Week 14 · Day 2 Practice Pages
Practice page · Week 14, Day 2
Mathematics
I can solve hard facts by breaking them apart or using a missing factor.
Look: 9 × 7 and 56 ÷ 7
- Break apart: 9 × 7 is (5 × 7) + (4 × 7).
- That is 35 + 28 = 63.
- For 56 ÷ 7, write 7 × ? = 56. The missing factor is 8.
Break apart and solve.
- 1.
7 × 6
- 2.
8 × 8
- 3.
6 × 9
Write a missing-factor equation and solve.
- 4.
81 ÷ 9
- 5.
48 ÷ 6
- 6.
Lena puts 63 cards in 7 equal piles. How many cards are in each pile?
Challenge: Which way would you break apart 8 × 7? Explain why it is easy for you.
Materials: graph paper · two colors of crayon
Practice page · Week 14, Day 2
English Language Arts
I can fix agreement and make a story problem grow.
Look: The seesaw rule
- When the noun has the -s (dogs), the verb usually does not (run).
- When the noun has no -s (dog), the verb usually does (runs).
- A story problem should get harder before it gets better.
Circle the verb that agrees, then add to the story.
- 1.
Ana ____ a red balloon.
○ hold○ holds - 2.
The wind ____ it into a tree.
○ pull○ pulls - 3.
Her brothers ____ to reach it.
○ try○ tries - 4.
The branches ____ too high.
○ is○ are - 5.
Write one more sentence that makes Ana's problem harder.
Write the word with un-, re- or dis-.
- 6.
not fair → ____
- 7.
play again → ____
- 8.
not trust → ____
Practice page · Week 14, Day 2
Science
I can tell physical adaptations from behavioral adaptations and explain why a living thing fits its habitat.
Has or does? Circle HAS (physical) or DOES (behavioral).
- 1.
a skunk sprays a bad smell
○ HAS○ DOES - 2.
a giraffe's long neck
○ HAS○ DOES - 3.
salmon swim back to the stream where they hatched
○ HAS○ DOES - 4.
a seal's thick layer of blubber
○ HAS○ DOES - 5.
a desert tortoise digs a burrow to escape the heat
○ HAS○ DOES
Habitat rescue. Each animal is in the wrong place. Write its real home and one need it is missing.
- 6.
A dolphin in a desert
- 7.
A camel on sea ice
- 8.
A monkey in the tundra
Challenge: Name one physical adaptation of a polar bear and tell how it helps.
Materials: habitat and animal cards
Practice page · Week 14, Day 2
Social Studies
I can fix tricky ideas from Weeks 12 and 13 about Native nations and trade.
Rewrite each sentence so it tells about today.
- 1.
The Seneca had a government.
- 2.
The Navajo made silver jewelry.
- 3.
The Yupik fished in Alaska.
Answer each question in a sentence.
- 4.
Kansas grows lots of wheat. Florida grows lots of oranges. How can trade help both?
- 5.
Which region's nations build cedar plank houses?
Challenge: Why do we use the present tense when we talk about Native nations today?