1st grade, week 25, day 5

Reread: Dot and the Log

1. Reread “Dot and the Log” from last week. The second time is smoother and quicker: that is fluency growing.
2. Find this week's sight words, “buy” and “call”, in the book or on their cards.
3. Let your child pick one page to read to someone else in the family.

• Dot and the Log, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/dot-and-the-log
• Sight word games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/sight-word-games

The ending

1. Finish your report with an ending sentence and read the whole thing aloud.
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

Reading the clock all day

1. Through the day, stop at an o'clock or half past time and have your child read the clock.
2. Keep a list of the times they read, and count them at bedtime.

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

Keeping bones strong

1. Milk, cheese, beans and greens, and running and jumping, help bones grow strong.
2. Do a minute of jumping, then list three foods for strong bones.

• Brain break cardsteach.peabody.kids/brain-breaks

Old or new

1. Sort pictures of phones, cars and toys into old and new, and say what gave each one away.
2. Afterward, your child draws a picture and writes a caption under it.

Read-aloud: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

1. Read “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” aloud. If your child asks to hear it again, say yes: hearing a story twice is how it sticks.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• The Three Billy Goats Gruff, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-three-billy-goats-gruff