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1st grade, week 14, day 4

Day 69 of 180 · Science: Pushes and pulls · about 85 minutes

Reading25 min

Read: Big Egg

  1. Your child reads it aloud to you, then reads one page again with expression, the way a character would say it.
  2. When your child is stuck, say the first sound and let them finish the word, rather than saying the whole word.
  3. Afterward, ask: where did the story happen? How do you know?
Math25 min

Before and after

  1. What comes before 100? After 109? Before 120?
  2. Ask five more, then your child asks you.
Science20 min

Rough and smooth

  1. Push a book across a table, a towel and a carpet with the same push.
  2. Which surface slowed it most?
Read-aloud15 min

Read-aloud: Paul Bunyan and Babe

  1. Read “Paul Bunyan and Babe” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
  2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?
  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.

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