Week 36, Monday: Begin the 'Plan a class picnic' performance task · Describe how a character responds to challenges over

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Math

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).

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

16 − 8 = ? Facts to 20
A rectangle is split into 4 rows and 2 columns of same-size squares. How many squares? Week 35
Add the tens first: 53 + 80 = ? Week 33

Standards Addressed

2.NBT.A.1 2.NBT.A.2 2.NBT.A.3 +2 more

Activities

10 min

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.

four sheets of paper folded into a bookletstapler or clipportfolio folder

15 min

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).

dried beans or strawsrubber bandsplanner bookletpencil

15 min

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.

price cardcoinsplanner bookletpencil

5 min

Wrap-Up

Ask: 'Which part felt like Week 5 and which felt like Week 8?' Clip the booklet into the portfolio folder.

portfolio folder

Materials Needed

four sheets of paper folded into a bookletstapler or clipportfolio folderdried beans or strawsrubber bandspencilprice cardcoins

Related Resources

Math Worksheets (Weeks 33-36)Math Answer Key (Weeks 33-36)Unit 6 test (end of unit)

English Language Arts

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.

Done

Remember?

3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

Name two things a good speaker does. Week 35
Read: write, wrap, wrong. Which letter is silent? Week 33
Add the end mark: Can you help me Grammar and spelling

Standards Addressed

RL.2.3 RL.2.1 W.2.5 +4 more

Activities

15 min

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?'

The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin

10 min

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.

whiteboard or papermarker

15 min

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.

The Year of the Dog by Grace Linreading notebookpencil

15 min

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.'

folder or binderFinished Pieces foldersticky notespencil

10 min

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.

paperpencildried beans for markers

Materials Needed

The Year of the Dog by Grace Linwhiteboard or papermarkerreading notebookpencilfolder or binderFinished Pieces foldersticky notespaperdried beans for markers

Related Resources

ELA Worksheets (Weeks 33-36)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 33-36)Unit 6 test (end of unit)

Science

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).

Done

Standards Addressed

2-PS1-1 2-PS1-4 2-LS2-1 +9 more

Activities

5 min

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.

20 min

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.

portfolio folder6 sheets of paper for labelsmarker

5 min

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.

Materials Needed

portfolio folder6 sheets of papermarkersticky note

Related Resources

Science Worksheets (Weeks 33-36)Science Answer Key (Weeks 33-36)Unit 6 test (end of unit)

Today's Practice

One page for your child for each lesson. Answers are for grown-ups.

Math practice · Week 36 · Monday

I can count supplies and add three prices.

Look: 4 hundreds, 3 tens, 6 ones

Write the number: 436.
Expanded form: 400 + 30 + 6.
Words: four hundred thirty-six.

Picnic supplies. Write each number.

5 hundreds, 2 tens, 9 ones = ____
700 + 40 + 6 = ____
three hundred eighteen = ____
We need 500 plates. We have 437. How many more do we need?

Picnic snacks. Add the three prices.

juice 32 cents, pear 25 cents, crackers 18 cents
milk 44 cents, muffin 36 cents, grapes 17 cents

Challenge

Show 75 cents with the fewest coins.

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

ELA practice · Week 36 · Monday

I can tell how a character faces a challenge, and I can pick my best work.

Look: Facing a challenge

Challenge: Lin wants to make the soccer team, but she misses the ball.
She practices kicking every day after school.
At the next game she kicks a goal. Lin faced her challenge by practicing.

Think about the story you read today.

What does Pacy want to figure out this year?
Write one thing Pacy's family does for the New Year. Then tell how your family celebrates something.
Pick one piece for your portfolio. Finish: I learned to ____ from this piece.

Write the pattern you see in each word.

sail
coat
hope
card
untie
careful

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

Science practice · Week 36 · Monday

I can sort my science work and pick my best piece.

Sort your work. Pick your best piece for each unit.

Matter
Plants and Animals
Engineering
Earth
Biodiversity
Science Fair

Unit	My best piece	This shows I can ...

Which unit had the most pieces?

Think like a scientist.

What does a scientist do? Write the steps.
Which unit do you wish we had spent more time on? Why?

How did it go? Great Okay Tricky