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    Week 35, Wednesday: Partition circles and rectangles into halves, thirds · Read dialogue aloud with distinct character voices

    Day 173 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will partition circles and rectangles into halves, thirds, and fourths, describe the shares with words, and recognize that equal shares of the same whole can have different shapes (2.G.A.3).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 9 + 3 = ? Facts to 20
    2. You pay $1 for something that costs 43¢. How much change do you get? Week 34
    3. What is 100 more than 324? Week 32

    Standards Addressed

    2.G.A.3

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Draw a 3 by 4 rectangle and have your child partition it and write the repeated addition. Then fold a paper square in half two ways (down the middle and on the diagonal) and ask if both halves are equal.

    paperpencilruler
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Review equal shares (first taught Week 29). Draw three rectangles the same size. Split one into halves, one into thirds, one into fourths, shading one share of each. Say 'one half, one third, one fourth, two halves make a whole, four fourths make a whole.' Cut a paper circle into fourths. Show that a rectangle can be cut into fourths as four strips or as four small rectangles, and both are fourths of the same whole.

    paperscissorscrayonsruler
    15 min

    Practice

    Cake rehearsal: your child draws a rectangular cake on paper and shows two different ways to cut it into fourths, then two ways to cut it into halves. Then the tricky questions: 'If 3 friends share a cake in thirds, how many pieces? What is each piece called?' 'Which is bigger, a fourth of this cake or a half of it?' Draw to prove it.

    paperrulercrayonsscissors
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask: 'Why does more cuts mean smaller pieces?' File the two fourths drawings; they will be used in the Week 36 picnic.

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    Materials Needed

    paperpencilrulerscissorscrayonsfolder

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Students will read dialogue aloud with distinct character voices (RL.2.6 and RF.2.4b, first taught in Weeks 6 and 22) and create an audio recording of their own writing (SL.2.5, first taught in Week 17).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. What is evidence? Week 34
    2. What does 'painless' mean? Week 32
    3. Put the two words together: sun + flower. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.6RF.2.4bSL.2.5+2 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Shared Reading

    Read We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems, an Elephant and Piggie book, as a two-person play: you are Gerald, your child is Piggie. Speech bubbles make it clear who is talking. Read it twice, and the second time, swap parts.

    We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Say: 'Gerald and Piggie feel very differently about the book ending. Week 6 point of view.' Ask: 'How does Piggie feel about being read? How does Gerald feel when he learns the book will end?' Then say: 'Your voice shows the feeling. Today we record, and your listeners will only have your voice.'

    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Your child picks their favorite four pages of We Are in a Book! and reads both parts alone, changing voice for each character. Then they do the same with one page of Mercy Watson that has both Mr. Watson and Mercy's reactions. Ask: 'What did you do with your voice to make them different?'

    We Are in a Book! by Mo WillemsMercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Author's Celebration, audio recording day. In a quiet room, your child records themselves reading their final copy on a phone or tablet voice memo app (Week 17 review). Listen back together once. If a part is too fast or too quiet, record that part again. Save the file with the title and your child's name.

    phone or tablet with voice recorderchosen piece final copy
    10 min

    Phonics

    Fluency celebration, day three: repeated reading. Your child reads a 60-word passage from Mercy Watson three times while you time each; write the three times down and celebrate the drop. Say: 'Practice is how readers get faster and smoother.'

    Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillokitchen timerpaper

    Materials Needed

    We Are in a Book! by Mo WillemsMercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillophone or tablet with voice recorderchosen piece final copykitchen timerpaperpencil

    Related Resources

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

    Science

    Students will rehearse a 2-minute science fair talk and answer questions about their evidence (K-2-ETS1-3).

    This week's reading: Scientists Share What They Learn

    Standards Addressed

    K-2-ETS1-3

    Activities

    5 min

    Review

    Stand the poster up. Ask your child to give the 20-second version: question, winner, one number from the graph. Time it.

    20 min

    Deeper Investigation

    Write 5 talking-point cards, one per section, with 1 sentence each. Your child rehearses the full talk twice, pointing at each section while speaking, with you as the audience. After each run, ask two audience questions such as 'Why did you test three times?' 'What did you keep the same?' 'What surprised you?' Practice a calm answer that begins 'Good question. I ____.' Record the second run on a phone if you can so your child can watch it back.

    5 index cardspencilpostertimerphone (optional)
    5 min

    Data Discussion

    Watch or talk through the recording. Ask: 'Where did you speak clearly? Where could you slow down?' Pick one thing to improve for Friday and write it on a sticky note on the poster.

    Materials Needed

    5 index cardspencilpostertimersticky notephone (optional)

    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 · Wednesday

    I can cut shapes into halves, thirds and fourths.

    Look: equal shares

    1. Halves: 2 equal parts. Thirds: 3 equal parts. Fourths: 4 equal parts.
    2. Equal shares of the same whole can have different shapes.
    3. More cuts make smaller pieces.

    Draw. Cut into equal parts. Shade one part.

    1. A circle in halves. Shade one half.
    2. A rectangle in thirds. Shade one third.
    3. Show a square cut into fourths two different ways.

    Answer.

    1. How many thirds make a whole?
    2. Which is bigger: one half or one fourth of the same pizza?one halfone fourth
    3. 4 friends share a sandwich equally. What is each piece called?

    Challenge

    • Why does cutting a pizza into more pieces make each piece smaller?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 35 · Wednesday

    I can read talk with a different voice for each character.

    Look: Two character voices

    1. Owl: "Who is there?" Use a low, slow voice.
    2. Mouse: "Just me! Please do not eat me!" Use a small, fast voice.
    3. Change your voice each time a new character talks.

    Two Friends and a Storm

    Mole: "Look at those dark clouds! I do not like storms." Frog: "I love rain! The pond will fill up." Mole: "But thunder is so loud. Can I stay with you?" Frog: "Yes! We can sit in my log and listen to the rain together."

    Use the play above.

    1. How does Mole feel about the storm?
    2. How does Frog feel about the rain?
    3. Circle everything Frog says.

    Record yourself reading your final copy. Listen back. Circle yes or not yet.

    1. I read slowly and clearly.yesnot yet
    2. I read loud enough.yesnot yet
    3. I changed my voice for each character.yesnot yet

    Challenge

    • In the book you read today, how did Gerald feel when he learned the book would end?
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 35 · Wednesday

    I can practice my science fair talk and answer questions.

    Write one sentence for each talking-point card.

    1. Question:
    2. Prediction:
    3. What I did:
    4. Results (one number from my graph):
    5. What I found out:

    Practice an answer.

    1. "Why did you test three times?" Good question. I ____.
    2. One thing I will do better on Friday:
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky