1st grade, week 1, day 1

New: short a and i

1. This week: short a and i. A as in cat and i as in sit: one short vowel between consonants.
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: cat, map, bag and jam.
3. Your child finds a short a and i word in a book or on a box at home.

• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games
• How phonics works, for parentsteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/reading/how-phonics-works

Counting past 100

1. Count to 100 together, then keep going: 101, 102, all the way to 120.
2. Point to each number on the hundreds chart, then write 101 to 120 on a strip below it.

• Hundreds chartteach.peabody.kids/hundreds-chart

My timeline

1. Make a timeline of your child's life so far: born, first steps, first word, starting school.
2. Put a photo or a drawing at each point, in order.

Read-aloud: Eeyore's Birthday

1. Read “Eeyore's Birthday” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
2. Before reading, look at the title and the first page and ask: what do you think this story is about?
3. On the read-along you can show the pages on a big screen, or let it read the words aloud while each one lights up.

• Eeyore's Birthday, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/eeyores-birthday