1st grade, week 22, day 4

Read: The Little Red Hen

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: where did the story happen? How do you know?

• The Little Red Hen, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-little-red-hen

Planes then and now

1. Write how the first airplane and the planes of today are alike and 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

Taller and shorter

1. Stand family members back to back and put them in order by height.
2. Then put three stuffed animals or toys in order the same way.

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

Nest watch

1. Look for nests in trees and bushes without touching them, and draw what you see.
2. Your child labels a drawing of today's science with three words.

The first flight

1. The first airplane flight, in 1903, lasted about twelve seconds. Today planes cross whole oceans.
2. Fold paper airplanes and see whose flies farthest.

• Workshop: paper airplane lab (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/build/paper-airplane-lab

Read-aloud: Tam and the Wind-Up Tractor

1. Read “Tam and the Wind-Up Tractor” 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.

• Tam and the Wind-Up Tractor, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/tam-and-the-wind-up-tractor