Day 5 · Friday

Objective: I can explain my civic action plan with a claim and evidence and show what I know on the weekly check.

Standards: D4.1.3-5, D4.7.3-5, D3.4.3-5

Materials: Stored Week 33 check (the Friday Check) and its answer key, Civic Action Project planner (or the Step 1 to Step 4 notebook pages), Civic Action Project rubric from the site's Civic Action Project page (optional), 10 sorting cards from Day 1 (for reteaching), Materials box from Day 4, Notebook, Pencil

1. Warm-Up · 5 min

   Spaced review from Week 8. Ask: "What is an opinion?" (What someone thinks or feels, which cannot be proved.) Then your child names the six plan questions and says the goal in one sentence. (What, goal, when, who, what we need, how we will know.)

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Say: "When you ask people to help, you need a claim backed by evidence." Model with Amara. Say: "Claim: our park should fix its two broken swings." "Evidence 1: we counted 11 children waiting on Friday." "Evidence 2: a parent said the swings have been broken since March." Say: "Each piece of evidence is a fact from a source. A feeling is not evidence." Say: "Evidence from two different sources makes an argument stronger." Practice with a weak reason. Say: "The park should fix the swings because swings are fun." Ask: "Is that evidence?" (No. It is a feeling.) Ask: "Which of Amara's facts came from observing?" (The count of 11 children.) Ask: "What is your claim about your own issue?" (Answers vary. Look for: "Our community should ___.") Then review the week aloud. Your child names the six cycle steps, the five issue tests and the three kinds of sources. (Identify, research, plan, act, reflect, share. Real, local, kid-sized, helps others, safe. Observing, interviewing, reading.) If stuck, say: "What did you count, see or hear from a source? Start there."

3. Activity / Source Work · 15–20 min

   The Friday Check and a plan check. 1) Give the stored Week 33 check now. It has 7 items and takes about 15 minutes. Do not time it. You may read any item aloud. 2) Score it with the answer key and choose a route. 6 or more right: your child is ready to act next week. For a challenge, interview one more person and add the fact to the planner. 4 or 5 right: redo the Day 2 chart with a new idea and score it with the five tests. 3 or fewer right: reteach Day 1. Sort the ten cards again, and your child explains each one. 3) Go over each missed item together. 4) Plan check. Read the plan against the six questions, or use the planning rows of the project rubric. Your child fixes anything missing. Look for a goal with a number, a date on each step and a safety rule.

4. Notebook Entry · 10 min

   In the notebook, your child writes the claim and two pieces of evidence. "Our community should ___ because ___ and ___." Sample: "Our food drive should start now because the sign lists 5 needed foods and the shelves were half empty."

5. Exit Ticket · 5 min

   After the check, your child answers the three questions aloud. Praise evidence that names its source. If time ran short, finish the plan check later today.

Homework: Your child reads the claim and evidence to a family member. Then check that the materials box is ready. Look for two facts, each with a source.

Objective: I can name polygons, count sides and vertices, and split shapes into equal parts on the Week 33 check.

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

Materials: Stored Week 33 check (the Week 33 quiz) and its answer key, The 12 shape cards from Day 1, Grid paper, Ruler, Toothpicks and clay balls from Day 2 (for reteaching), Notebook, Pencil

1. Warm-Up · 5 min

   Spaced review from Week 32 Day 1. Ask the area and the perimeter of a 5 by 10 rectangle (50 square units; 30 units). Then practice ×7 facts with no clock. Ask 7 × 3, 7 × 6 and 7 × 9 (21, 42, 63).

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Play Name It, Count It for 10 minutes. Mix the 12 shape cards and lay them face down. Say: "Flip a card. Tell if it is a polygon. If it is, give its name, sides and vertices." Model one turn with the L-shape card. Say: "It is closed with straight sides, so it is a polygon. I count 6 sides and 6 vertices. So it is a hexagon." Now your child takes five turns. Check each answer against the card. (triangle 3 and 3; quadrilateral 4 and 4; pentagon 5 and 5; hexagon 6 and 6; octagon 8 and 8) For the circle, the half circle or the 3 lines, your child says why it is not a polygon. Then split one shape together. Your child draws a rectangle 5 squares long and 2 squares tall with the ruler and makes 2 equal parts. (10 ÷ 2 = 5 squares each; each part is 1/2) Put a star beside any card that needed help.

3. Guided Practice · 10–15 min

   Your child works on paper while you watch. Help only when asked. 1) You draw a closed shape with 7 straight sides. Is it a polygon? How many vertices does it have? (Yes; 7) 2) A rectangle 6 squares long and 4 squares tall is split into 3 equal parts. How many squares are in each part, and what fraction? (24 ÷ 3 = 8 squares each; 1/3) 3) You split a rectangle of 12 squares into parts of 5, 4 and 3 squares. Are the parts thirds? (No. The areas are not equal.) 4) Hold up the square card turned on one corner. What is its name? (a square; it is also a quadrilateral) If stuck, say: "Which day is this like? What did we build, count or color that day?"

4. Independent Practice · 15–20 min

   Give the stored Week 33 check now. It has 7 items on polygons, vertices and equal parts. Allow about 15 minutes, with no clock running. Your child may sketch on grid paper but puts the shape cards away. Score it with the answer key. Then choose a route by the result. 6 or 7 right: move on to Week 34. 4 or 5 right: find the kind of item missed. For items 1, 3 and 4, naming polygons, redo the Day 1 Mini-Lesson. For item 2, vertices, redo the Day 2 Mini-Lesson with toothpicks and clay. For items 5, 6 and 7, equal parts, redo Day 3 Guided Practice. 3 or fewer right: reteach Day 2 with toothpicks and clay, then Day 3, before Week 34.

5. Exit Ticket · 5 min

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

Fact fluency: ×7 facts

Homework: Your child redoes any missed check items with a family member. If none were missed, your child finds one hexagon and one octagon in pictures or signs. Then ask 7 × 4 and 7 × 8 (28 and 56).

Objective: I can give my research talk and be a good listener who recounts a speaker's points and asks questions.

Standards: SL.3.4, SL.3.5, SL.3.6, SL.3.2, SL.3.3

Materials: Note cards, Visual aid, Audience of family members, Writer's notebook, Week 33 English Language Arts Check, Pencil

1. Warm-Up · 5 min

   Word study (about 3 minutes). Give a quick spelling check with no clock. Say each word and a short sentence: coin, enjoy, mouth, crown, crawl, launch. Challenge word: thousand. Your child writes in the notebook. Correct it together. Your child rewrites any missed word and circles the two letters that spell the vowel sound. Spaced review from Week 31. Ask: "Which page comes last in a published report?" (The Sources page.) Then take three slow breaths together.

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Draw the rubric in the notebook. Make four rows: voice, eye contact, facts, visual. Say: "Each row gets a score. A 3 means you did it the whole time. A 2 means some of the time. A 1 means you are still learning it." Explain each row. Voice: loud, clear and steady. Eye contact: eyes up after each sentence. Facts: a main idea and three key facts. Visual: big, simple and shown at the star. Then explain the listener job: "Later you will hear a short talk. You will recount its three main points in order. You will ask two questions, and one must be a follow-up." Your child runs the hook card once in a clear voice.

3. Guided Practice · 10–15 min

   Your child presents. 1) Seat the audience across the room. Your child stands with the cards and keeps the visual ready. 2) Your child gives the 3 to 5 minute talk. One family member scores the rubric while listening. 3) Each listener asks one question. Your child gives three-part answers in complete sentences. 4) Each listener names one glow. If your child freezes, say: "Look at your card. Take a breath. Start that sentence again."

4. Independent Practice · 15–20 min

   1) Switch roles. A family member gives a two-minute talk on something they know well. If no one has a talk ready, read this one aloud. It is called "Three Rules for a Happy Houseplant." Do you have a plant at home that looks droopy? I can help. A houseplant needs three things. First, it needs light. Set it near a window, because leaves use light to make the plant's food. Second, it needs the right amount of water. Push a finger into the soil. If the top inch feels dry, it is time to water. Too much water can rot the roots. Third, it needs room. When roots poke out of the bottom of the pot, move the plant to a bigger one. Give a plant light, water and room, and it will thank you with new green leaves. 2) Your child recounts the three main points in order. (For this talk: light, water, room.) Then your child asks two questions, one of them a follow-up. 3) Your child scores the rubric for their own talk and compares scores with the family member. 4) After a short break, give the stored Week 33 English Language Arts Check. It has 8 items and takes about 10 minutes. Check it with the answer key. 6 or more right: your child is ready for next week. 4 or 5 right: redo the Day 4 practice page and answer three family questions with three-part answers. 3 or fewer right: reteach Day 1 by building a talk plan on five index cards.

5. Exit Ticket · 5 min

   Ask the three questions to celebrate the end of the project. Your child may look at the rubric.

Homework: Celebrate the finished project. Tell a relative or friend one fact from your research, in a clear voice and a complete sentence.

Objective: I can show what I know about fossils and what they tell us about the past.

Standards: 3-LS4-1

Materials: Week 33 Science Check (7 items) and its answer key, Fossil cards from Day 1, Model fossil from Day 2, 3 hand towels and a box or tray (model dig), Science notebook and pencil

1. Day 165 — Week 33 Check: Fossils — Wonder Warm-Up · 5 min

   Spaced review from Week 31. Ask: "What is the rule for a fair test?" (Change one thing and keep everything else the same.) Fossil quick ID: hold up 4 fossil cards, one at a time. Your child says what each one was and whether it is remains or a trace. Then the big question. Ask: "What can a pile of rock tell us about the past?"

2. Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min

   Say: "Hold your model fossil. Tell its story as if it were real." Your child tells the four steps in order, pointing to the print. (It was buried in sediment. Soft parts rotted. Minerals turned it to stone. Rock wore away and uncovered it.) Prompt with the Day 2 comic strip if a step is skipped. Ask: "What could this fossil tell a paleontologist?" (The animal's size and shape, and that it had a hard part.) Ask: "What could it not tell?" (Its color.) Ask: "Where do paleontologists usually find the oldest fossils in a cliff?" (In the lowest layers.) If stuck, say: "Find that day's notebook page. Read me your frame sentence." Keep this part to 10 minutes.

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

   Model Dig. 1) While your child looks away, build three layers in the box. Lay the ammonite card on the bottom and cover it with a towel. Add the amber card and a second towel. Add the footprint card and the third towel. 2) Your child digs from the top, one layer at a time. 3) After each layer they fill in one table row. Table: Layer | Fossil | Remains or trace | What it tells about the place. 4) Ask: "Which fossil is oldest? How do you know?" (The ammonite. The bottom layer was laid down first.) 5) Your child tells the story of the place from oldest to youngest. (A sea. Then a forest with resin trees. Then land where an animal walked.) 6) Ask: "How is this model different from a real dig?" (Real layers are rock and took millions of years.) Look for a story told from the bottom up. Keep this part to 15 minutes.

4. Science Notebook Entry · 10 min

   Reflection. Your child finishes three frames. "My strongest idea this week was ___." "My hardest idea was ___." "The most interesting fossil was ___ because ___." Sample: "The most interesting fossil was the insect in amber because even its tiny wings show."

5. Wrap-Up & Exit Ticket · 5 min

   Ask the three exit questions aloud and praise answers that give evidence. Then give the Week 33 Science Check, which has 7 items. Allow about 10 minutes, later today if time is short. Your child works alone. Score it with the key. With 6 or more right, make a fossil time card. Draw an animal from a fossil and write 3 things the fossil tells us. With 4 or 5 right, redo the Day 2 page and make a new mold fossil with a different object. With 3 or fewer right, reteach Day 2. Act out the four steps with a toy, sand in a pan and a cup of water.

Homework: Teach a family member one thing fossils tell us, using an example from this week. Look for: a clue and what the clue shows.