1st grade, week 24, day 4

Read: Dot and the Log

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: what was your favorite page, and why?

• Dot and the Log, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/dot-and-the-log

A character I liked

1. Write about a character you liked and one thing they did.
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

Our day by the hour

1. Write the hour of four things your family does: waking up, lunch, a walk and bedtime.
2. Draw the clock hands for each one.

• Clock faces (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/clock-faces
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Water through soil

1. Pour the same amount of water through a cup of sand and a cup of soil with holes in the bottom. Which drains faster?
2. Your child labels a drawing of today's science with three words.

Games at recess

1. Play games children played long ago: hopscotch, jump rope, tag and marbles.
2. Which one does your child like best? Write its rules together.

Read-aloud: The Elephant's Child

1. Read “The Elephant's Child” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?
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.

• The Elephant's Child, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-elephants-child