Day 5 · Friday

Objective: I can match Native nations to their regions and show what I learned in Unit 2.

Standards: D2.Geo.4.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5, D2.Geo.10.3-5

Materials: U.S. map, Fact cards from Days 1 to 4, Notebook, Pencil, Week 12 Social Studies Check (8 items) with answer key, Unit 2 test from the Assessments page

1. Warm-Up · 5 min

   Spaced review from Week 7. Ask: "Name one thing a Native nation's government does today." (It elects leaders, or runs schools, clinics or businesses.) Then say: "We met many nations this week. Can you match each home to its land?"

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Lay out the fact cards and open the map. Say a clue. Your child names the region, points to it and names one nation. "Bark-covered longhouses." (Eastern Woodlands; Haudenosaunee) "Tipis and earth lodges." (Great Plains; Lakota or Pawnee) "Adobe villages with ladders." (Southwest; a Pueblo nation such as the Hopi) "Cedar plank houses." (Northwest Coast; Tlingit or Haida) "Sod-covered homes on the tundra." (Northern and western Alaska; Inupiat or Yupik) Say: "Each nation is different. All are living nations today." Model a pair of sentences: "Long ago, Wampanoag families built round wigwams. Today, Wampanoag people live in Massachusetts." Your child says a long-ago and today pair for two more nations. Ask: "Which word tells me it is happening now?" (Today, or a verb such as live or raise.) If stuck, say: "Start with the word today. Name something people do now."

3. Activity / Source Work · 15–20 min

   Unit 2 test. 1) Find the Unit 2 test on the Assessments page. It covers Weeks 7 to 12 and takes 30 to 35 minutes. 2) Split it over two days. Give the first two sections now, in about 15 to 20 minutes. Give the last two sections tomorrow. 3) If your child is fresh, give the whole test today and move the notebook entry to tomorrow. 4) You may read every item and source box aloud. Your child may answer aloud while you write. 5) Keep the U.S. map open for the road trip section. Put the fact cards away. 6) Score each section with the notes printed under it. If a section earns less than half its points, revisit the weeks it lists.

4. Notebook Entry · 10 min

   Your child finishes these frames: "One way land shapes how people live is ___. One nation I want to learn more about is ___ because ___." Sample: "Land shapes homes, because forest nations built with bark and desert nations built with adobe." Look for a real example from the fact cards.

5. Exit Ticket · 5 min

   Ask the three exit questions aloud. Then give the stored Week 12 check: 8 items, about 15 minutes. If your child is tired, give it tomorrow. With 6 or more right, move on. With 4 or 5 right, revisit Day 2, the Plains nations. With 3 or fewer right, reteach Day 3 with the pueblo model, then any other day missed. Praise sentences about today.

Homework: Your child shows the fact cards to a family member and explains one way land shaped life in each region. Look for a different example on every card.

Objective: I can show what I learned about × and ÷ in Unit 2 on the check and unit test.

Standards: 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.B.6, 3.OA.C.7

Materials: Stored Week 12 check and its answer key, Unit 2 test and its answer key (Assessments page), 8 index cards or paper slips; write one on each: 9 × 9 = ?, 5 × 8 = ?, 5 × ? = 45, ? × 2 = 14, 80 ÷ 10 = ?, 25 ÷ 5 = ?, 16 ÷ ? = 4, ? ÷ 3 = 5, Counters, paper plates or cups and scrap paper (allowed on the test), Pencil

1. Warm-Up · 5 min

   Spaced review from Week 10. Your child writes the fact family for 3, 4 and 12. Look for 3 × 4 = 12 and 4 × 3 = 12. Look also for 12 ÷ 3 = 4 and 12 ÷ 4 = 3. There is no fact routine today. Save energy for the test.

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Play Flip and Prove for 10 minutes. Mix the 8 cards face down. Say: "Flip a card. Find the unknown. Then prove it with another fact from the same family." Model one turn. Flip 5 × ? = 45. Say: "5 times what number is 45? It is 9." Write 5 × 9 = 45. Say: "My proof is 45 ÷ 5 = 9." Now your child takes every turn: flip, solve, write the full equation, say a proof fact. Ask each turn: "Is the total known or unknown?" A correct turn wins the card. There is no clock. Unknowns for the other cards, in the order listed in the materials: 81, 40, 7, 8, 5, 4, 15.

3. Guided Practice · 10–15 min

   Give the stored Week 12 check now. Find it with the Week 12 lessons. Do not time it. Your child may sketch or use counters. Score it with the answer key and note the kind of item missed. Choose a route for the Week 14 catch-up days. 6 or more right: no extra work is needed. 4 or 5 right: match each miss to a day. Multiplication stories missed: redo Day 1 Guided Practice. Sharing stories missed: redo Day 2 Guided Practice. Grouping stories missed: redo Day 3 Guided Practice. Unknown numbers missed: redo Day 4 Guided Practice. 3 or fewer right: reteach the Day 1, 2 and 3 Mini-Lessons with counters and cups. If stuck, say: "Skip it for now. Sketch the groups, then come back."

4. Independent Practice · 15–20 min

   Give the Unit 2 test from the Assessments page. Allow 30 to 40 minutes, so this block runs longer than usual. There is no time limit. Take a short break between parts if your child is tired. Read the directions for each part aloud. Put the multiplication chart away. Your child may use counters, plates or cups and scrap paper. Do not teach or hint. If your child is stuck, say: "Do your best, then we can move on." Score it with the answer key and find the level at the end. Then choose a route by part. Multiplication facts missed: revisit Week 7 Days 1 to 3 and Week 8 Days 1 to 3. What division means missed: revisit Week 10 Days 1 to 3. Division facts or fact families missed: revisit Week 10 Day 4 and Week 11 Days 1 to 4. Word problems or unknown numbers missed: revisit Week 12 Days 1 to 4.

5. Exit Ticket · 5 min

   After the test, your child answers these three questions aloud or on paper. Then go over missed test items together.

Fact fluency: None today (test day: rest from timed drills)

Homework: No new work after the test. Your child tells a family member one fact family. Sample for 6, 7 and 42: 6 × 7 = 42 and 7 × 6 = 42. Also 42 ÷ 6 = 7 and 42 ÷ 7 = 6.

Objective: I can show what I learned in Unit 2 about main ideas, opinions and narratives.

Standards: W.3.3, RL.3.5, RI.3.2, W.3.1

Materials: Stored Week 12 check and its answer key, Unit 2 test and its answer key (Assessments page), Pencil, Writer's notebook

1. Warm-Up · 5 min

   Word study, about 3 minutes. Give an untimed spelling check: tiger, music, boxes, plants, swimming, smiled. Challenge word: sandwiches. Correct it together. Your child names the rule behind each word. Spaced review from Week 7. Ask: "What is a main idea?" (what a whole paragraph or article is mostly about)

2. Review · 10 min

   Review one skill from each part of Unit 2 in the notebook. 1) Main idea. Read: Most owls hunt at night. Their big eyes gather dim light. Their soft feathers let them fly almost without a sound. Ask: "What is the main idea?" (Most owls are built for hunting at night.) Ask: "Which detail tells how they stay quiet?" (the soft feathers) 2) Opinion. Your child finishes this sentence: "I think families should eat dinner together because ___." Your child adds a second reason with also or another reason. (Look for: a reason after because, then a linking word.) 3) Narrative. Reread "The Last Cup" from Day 4 if needed. Ask: "What was the climax? What was the resolution?" (The soccer team arrives. The lemonade sells, and the last cup is shared.) 4) Write: are you ready asked Mom. Your child adds the marks. ("Are you ready?" asked Mom.)

3. Week 12 Check · 10 min

   This block is the stored Week 12 English Language Arts Check. It has 8 items. Your child works alone with the notebook closed. You may read the directions aloud, but not the story. Score it with its answer key. 7 or more right: your child is ready for Unit 3. 5 or 6 right: revisit Day 1, then redo the Day 1 practice page. 4 or fewer right: reteach Day 1. Walk two fingers up the hill drawing while you tell a short story.

4. Unit Test · about 50 min

   The Unit 2 test, "Main Idea, Opinions & Narratives," is on the Assessments page. It takes 45 to 55 minutes and may be split over two sittings. Today, your child does the article and the story-craft questions. Finish the other sections in a second sitting, later today or tomorrow. If today runs long, give only the weekly check and start the test tomorrow. Your child reads the article alone. You may read the directions and the reading questions aloud. Do not spell words or add punctuation for your child. Say: "Reread each written answer once before you move on." Score it with the test's key. Its notes name the weeks to revisit for each section.

5. Exit Ticket · 5 min

   After the first sitting, ask the three questions. Your child opens the finished story for question 2.

Homework: Celebrate finishing Unit 2. Read your best story aloud to someone who has not heard it. Then read your own book for 15 minutes. Look for: a clear voice and a pause at each period.

Objective: I can show what I know about food chains, food webs and Unit 2 on the Week 12 check and the Unit 2 test.

Standards: 3-LS4-3, 3-LS4-4, 3-PS2-4, 3-5-ETS1-1

Materials: Week 12 Science Check (7 items) and its answer key, Unit 2 test and its answer key (Assessments page), Pencil, Ruler, Food chain cards from Day 1, Science notebook

1. Day 60 — Week 12 Check and Unit 2 Test — Wonder Warm-Up · 5 min

   Spaced review from Week 11. Ask: "What four needs does a habitat meet?" (Food, water, shelter and space.) Then your child builds a 4-link chain from the cards, with no rush. (Sample: clover, grasshopper, frog, snake.) Ask: "Where did its energy begin?" (The sun.)

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Preview the Unit 2 test. It covers Weeks 7 to 12: designing with magnets, fair tests, ecosystems and food webs. Review three reminders. First say: "A criterion is what a design must do. A constraint is a limit, such as time or materials." Ask: "Think of a paper bridge that has to carry a toy car. Is carrying the car a criterion or a constraint?" (Criterion.) Ask: "You may use only paper and tape. Which is that?" (Constraint.) Second, ask: "In a fair test, what do you keep the same?" (Everything except the one thing you change.) Third, say: "Start every food chain with a producer. Point every arrow to the eater." Your child draws a chain that starts with seeds. (Sample: seeds → mouse → snake → hawk.) If stuck, say: "Start with the plant. Who eats it? Who eats that?"

3. Investigation / Hands-On · 30 min

   Unit 2 test. Find it on the Assessments page. It has four sections and 19 questions, and it needs the pencil and ruler. It is not a race. The whole test takes about 40 to 45 minutes, so splitting it over two days works well. 1) Today, in this 30-minute block, your child does the first two sections, on magnets and fair tests. 2) Next school day, they do the two ecosystem sections. 3) You may read any question aloud. Do not explain science words or give hints. 4) Offer a stretch break between sections. 5) At the end, your child rereads each answer once. Score later with the key. Scores will differ; use the key's notes to choose what to revisit.

4. Science Notebook Entry · 10 min

   Give two frames: "The easiest part of this unit was ___." "One fact I am proud to know is ___." Look for a real science idea, such as "a food web is many chains joined together."

5. Wrap-Up & Exit Ticket · 5 min

   Ask the three questions aloud. Then give the Week 12 Science Check, which has 7 items and takes about 10 minutes. Give it later today or with the second half of the test. With 6 or more right, move on. With 4 or 5, redo the Day 3 web by joining two card chains. With 3 or fewer, reteach Day 1: pass a ball from food to eater and lay a paper arrow each time.

Homework: Read a library book or article about an ocean or forest food web for 10 minutes. Look for one food chain drawn from it.