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.

paperpencilruler

5 min

Wrap-Up

Ask: 'Are all squares quadrilaterals? Are all quadrilaterals squares?' File the attribute chart in the portfolio.

folder

Materials Needed

paper clockcoinspaperpencilrulercereal boxdice or blockfolder

Related Resources

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

English Language Arts

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.

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

How can you tell a book is 'just right' for you? Week 34
Where in a nonfiction book can you find what a key word means? Week 32
What is the past tense of 'tell'? Grammar and spelling

Standards Addressed

SL.2.1a SL.2.1b RL.2.3 +3 more

Activities

15 min

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'.

Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamilloindex card

10 min

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.

15 min

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?'

Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo

15 min

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.

chosen piece final copypencilcrayons or colored pencils

10 min

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.

strip of paperpencil

Materials Needed

Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamilloindex cardchosen piece final copypencilcrayons or colored pencilsstrip of paper

Related Resources

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

Science

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).

Done

This week's reading: Scientists Share What They Learn

Standards Addressed

K-2-ETS1-3

Activities

5 min

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.'

20 min

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.

poster board or 3 sheets of papertapeglue stickmarkerspages from Weeks 33 and 34

5 min

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.

Materials Needed

poster board or 3 sheets of papertapeglue stickmarkersplan, data table, graph, conclusion pages

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 35 · Monday

I can name shapes by counting sides, angles and faces.

Look: counting sides and angles

Trace each side with your finger and count.
Each corner is an angle. Count the corners.
For a solid shape like a cube, count the flat faces.

Solve each shape riddle. Draw with a ruler.

I have 5 corners. What am I?
I have 3 sides and 3 angles. Draw me and name me.
I have 6 sides. Draw me and name me.
I have 4 sides all the same length, but no square corners. What am I?

Answer.

How many faces does a cube have?
Is every square a quadrilateral?yesno
Is every quadrilateral a square?yesno

Challenge

Write your own shape riddle.

You need: a ruler

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

ELA practice · Week 35 · Monday

I can follow talk rules and read with expression.

Look: Talk and read with feeling

Friend: "The dog in the book is silly."
You: "I agree because he wears a hat. I want to add that he is kind."
"Look out below!" The ! tells you to read it loud.

Book talk. Use the talk rules.

Your friend says, "Mercy is a brave pig." Answer with I agree because or I disagree because.
Add a new idea: "I want to add ____."
In the story you read today, what food does Mercy love?

Read with expression.

Help! The floor is cracking! Circle the marks that tell you to read in a loud, scared voice.
The little dog ran up the hill to find his ball. Draw scoops under the phrases.
Sketch your cover picture. Show something the words do not say.

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

Science practice · Week 35 · Monday

I can put my science fair poster in order.

Number the poster sections 1 to 6 in order.

Results
Question
Conclusion
Materials
Prediction
Steps

Plan your poster.

Sketch your three panels. Show where each section goes.

Challenge

Write a caption for your graph.

You need: poster board or 3 sheets of paper, glue or tape

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky