1st grade, week 21, day 3

ar in sentences

1. Read the ar words from this week again, then read them in sentences: on the decodable page, or in three short sentences you write.
2. New sight words: “when” and “always”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

• R-controlled vowels (ar, or): decodable sentencesteach.peabody.kids/decodables/r-controlled
• Dolch second grade sight words: flash cardsteach.peabody.kids/sight-words/second
• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games

Rain on the land

1. Draw your sand tray after the rain, label three parts, and write about each one.
2. A labeled diagram shows the parts of something. Your child draws it, labels three parts, and writes a sentence about each.

Think of adding tens

1. 90 − 40: think 40 + what makes 90? 50. So 90 − 40 = 50.
2. Do four more by thinking of adding tens.

• Number bonds on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/number-bonds
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Water changes the land

1. Sprinkle water on the sand mountain like rain, slowly, for a few minutes.
2. Where did the sand go? Moving water carries land away a little at a time.

Counting days

1. Count the days until the weekend, and the days left in this month.
2. Ask: why does this matter? Your child says the answer, then writes it as a sentence.

Read-aloud: How the Camel Got His Hump

1. Read “How the Camel Got His Hump” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• How the Camel Got His Hump, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/how-the-camel-got-his-hump