1st grade, week 25, day 2

Spell words with ou and ow

1. Say a word: cow, now, town and brown. Your child says each sound, then writes the word.
2. Check each one together and fix any letter that is off.
3. Read all eight ou and ow words as fast as you can, then once more.

• Spelling practice sheet makerteach.peabody.kids/make/spelling
• Copywork maker: print a line to copyteach.peabody.kids/homeschool/aids/copywork
• 1st grade learning games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games-by-grade/first-grade

The first fact

1. Write one fact that helps answer your question, in your own words.
2. Start with a question about the topic. Your child finds three facts that answer it and writes them as a paragraph.

• Know, wonder, learned chart (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/kwl-chart

Thirty minutes

1. On a digital clock, half past 2 is written 2:30.
2. Set the clock face to 5:30, 8:30 and 12:30, and write each one the digital way.

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

Bones that protect

1. The skull protects the brain, and the ribs make a cage around the heart and lungs.
2. Count the ribs you can feel on one side.

• The Body: skull (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/bones/skull
• The Body: ribs (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/bones/ribs

The oldest thing

1. Find the oldest thing in your home, and ask who owned it and how it was used.
2. Your child writes one thing they learned today and reads it to you.

Read-aloud: Tom Thumb

1. Read “Tom Thumb” aloud, with your child beside you where they can see the pictures.
2. Stop halfway and ask: what do you think will happen next?

• Tom Thumb, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/tom-thumb