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    Mathematics

    I can solve multiplication word problems by finding the equal groups.

    Look: Hana has 5 vases with 4 flowers in each vase.

    1. Find the equal groups: 5 groups with 4 in each.
    2. Write an equation with ? for the unknown: 5 × 4 = ?
    3. Solve and answer in a sentence: Hana has 20 flowers.

    Write an equation with ? and answer in a sentence.

    1. 1.

      A bakery fills 6 boxes with 8 muffins in each box. How many muffins?

    2. 2.

      Kofi plants 4 rows of 9 bean plants. How many plants?

    3. 3.

      A spider has 8 legs. How many legs do 3 spiders have?

    4. 4.

      Rosa reads 5 pages every night for 7 nights. How many pages does she read?

    Find the equal groups and write the equation.

    1. 5.

      Circle the word that tells you the groups are equal: There are 9 bikes. Each bike has 2 wheels.

    2. 6.

      Write the equation for 7 rows of 3 chairs.

    Challenge: Write your own story for 6 × 5. Solve it.

    Materials: counters

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    English Language Arts

    I can find the five parts of a story arc.

    Look: The story arc hill

    1. Opening: meet the characters and setting. Rising action: the problem builds.
    2. Climax: the biggest, most exciting moment, at the top of the hill.
    3. Falling action: what happens right after. Ending (resolution): how the problem works out.

    Squirrel's Big Acorn

    Little Squirrel found the biggest acorn in the park, and he wanted to carry it home before dark. He pushed it up the hill, but it rolled back down. He tried again, and a crow swooped in to steal it. Squirrel grabbed the acorn just in time and tumbled into the creek! Holding the acorn tight, he paddled to a log and climbed onto the bank. Dripping wet, he rolled the acorn into his tree hole as the sun set. "Worth it," he squeaked, and he curled up to sleep.

    Dripping wet, Little Squirrel pushes a huge acorn along the creek bank toward his tree hole as the sun sets.

    Use the story above to fill in each part of the arc.

    1. 1.

      Opening: who and where?

    2. 2.

      Rising action: write one way the problem gets harder.

    3. 3.

      Climax: what is the biggest moment?

    4. 4.

      Falling action: what happens right after?

    5. 5.

      Ending: how does the problem work out?

    6. 6.

      Use the word 'climax' in a sentence about a story you know.

    Draw a line to split each word into syllables.

    1. 7.

      tiger

    2. 8.

      basket

    3. 9.

      music

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    Science

    I can build a food chain and draw arrows that show energy moving from the food to the eater.

    Put each food chain in order. Write it with arrows that point to the eater.

    1. 1.

      snake, seeds, hawk, chipmunk

    2. 2.

      heron, algae, tadpole

    3. 3.

      bird, leaf, caterpillar

    Mistake hunt. Each chain has one backward arrow. Write the chain the right way.

    1. 4.

      grass → zebra ← lion

    2. 5.

      berries → mouse ← owl

    3. 6.

      What kind of living thing always comes first in a food chain?

    4. 7.

      Build a food chain from your own area. Draw it with arrows.

    Challenge: Read the arrow out loud as 'is eaten by.' Write one of your chains that way.

    Materials: food chain cards and paper arrows

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    Social Studies

    I can describe how Native nations of the Eastern Woodlands used the forest, and that they are living nations today.

    People of the Longhouse

    The Haudenosaunee are six nations: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora. Their homelands are in the forests of what is now New York and nearby. Long ago, many families lived together in longhouses made of wooden poles covered with bark. They planted the Three Sisters: corn, beans and squash. Today the six nations have their own governments, and Haudenosaunee teams play lacrosse, a game their people have played for hundreds of years.

    A long bark-covered longhouse with a rounded roof stands in a forest clearing, with a doorway at its end and smoke rising from roof openings.
    A longhouse has a long, rounded roof and a door at each end.

    Read about the Haudenosaunee. Answer each question.

    1. 1.

      What did builders use to make a longhouse?

    2. 2.

      What are the Three Sisters?

    3. 3.

      How many nations are in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy today?

    4. 4.

      Name one Haudenosaunee nation.

    Show what you learned.

    1. 5.

      Draw a longhouse. Label the poles and the bark.

    2. 6.

      Write one sentence about the Haudenosaunee today. Use the present tense.

    Challenge: Why might corn, beans and squash grow well together?