Quarter 4 · Detailed day-by-day lesson plans · Days 176–180
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Week 36 celebrates the year with a portfolio performance task and an author celebration. Children share their best math thinking and writing pieces with family and peers.
Frame one writing piece and one math artifact to mark the year's growth.
Portfolio binder, frame, snacks for celebration
Year-End Portfolio and Math Celebration
Review, Word Problems & Consolidation · All Grade 2 CCSS-M Standards
Assessment: Year-end performance task: multi-domain assessment and portfolio
Reading and Writing Celebration
Phonics: End-of-year celebration
Writing: Author celebration and portfolio sharing
Review, Projects & Science Fair
Review of all Grade 2 science standards; K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-3 (science fair)
Students will begin the 'Plan a class picnic' performance task by counting supplies to 1000 and adding three two-digit prices (2.NBT.A.1, 2.NBT.A.2, 2.NBT.B.6, 2.MD.C.8).
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Warm-Up
Look back at last week's cake drawings and ask your child to explain fourths in one sentence. Then introduce the task: 'This week you are the picnic planner for a class of 24 kids. Every day you finish one part of the plan, and on Friday you present it.' Hand over a 'Picnic Planner' booklet made from four folded sheets.
Mini-Lesson
Part 1, supplies (Week 5 skill): the supply closet has bundles. Set out beans as 3 groups of 100, 6 groups of 10, and 4 singles for cups (364). Your child records 364 in words and expanded form. Do the same for napkins: 5 hundreds, 0 tens, 8 ones (508). Ask: 'We need 400 cups. Do we have enough? How many more or fewer?' (36 fewer, 400 - 364).
Practice
Part 2, prices (Week 8 skill): choose three snacks from a price card (juice 28 cents, apple 35 cents, pretzels 19 cents, cookie 42 cents, cheese stick 26 cents). Your child adds the three prices two different ways (for example 28 + 35 + 19 = 82 cents) and records the equation and total in the booklet. Then pay the total with coins and check by counting them. Support: pick the three prices with ones digits that pair to ten. Stretch: find the most expensive and least expensive three-item combination and the difference between them.
Wrap-Up
Ask: 'Which part felt like Week 5 and which felt like Week 8?' Clip the booklet into the portfolio folder.
Students will describe how a character responds to challenges over a long story (RL.2.3, first taught in Week 2) and begin assembling a reading and writing portfolio.
3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes
Read-Aloud
Read the first two chapters of The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin, in which Pacy's family celebrates Chinese New Year and her mother says this is the year to find yourself. Ask: 'What does Pacy want to figure out this year? In Week 2 we learned to watch how a character handles a challenge. What is hers?'
Mini-Lesson
Say: 'This is our last week, and our last book is about a girl who discovers she wants to write and draw books. Sound familiar?' Start a 'Pacy's Tries' list on the whiteboard for things she tries during the year (add to it as you read this week), with a smiley or frown next to how each turns out.
Guided Reading
Your child rereads the Chinese New Year chapter aloud and lists three things the family does to celebrate, then writes one sentence comparing it to a celebration in your own family.
Writing Workshop
Portfolio day one. Give your child a folder or binder labeled 'My Second Grade Portfolio'. Together, choose five pieces from the Finished Pieces folder that show different genres (a story, an opinion, an informational piece, the collaborative story, a poem or letter) and put them in order from earliest to latest. Your child writes a sticky note on each: 'I learned to ____ from this piece.'
Phonics
Cumulative review game, day one: pattern bingo. Make a 3 by 3 grid with these patterns: ai, oa, silent e, ar, un-, -ful, two syllables, contraction, silent k. Call out words (rain, boat, bike, farm, unlock, hopeful, pencil, can't, knee) and your child covers the matching square and reads the word.
Students will review the year's science units by sorting portfolio work into topics and choosing their best piece from each (2-PS1-1, 2-LS2-1, 2-LS4-1, 2-ESS2-1, K-2-ETS1-1).
Science Question of the Week
Ask: 'Last week you were a science fair presenter. What did a scientist have to do this year before getting to present?' List the answers on a card: observe, ask, test, measure, graph, explain.
Investigation
Spread the portfolio folder across the floor and set out 6 labeled papers: Matter, Plants and Animals, Engineering, Earth, Biodiversity, Science Fair. Your child sorts every piece onto the right pile, then picks one 'best' piece from each pile and says why: 'This one shows I can ____.' Stack the 6 best pieces in unit order.
Wrap-Up
Ask: 'Which unit had the most pieces? Which one do you wish we had spent more time on?' Write the answers on a sticky note for Friday.
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.
A map is a drawing of a place as if you were looking down from above. A map can show a room, a town, a country or the whole world.
The title tells what the map shows. The map key explains the symbols. A symbol is a small picture that stands for something real. A tiny tree might stand for a park. A blue line might stand for a river.
The compass rose shows the directions: north, south, east and west. On most maps, north is at the top.
This year you used maps of rooms, neighborhoods, states and the world. You found the seven continents and the five oceans. Maps help us find places, plan trips and learn about our world. Can you draw a map of your street?
Picture caption: A compass rose shows north, south, east and west.
Math
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Math
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Celebrate! Your child has finished Grade 2 math. Over the summer, keep facts to 20 and one word problem a week going. |
| About half right | Check the year-end task: reteach any section where your child missed more than half. Over the summer, practice one skill a week for 10 minutes a day. |
| Only a few right | Do the catch-up activity "Draw the Story". Review the year-end task together and reteach one section a day for 2 or 3 weeks. Practice facts to 20 daily. Start Grade 3 on time, with these skills as short daily practice alongside. |
ELA
Lucia wanted to read her poem at the school fair, but her voice shook. She practiced for her cat. She practiced for her grandpa. On the day of the fair, she took a deep breath and read every line. People clapped, and Lucia smiled wide.
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ELA
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Celebrate! Your child has finished Grade 2 reading and writing. Keep a summer reading list and read together every day. |
| About half right | Check the year-end task and reteach any section where your child missed more than half. Keep reading together every day over the summer. |
| Only a few right | Review the year-end task together and reteach one section a day for 2 or 3 weeks. Read aloud together every day this summer, and start Grade 3 on time. |
Science
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Science
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Celebrate! Your child has finished Grade 2 science. Keep observing plants, animals and weather together over the summer. |
| About half right | Check the year-end science test and reteach any section where your child missed more than half. Pick 3 journal pages for the portfolio together. |
| Only a few right | Review the year-end test together and reteach one section a day for 2 or 3 weeks. Keep a nature notebook over the summer. |
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Social Studies
| If your child got… | Then… |
|---|---|
| All or almost all right | Celebrate! Your child has finished Grade 2 social studies. Visit a library, museum or park over the summer and talk about your community. |
| About half right | Check the year-end test and reteach any section where your child missed more than half. Pick 3 pieces for the portfolio together. |
| Only a few right | Review the year-end test together and reteach one section a day for 2 or 3 weeks. Draw a map of your neighborhood together over the summer. |
Health · Kindness, Community and Wellbeing Celebration · All Specials
Health · Week 36
I can plan a balanced day and name habits I keep.
| Move | Read | Screen time | Rest |
|---|---|---|---|
Second Grade · Week 36 · secondgrade.com
Math
Using all my math to plan a picnic
ELA
Celebrating my best reading and writing this year
Science
Sharing what I learned as a scientist
Try it (10 min): Plan a pretend family picnic. Your child picks three snacks, adds the prices, and writes a start time on a paper clock.
Talk about it: What math did you use to plan the picnic?
Try it (10 min): Sit in a special chair and let your child read their published book to the family. Each listener says one thing they loved.
Talk about it: What do you want to read or write this summer?
Try it (10 min): Look through the science portfolio together. Your child picks a favorite piece and tells what it shows.
Talk about it: What question would you like to test this summer?
Try it (10 min): Look at a globe, map or map app and find the seven continents. Point to where your family lives.
Talk about it: What was your favorite thing you learned about people and places this year?
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