Day 5 · Friday

Objective: I can show what I know about local government on the Week 19 check.

Standards: D2.Civ.1.3-5, D2.Civ.6.3-5, D2.Civ.11.3-5

Materials: Stored Week 19 Social Studies Check and its answer key, Notebook with this week's charts, Pencil, Poster paper or a large sheet of paper, Markers, 6 index cards (for the reteach route and the fix below)

1. Warm-Up · 5 min

   Spaced review from Week 16. Ask: "What is a democracy?" (A government where the people vote to choose leaders and make decisions.) Then ask: "This week you met your local government. Which part of it touches your day the most?"

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Say: "Today you show what you know. First we warm up." Play Fix My Mistake. Read each sentence. Your child says what is wrong and fixes it. "The federal government puts up the stop sign on our corner." (No. Local government does.) "A council is one person." (No. It is a small group.) "A mayor keeps the job forever." (No. A mayor serves a term, and then voters choose again.) "A proposal is the same as a law." (No. It is only an idea until the council votes.) "Only grown-ups may share ideas with a council." (No. Children may share ideas too.) Then start a poster titled "Thank You, Local Services." Your child divides the poster paper into three parts with a marker. In each part, your child draws one local service, names the worker and writes the need it meets. Ask: "Which of these three would our family miss first? Why?" (Answers vary. Look for a reason.) The poster can be finished after the check. If stuck, say: "Find that word in your notebook charts."

3. Activity / Source Work · 15–20 min

   Give the stored Week 19 Social Studies Check now. It has 7 items and takes about 15 minutes. 1) Put the poster and the notebook away. 2) Do not time the check. You may read any item aloud. 3) Score it with the answer key and choose a route. 6 or more right: your child is ready for Week 20. With an adult, find one decision your council made this year. A town newsletter, a neighbor or the town website can help. 4 or 5 right: redo the Day 3 chart of needs, services and workers. Then play the need-and-service memory game again. 3 or fewer right: reteach Day 1 and Day 4. Draw the three circles again. Then write the four steps on index cards and act out one decision. 4) Go over each missed item together. Your child finds the answer in the notebook and fixes it in a different color.

4. Notebook Entry · 10 min

   Your child finishes three frames. "This week I learned that local government ___." "The service I use most is ___." "One question I still have is ___." Sample: "Local government fixes our streets. I use the library most. I wonder who chooses the librarian."

5. Exit Ticket · 5 min

   After the check, read the three questions aloud. Praise answers that name your own town's leaders or services.

Homework: Your child finishes the poster and shows it to a family member. Then your child teaches the four steps of a local decision. Look for all four steps in order.

Objective: I can show what I know about naming fractions, unit fractions and fractions equal to or greater than 1.

Standards: 3.NF.A.1, 3.NF.A.3.C, 3.G.A.2

Materials: Stored Week 19 check and its answer key, 12 index cards or paper slips, with one of these on each. Numbers: 1/2, 3/4, 2/6, 6/8, 4/3, 6/6. Words: one half, three fourths, two sixths, six eighths, four thirds, six sixths., Fraction pieces and the whole strip in their envelope (for reteaching), Grid paper, Pencil

1. Warm-Up · 5 min

   Spaced review from Week 1. Your child rounds 348 to the nearest 10 (350) and the nearest 100 (300). Then practice ×3 and ×4 facts with no clock. Ask 3 × 7, 3 × 9, 4 × 6 and 4 × 8 (21, 27, 24, 32).

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Play Match and Tell for 10 minutes. Mix the 12 cards and lay them face down. Say: "Flip two cards. A number card and its word card make a match." Model one turn. Flip 6/8 and "six eighths." Say: "They match. Now I tell three things. The whole has 8 equal parts. 6/8 is six pieces of size 1/8. It is less than 1, because 8/8 is 1 whole." Keep the pair. Cards that do not match go back face down. Now your child takes every turn: flip, read both cards aloud, and tell the three things for a match. Ask each turn: "What does the denominator tell? How many unit fractions build it? Is it less than, equal to or greater than 1?" Answers for the other pairs: 1/2 is less than 1. 3/4 is less than 1. 2/6 is less than 1. 4/3 is greater than 1. 6/6 is equal to 1. Play until all six pairs are found.

3. Guided Practice · 10–15 min

   Do three check-style problems together on grid paper. 1) Your child draws a rectangle 8 squares long and draws a line after every 2 squares. Your child shades 2 parts. What fraction is shaded? (2/4) 2) How many pieces of size 1/3 make 2/3? (2) 3) Is 7/6 less than, equal to or greater than 1? (Greater than 1. 6/6 is 1 whole.) If stuck, say: "Which day is this from? What did we fold, build or draw then?"

4. Independent Practice · 15–20 min

   Give the stored Week 19 check now. It has 7 items. Your child works alone for about 15 minutes, with no clock running. The fraction pieces stay in the envelope. Score it with the answer key. Choose a route by the result. 6 or more right: move on to Week 20. 4 or 5 right: find the kind of item missed. For naming a shaded or eaten part (items 1 and 7), redo Day 1 Guided Practice. For what the denominator tells (item 4), redo the Day 1 Mini-Lesson. For words and numbers (items 2 and 3), redo Day 2 Independent Practice. For counting pieces of size 1/8 (item 5), redo Day 3 Guided Practice with the pieces. For comparing with 1 (item 6), redo Day 4 Guided Practice. 3 or fewer right: reteach the Day 1 and Day 3 Mini-Lessons, one each day. Then give the check again.

5. Exit Ticket · 5 min

   After the check, your child answers these three questions. Then go over any missed check items together.

Fact fluency: ×3 and ×4 facts

Homework: Play Match and Tell with a family member until all six pairs are found. Sample: 6/6 and six sixths match; 6/6 is equal to 1.

Objective: I can show what I know about the parts of an opinion essay on the weekly check.

Standards: W.3.1, W.3.1.A, W.3.1.B, SL.3.3

Materials: Stored Week 19 weekly check (8 items) and its answer key, Essay draft (introduction and body paragraphs), Writer's notebook, Pencil, Your child's own book

1. Warm-Up · 5 min

   Word study: spelling check, not timed. Say each word, then use it in a sentence: taller, colder, cleaner, smallest, highest, slowest. Challenge word: biggest. Your child writes all seven in the notebook. Correct them together. Say: "Big has one short vowel and one last consonant, so the g doubles." Spaced review from Week 12. Ask: "What do we call the most exciting point of a story?" (the climax)

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Play Essay Doctor. Say: "This essay is not feeling well. Listen and find what is missing." Read aloud "Rainy Days Are the Best Days." I think rainy days are the best days. First, rain makes puddles to jump in. Last April I splashed all the way to the mailbox. Another reason is that rain helps gardens grow. Most importantly, rainy days are cozy. My family reads under one big blanket while the rain taps the window. Think aloud: "The introduction has an opinion but no hook. I will add one: Do you hear that drumming on the roof?" Then ask. 1) "Which body paragraph is too thin? What does it need?" (The second. It needs evidence.) 2) "What part is missing at the end?" (the conclusion) Your child says a fix for each one aloud. Finish with comparing words. Ask: "Rain is ___ on a tin roof than on grass. Louder or loudest?" (louder; two things)

3. Guided Practice · 10–15 min

   Practice asking and answering questions. 1) Your child reads their introduction and one body paragraph aloud. 2) Ask one real question about a reason, such as "What makes you sure about that reason?" Your child answers with a detail. (Look for an answer that adds evidence, not only "because.") 3) Switch. Reread the rainy day essay. Your child asks you one question about it. (Sample: "What grows in your garden after rain?") 4) Your child writes down any detail they want to add to the draft. If stuck, say: "Start your question with Why did you, How do you know or What do you mean by."

4. Independent Practice · 15–20 min

   Give the stored Week 19 weekly check now. It has 8 items. Your child works alone for about 15 minutes. Score it with the answer key. Choose a route by the result. 6 or more right: move on to Week 20. For a stretch, your child starts an opinion essay on a new topic. 4 or 5 right: redo the Day 4 practice page. Then your child colors the parts of their own essay. 3 or fewer right: reteach Day 1 with the five stacked boxes. Your child places sticky notes on each part of the swimming essay again. Reteach Day 3 as well if the hook items were missed. For the rest of the block, your child reads their own book.

5. Exit Ticket · 5 min

   After the check, your child answers the three questions in the notebook. Then go over any missed check items together.

Homework: Read for 15 to 20 minutes. Then look at any missed check items. Write the correct answer beside each one. Look for: your child can explain why the new answer is right.

Objective: I can match each weather part to the tool that measures it and use my tools to record today's weather.

Standards: 3-ESS2-1

Materials: Week 19 Science Check (8 items) and its answer key, Thermometer, rain gauge and wind streamer from this week, Compass, Weather Log from this week, Graph paper or ruled paper, Ruler, Science notebook and pencil

1. Day 95 — Week 19 Review and Weekly Check — Wonder Warm-Up · 5 min

   Spaced review from Week 15. Ask: "Name the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle in order." (Egg, larva, pupa, adult.) Then play Tool Match. Say a tool and your child tells its job. Thermometer (temperature). Rain gauge (depth of rain). Wind vane (wind direction). Anemometer (wind speed). Now the wonder. Ask: "Our log holds many numbers. How could we show them so a pattern is easy to see?"

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Say: "Scientists put weather data in tables and graphs. A graph makes a pattern easy to see." Show this sample table of noon temperatures. Monday 44°F, Tuesday 50°F, Wednesday 58°F, Thursday 52°F. On the graph paper, draw a bar graph together with the ruler. Write the days along the bottom. Number the side by 10s from 0 to 70. Label the side "Temperature in °F". Draw Monday's bar. Say: "44 is a little less than halfway from 40 to 50." Your child draws the other three bars. Ask: "Which day was warmest?" (Wednesday.) Ask: "How many degrees warmer was Wednesday than Monday?" (14 degrees.) Add a title. If stuck, say: "Find the day at the bottom. Slide up to the top of its bar. Read across to the side."

3. Investigation / Hands-On · 15–20 min

   Weather Station Report. Safety: stay indoors if you hear thunder. 1) Your child takes a full reading with every tool. They read temperature, rain depth, wind direction with the compass, and wind strength. They also note the clouds and how damp the air feels. 2) They add it to the Weather Log with the time. 3) They make a bar graph of this week's noon temperatures from the log. It has one bar for each day, a title and labels on both sides. 4) They say the report aloud. Sample: "At noon it is 54°F with no rain. A light wind blows from the west under a few clouds." 5) Ask: "Which day was warmest? Which was coolest? What is the difference?" Expect four bars and a report with numbers and a time. If a day is missing, graph the days you have.

4. Science Notebook Entry · 10 min

   Your child glues or copies the graph into the notebook. They finish these frames. "The warmest day was ___ at ___°F. The coolest day was ___ at ___°F. The hardest tool to use was ___ because ___." Sample: "The warmest day was Thursday at 61°F. The coolest day was Tuesday at 49°F. The hardest tool to use was the streamer because the wind kept changing."

5. Wrap-Up & Exit Ticket · 5 min

   Ask the three exit questions aloud and praise a report that uses numbers. Then give the Week 19 Science Check: 8 items, about 10 minutes, worked alone. Give it later today if time is short. Score it with the answer key. 6 or more right: keep the Weather Log for one more week. 4 or 5 right: redo the Day 2 thermometer page, then draw three practice thermometers. 3 or fewer right: reteach Day 4 outside with the streamer and Day 2 with the real thermometer.

Homework: Give a family member a one-minute weather report using numbers from your tools. Look for: a time, a temperature in °F and a wind direction.