1st grade, week 25, day 4

Read: Where Is Ned's Hat?

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: who was in the story, and what happened?

• Where Is Ned's Hat?, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/where-is-neds-hat

Joining the facts

1. Write your question as a topic sentence and add your three facts after it.
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

Half an hour later

1. It is 3:00. What time will it be in half an hour? In one hour?
2. Move the hands to check, then ask three more.

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

Muscles pull

1. Muscles pull on bones to move them; they can pull but not push. Bend your arm and feel the muscle on top get hard.
2. Straighten your arm and feel the muscle underneath work.

• The Body: biceps (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/muscles/biceps

A time capsule

1. Put five things in a box that show your life today, to open again in a few years.
2. Your child tells someone at home about today, then writes one word for it on the family calendar.

Read-aloud: Paul Bunyan and Babe

1. Read “Paul Bunyan and Babe” 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.

• Paul Bunyan and Babe, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/paul-bunyan-and-babe