1st grade, week 19, day 4

Read: Kate and the Puddle

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 your child to tell it back: what happened first, next and last?

• Kate and the Puddle, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/kate-and-the-puddle
• What to do when a child guesses a wordteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/reading/when-a-child-guesses

The most important need

1. Write which need matters most to you, food, water or a home, and why.
2. Your child writes an opinion with a reason about spending and saving, and ends by saying the opinion again.

Get to the next ten first

1. 38 + 5: 38 needs 2 to get to 40, and 3 are left: 43.
2. Draw the hops on a number line for 56 + 7 and 29 + 4.

• Number lineteach.peabody.kids/number-line
• The open number line, explained for parentsteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/homework-help/open-number-line
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Oil and water

1. Shake oil and water in a closed jar, then watch them come apart into layers.
2. Your child labels a drawing of today's science with three words.

Making a choice

1. Nobody can buy everything they want, so people choose. Give your child three pretend coins and five things to choose from.
2. What do they choose, and what do they give up?

• Coins and bills on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/money

Read-aloud: The Dog in the Manger

1. Read “The Dog in the Manger” 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.

• The Dog in the Manger, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-dog-in-the-manger