1st grade, week 20, day 4

Read: Gus and the Big Rock

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: what was your favorite page, and why?

• Gus and the Big Rock, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/gus-and-the-big-rock

The water cycle

1. Write three sentences that tell the water cycle in order.
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

Dimes and pennies

1. Show 23 cents with 2 dimes and 3 pennies, then add 4 more dimes. How many cents now?
2. Do two more, counting the dimes by tens first.

• Coins and bills on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/money
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Water goes around

1. The sun warms water so it rises into the air, it cools into clouds, and it falls as rain: the water cycle.
2. Put a bowl of water in the sun with plastic wrap on top, and look for drops under the wrap after an hour.

My day in four pictures

1. Draw four pictures of your day and number them in order.
2. Your child tells someone at home about today, then writes one word for it on the family calendar.

Read-aloud: Lulu the Lanternfish Lights Up

1. Read “Lulu the Lanternfish Lights Up” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. Afterward, ask: who was your favorite in the story, and why?
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.

• Lulu the Lanternfish Lights Up, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/lulu-the-lanternfish-lights-up