1st grade, week 21, day 2

Spell words with ar

1. Say a word: jar, hard, yard and shark. Your child says each sound, then writes the word.
2. Check each one together and fix any letter that is off.
3. Read all eight ar words as fast as you can, then once more.

• Spelling practice sheet makerteach.peabody.kids/make/spelling
• Copywork maker: print a line to copyteach.peabody.kids/homeschool/aids/copywork
• 1st grade learning games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games-by-grade/first-grade

Sentences for the labels

1. Write a sentence under each label that tells about that kind of land.
2. A labeled diagram shows the parts of something. Your child draws it, labels three parts, and writes a sentence about each.

Up the chart

1. On the hundreds chart, 70 − 20 is two rows up from 70: 50.
2. Do 100 − 60 and 50 − 30 by jumping up the rows.

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

Build the land

1. In a tray of damp sand or soil, build a mountain, a hill, a valley and a plain.
2. Add a river running down from the mountain to the plain.

Months and seasons

1. Say the twelve months in order and find which months are in each season.
2. Your child writes one thing they learned today and reads it to you.

• Monthly calendar grid (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/schedules-and-planners/monthly-calendar-grid

Read-aloud: Three Rocks in a Shoebox

1. Read “Three Rocks in a Shoebox” aloud, with your child beside you where they can see the pictures.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.

• Three Rocks in a Shoebox, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/three-rocks-in-a-shoebox