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    Week 35, Tuesday: Partition rectangles into rows · Recount key details from a text read aloud

    Day 172 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will partition rectangles into rows and columns of equal squares and count them using repeated addition (2.G.A.2, 2.OA.C.4).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 4 + 9 = ? Facts to 20
    2. How much money is 3 quarters, 3 nickels and 3 pennies? Week 34
    3. Add the tens first: 86 + 20 = ? Week 33

    Standards Addressed

    2.G.A.22.OA.C.4

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Ask your child to draw a hexagon and a pentagon from memory. Then lay 12 crackers in 3 rows of 4 and write 4 + 4 + 4 = 12. Rearrange into 2 rows of 6 and write the new sentence.

    crackers or square tilespaper
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Review partitioning rectangles (first taught Week 28). Draw a 4 by 5 rectangle on grid paper. Use a ruler to draw lines making 4 rows and 5 columns of equal squares. Count by rows (5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) and by columns (4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 20). Connect to the picnic: 'A brownie pan cut into 3 rows and 6 columns makes how many brownies?' (18).

    grid paperrulerpencil
    15 min

    Practice

    Explore with three rectangles: partition a 2 by 7, a 5 by 5, and a 3 by 8, writing the repeated addition sentence for rows and for columns. Then make a rectangle with sticky notes on the table: 4 rows of 6, count the total, and remove one column to see how the sentence changes. Support: use a ruler and dots at each grid line before drawing. Stretch: find two different rectangles that both hold exactly 24 squares.

    grid paperrulerpencilsticky notes
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask: 'How does partitioning a rectangle look like an array?' File one partitioned rectangle.

    folder

    Materials Needed

    crackers or square tilespapergrid paperrulerpencilsticky notesfolder

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Students will recount key details from a text read aloud (SL.2.2, first taught in Week 25) and tell a story with relevant details, speaking audibly (SL.2.4, first taught in Week 16), and rehearse their piece for recording.

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. An author writes, 'Dogs make great pets because they are loyal.' What is the reason? Week 34
    2. Read: knee, knot, know. Which letter is silent? Week 33
    3. Write the contraction for 'we will'. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    SL.2.2SL.2.4RL.2.5+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud

    Read chapters 5 through 9 of Mercy Watson to the Rescue, through Mercy's arrival at the Lincoln sisters' house. Stop at the end of each chapter and have your child recount what happened in two sentences, as in Week 25, without looking at the pages.

    Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Say: 'In Week 16 we learned that a speaker needs a loud, clear voice and enough details for the listener to see the story.' Model retelling chapter 6 twice: once mumbling with no details, once clearly with the toast, the sinking bed, and Mercy's run. Ask which one a listener could follow.

    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Your child reads a book of their choice, then stands and gives a one-minute recount of what they read to a stuffed animal audience, using first, next, and finally. You listen from across the room and report whether you could hear every word.

    library book of choice
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Author's Celebration, rehearsal day. Your child reads their final copy aloud three times: once to find hard words and underline them, once for expression, once standing up at full volume. Mark the script with a slash wherever a pause helps (Week 17 audio recording review). Support: read it together in unison first. Stretch: your child adds a different voice for any character who speaks.

    chosen piece final copypencil
    10 min

    Phonics

    Fluency celebration, day two: punctuation voices. Write three sentences from Mercy Watson on cards, one ending in a period, one a question mark, one an exclamation point. Your child reads each with the matching voice, then finds one of each in the book and reads those too.

    index cardsMercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo

    Materials Needed

    Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillolibrary book of choicechosen piece final copypencilindex cards

    Related Resources

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

    Social Studies

    Students will review map skills by locating their home, town, state, and country and using a map key and compass rose (D2.Geo.1.K-2, D2.His.1.K-2).

    Standards Addressed

    D2.Geo.1.K-2D2.Civ.2.K-2D2.His.1.K-2+1 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Read-Aloud and Discussion

    Read Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney. At each zoom-out, ask your child to name the matching place for your family: our room, our home, our street, our town, our state, our country, our continent. Ask: 'Which is bigger, a state or a country? Which one has an ocean around it?'

    15 min

    Hands-On Activity

    Your child draws a map of your street or block on paper with a title, a compass rose with N, E, S, W, and a key with at least 3 symbols (a square for houses, a green blob for trees, a blue line for water or a black line for the road). Then ask 3 direction questions: 'What is north of our house? Walk your finger east two houses. Where is the closest place to buy food?' Support: draw the compass rose together first and tape the paper so north matches the real north out the window. Stretch: add a scale bar where 1 inch stands for 10 steps and measure one distance.

    paperrulercrayonstape
    5 min

    Quick Write

    Your child writes 2 sentences using the words map key and compass rose: 'A map key tells ____. A compass rose shows ____.'

    Materials Needed

    Me on the Map by Joan Sweeneypaperrulercrayonstape

    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 35 · Tuesday

    I can cut a rectangle into rows and columns of equal squares.

    Look: 2 rows and 3 columns

    1. Draw lines with a ruler to make 2 rows and 3 columns.
    2. Count by rows: 3 + 3 = 6.
    3. Count by columns: 2 + 2 + 2 = 6.

    Draw each rectangle. Partition it. Write an addition sentence for rows and for columns.

    1. 3 rows, 5 columns
    2. 2 rows, 6 columns
    3. 4 rows, 4 columns

    Solve.

    1. A window has 2 rows of 5 glass panes. How many panes?

    Challenge

    • Draw two different rectangles that each hold 12 squares.

    You need: a ruler

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 35 · Tuesday

    I can retell key details in a loud, clear voice.

    Look: Retell and use voices

    1. First, Ben packed a lunch. Next, he rode to the lake. Finally, he fished with Grandma.
    2. Say it in a loud, clear voice.
    3. Is it raining? (asking) It is raining. (telling) It is raining! (excited)

    Tell what happened. Use complete sentences.

    1. Tell what happened in one chapter today in two sentences.
    2. Tell about something you did this week. Use First, Next and Finally.

    Read each one with the right voice. Circle telling, asking or excited.

    1. Is the toast ready?tellingaskingexcited
    2. The toast is ready.tellingaskingexcited
    3. The toast is ready!tellingaskingexcited
    4. Write two hard words from your final copy. Practice them.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Social Studies practice · Week 35 · Tuesday

    I can find my place on a map and use a map key and compass rose.

    Where am I? Fill in with your family.

    1. My town or city:
    2. My state:
    3. My country:
    4. My continent:

    Draw a map of your street. Add a title, a compass rose and a key with 3 symbols.

    1. My street map
    2. A map key tells ____.
    3. A compass rose shows ____.

    Challenge

    • What is north of your house?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky