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    Week 35, Friday: Demonstrate shape identification, partitioning · Read a grade-level passage with accuracy

    Day 175 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will demonstrate shape identification, partitioning, arrays, and mixed word problem solving on an assessment (2.G.A.1, 2.G.A.2, 2.G.A.3, 2.OA.A.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 12 − 4 = ? Facts to 20
    2. The hour hand is just past the 8 and the minute hand points to the 9. What time is it? Week 34
    3. What is 100 more than 169? Week 32

    Standards Addressed

    2.G.A.12.G.A.22.G.A.3+2 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Quick sort: name each shape you draw (triangle, hexagon, rhombus, pentagon, rectangle) and count its sides. Then ask your child to recite the picnic tasks coming next week: count supplies, add prices, measure the table, read the clock, graph votes, share the cake.

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Model one item from each assessment part: draw a quadrilateral that is not a rectangle, partition a 2 by 5 rectangle and write 5 + 5, show a circle in thirds, and solve 'A tray holds 4 rows of 5 cookies; 8 are eaten' (12).

    paperpencilruler
    15 min

    Weekly Assessment

    Part 1: draw a triangle, a pentagon, and a hexagon; name a shape with 4 sides and 4 square corners. Part 2: partition a 3 by 6 rectangle and write the repeated addition sentence both ways (18). Part 3: show a rectangle in halves two ways and a circle in fourths; shade one third of a rectangle. Part 4: 'A brownie pan has 4 rows of 6. 15 brownies are eaten; then 9 more are baked and added. How many now?' (18). 'Two cakes cut into fourths; 5 fourths eaten. How many fourths left?' (3).

    assessment sheetpencilrulercrayons
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Portfolio routine: file the assessment and order the portfolio by week so far. Ask: 'Which piece shows your biggest growth since Week 1?' Preview next week: the picnic performance task and celebration.

    folder

    Materials Needed

    paperpencilrulerassessment sheetcrayonsfolder

    Assessment

    Shapes, partitioning, arrays, mixed word problems

    Related Resources

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

    English Language Arts

    Students will read a grade-level passage with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression (RF.2.4a, RF.2.4b, first assessed in Week 29) and present their narrative to family with a played-back audio recording (SL.2.4, SL.2.5).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. Fix the sentence: my dog likes to run Week 34
    2. What is the root word in 'helpful'? Week 32
    3. Join the sentences: The dog is big. The dog is brown. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RF.2.4aRF.2.4bRF.2.4c+4 more

    Activities

    10 min

    Reading Celebration

    Toast party, Mercy-style. Make buttered toast, and while eating, each family member names the funniest moment in Mercy Watson to the Rescue and one thing Mercy would say if she could talk.

    breadbuttertoaster
    15 min

    Reading Response or Assessment

    Weekly assessment. Your child listens to a two-minute stretch of their own recording, then answers in writing: 'What did you do well as a speaker? What would you change next time?' Then they answer two questions about Mercy Watson: 'Why does Mercy leave the house? How is the problem solved?' in complete sentences.

    phone or tablet with recordingpaperpencil
    15 min

    Publishing and Author's Chair

    Author's Celebration dress rehearsal. Your child reads their illustrated final copy aloud to at least one family member from the author's chair, showing each picture. Listeners ask one clarifying question each (Week 16 review) and the author answers. Then play the audio recording so everyone hears the polished version.

    chosen piece final copyphone or tablet with recording
    10 min

    Phonics Check

    Fluency check: words per minute. Choose an unseen grade-level page from Frog and Toad All Year or another Frog and Toad book (count the words ahead of time, about 100 works well). Time one minute while your child reads; subtract errors from words read to get correct words per minute. A spring second grader typically reads around 90 to 100; record the number and compare with the Week 29 check.

    Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobelkitchen timerpaperpencil
    15 min

    Independent Reading

    Free choice. Offer the next book in the series, Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride, and ask your child to read the first chapter aloud with full Mercy voices before reading on silently.

    library book of choice

    Materials Needed

    breadbuttertoasterphone or tablet with recordingpaperpencilchosen piece final copyFrog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobelkitchen timerlibrary book of choice

    Assessment

    Timed one-minute fluency check on an unseen grade-level Frog and Toad passage, recorded as correct words per minute and compared with Week 29; written self-evaluation of the audio recording; complete-sentence answers to two comprehension questions; family presentation with clarifying questions answered.

    Related Resources

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

    Science

    Students will present their science fair project to a family audience and evaluate what made their evidence convincing (K-2-ETS1-3).

    This week's reading: Scientists Share What They Learn

    Standards Addressed

    K-2-ETS1-3

    Activities

    10 min

    Drawing Conclusions

    Set up the home science fair: poster on a table, the shoebox materials beside it, and a chair for each guest (family members, a neighbor, or a relative on a video call). Your child gives the talk, then answers at least 2 questions from the audience. Applaud.

    15 min

    Extension or Art Connection

    Give your child a 'Judge's Sheet' with 4 lines: My question was testable. I kept things the same. My graph shows my numbers. My conclusion uses evidence. Your child colors a star for each line that is true and explains why. Then, for fun, let the audience try one trial of the experiment themselves and see if they get a similar number.

    Judge's Sheet on papercrayonsexperiment materials
    5 min

    Week Reflection

    Ask: 'In Week 33 you chose this question. If you started again, what question would you pick?' Write the answer on the back of the poster. Roll the poster and put it with the portfolio; next week it earns an award.

    Materials Needed

    postershoebox of experiment materialsJudge's Sheetcrayonsportfolio folder

    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 · Friday

    I can get ready for my shapes and problem-solving check.

    Get ready: arrays and equal shares.

    1. Draw a rectangle with 2 rows and 4 columns. Write the sentence for rows.
    2. Draw a circle in fourths. Shade one fourth.

    Get ready: word problems.

    1. A pan has 3 rows of 3 muffins. 2 are eaten. How many are left?
    2. 2 sandwiches are cut into halves. 1 half is eaten. How many halves are left?
    3. 36 + 45 = ____
    4. 70 − 26 = ____
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 35 · Friday

    I can get ready to read my book to my family.

    The Garden Race

    Every spring, Grandpa and I plant peas. We push each seed into the dirt with one finger. Then we water the row and wait. Grandpa says peas are slow, but I think they race each other. Each morning I run outside to check. Which pea will pop up first? This year, the one by the gate won!

    Read the story three times. Have a grown-up time you.

    Read 1 (seconds)Read 2 (seconds)Read 3 (seconds)
    1. Which read sounded smoothest?
    2. Circle the question in the story.
    3. Underline the sentence to read in an excited voice.

    Get ready for the Author's Chair.

    1. The title of my book:
    2. A question a listener might ask me, and my answer:

    You need: a timer

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 35 · Friday

    I can present my science fair project.

    Judge's Sheet. Circle yes or not yet.

    1. My question was testable.yesnot yet
    2. I kept things the same.yesnot yet
    3. My graph shows my numbers.yesnot yet
    4. My conclusion uses evidence.yesnot yet

    After your talk.

    1. A question from my audience, and my answer:
    2. If I started again, I would test ____.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky