1st grade, week 20, day 1

New: y as long e

1. This week: y as long e. Y at the end of a longer word often says long e: happy, puppy.
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: happy, puppy, funny and sunny.
3. Your child finds a y as long e 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

Water facts

1. Write a topic sentence about water on Earth, then one fact about the oceans.
2. A report teaches facts. Your child writes a topic sentence, three facts in their own words, and an ending sentence.

• Main idea and details organizer (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/main-idea-and-details

Jump down the chart

1. 25 + 30: put a finger on 25 and jump down three rows: 35, 45, 55.
2. Do 14 + 40 and 62 + 20 the same way.

• Hundreds chartteach.peabody.kids/hundreds-chart
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Most of Earth is water

1. Turn the globe on Planet Earth: the blue is water. Is there more land or more water?
2. Find the five oceans and say their names.

• Planet Earth: the globe to turn and explore (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/planet

Three days

1. Write one thing you did yesterday, one you are doing today, and one you will do tomorrow.
2. Afterward, your child draws today's activity and writes one sentence about it.

Read-aloud: Why Is the Ocean Salty?

1. Read “Why Is the Ocean Salty?” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.
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.

• Why Is the Ocean Salty?, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/why-is-the-ocean-salty