Week 14 · Day 3 Practice Pages
Practice page · Week 14, Day 3
Mathematics
I can use arrays to plan equal groups in the Party Planner Challenge.
Look: 18 guests at tables of 3
- Draw an array: each row is one table with 3 guests.
- Keep adding rows until you have 18 guests.
- You drew 6 rows, so 6 tables. 6 × 3 = 18.
Find every way to seat 18 guests with the same number at each table.
| Tables | Guests at each table | Check |
|---|---|---|
- 1.
List all the ways with at most 10 guests at each table and at most 10 tables.
- 2.
18 guests sit at tables of 2. How many tables?
- 3.
The room fits at most 4 tables, and each table holds at most 6 guests. Which plan works?
Draw and solve.
- 4.
Draw an array for 4 tables with 5 guests each. How many guests?
- 5.
Is 5 tables of 4 guests the same number of guests? Why?
Challenge: Can 17 guests sit at equal tables with more than 1 guest and more than 1 table? Explain.
Materials: graph paper · counters
Practice page · Week 14, Day 3
English Language Arts
I can plan pictures that add to my words.
Look: Pictures that add
- A good picture does not just repeat the words.
- It can add a feeling, a setting detail or something the words never say.
- If the picture shows it, you can cut those words.
Page 3 of a Picture Book
Gus stepped into the cave. It was very quiet.
Use the page above.
- 1.
Write two things the picture shows that the words do not say.
- 2.
What feeling does the picture show? How can you tell?
- 3.
The writer added 'Gus held a flashlight.' Should the writer keep it or cut it?
○ keep○ cut - 4.
Plan one page of your own book: write the words, then write what your picture will add.
- 5.
Sketch that page.
Write what each word means.
- 6.
uncover
- 7.
dishonest
- 8.
refill
Practice page · Week 14, Day 3
Science
I can investigate how an animal's color can help it survive in its habitat.
Yarn worm hunt. Record how many of each color you caught in each round.
| Color | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
- 1.
My prediction: the color that will be found the least is ________.
- 2.
Make a bar graph of your totals in the box.
- 3.
Which color 'survived' best? Why?
Answer about real animals.
- 4.
How does camouflage help a real animal survive?
- 5.
A green tree frog sits on a brown rock. Is it well hidden? Why?
Challenge: Name an animal whose color helps it hunt, not hide.
Materials: 45 short pieces of yarn or paper: 15 green, 15 brown, 15 red · a timer
Practice page · Week 14, Day 3
Social Studies
I can build a salt-dough map that shows U.S. landforms and regions.
Make a map key for your 3D map.
| Color or shape | What it shows |
|---|---|
- 1.
What color or shape did you use for mountains?
- 2.
What did you use to show rivers?
Answer each question about your map.
- 3.
Which mountains did you make taller?
- 4.
What flat landform did you smooth out in the middle of the country?
- 5.
Why should the dough dry before you paint it?
- 6.
What does relief mean on a map?
Challenge: Building in 3D helped me see that ____.
Materials: salt dough (flour, salt and water) or modeling clay · cardboard · toothpicks · paint or markers