1st grade, week 22, day 3

or and ore in sentences

1. Read the or and ore 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: “around” and “because”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

• Dolch second grade sight words: flash cardsteach.peabody.kids/sight-words/second
• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games

But

1. Write two sentences that use but to tell how a wagon and a truck are different.
2. To compare, your child writes how two things are the same and how they are different, with words like both and but.

• Venn diagram: same and different (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/venn-diagram

Comparing with a string

1. The couch can't be moved next to the door. Cut a string as long as the couch, then hold the string up to the door.
2. Which is longer, the couch or the door? The string told you.

• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Feathers up close

1. Look at a picture of a feather up close and draw its parts: the stiff middle and the soft sides.
2. Ask: what do you think caused it? Your child writes their idea in a sentence.

Wheels help

1. Push a heavy box across the floor, then put it on a wagon or a skateboard and push again.
2. Which was easier? Talk about why wheels help.

Read-aloud: The Night Bus

1. Read “The Night Bus” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. Afterward, ask your child to tell the story back to you: first, next, last.

• The Night Bus, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/sleepy-town-the-night-bus