1st grade, week 24, day 1

New: oo

1. This week: oo. Oo says /oo/ in moon and a shorter sound in book.
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: moon, food, zoo and soon.
3. Your child finds a oo word in a book or on a box at home.

• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games
• How phonics works, for parentsteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/reading/how-phonics-works

Title and topic

1. Write the title of a read-aloud from this week and what it was about in one sentence.
2. Your child writes the title, what the book was about in one sentence, and what they thought of it and why.

• Book report page (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/book-report

The hands on a clock

1. The short hand points to the hour and the long hand points to the minutes. Find both on the clock face.
2. When the long hand points straight up at 12, it is something o'clock.

• Clock face on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/clock
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

What is in soil

1. Spread a cup of soil on white paper and sort what you find: tiny rocks, bits of leaves, roots, maybe a bug.
2. Your child draws what they saw in a science notebook and writes one sentence about it.

One-room schools

1. Long ago, many children of all ages learned in one room with one teacher, the older ones helping the younger.
2. How is that like learning at home? How is it different?

Read-aloud: Newt Is Nervous

1. Read “Newt Is Nervous” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
2. Before reading, look at the title and the first page and ask: what do you think this story is about?
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.

• Newt Is Nervous, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/newt-is-nervous