1st grade, week 26, day 2

Spell words with oi and oy

1. Say a word: boy, toy, joy and enjoy. 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 oi and oy 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

Moving helps

1. Write a sentence about how moving helps your heart and your lungs.
2. Your child writes an informative paragraph with a topic sentence, three healthy habits, and an ending sentence.

A tally chart

1. Ask everyone at home a question with three answers, like a favorite fruit, and make a tally mark for each answer.
2. Count the tallies by fives.

• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Listen to a heartbeat

1. Make a listening tube from a paper towel roll and listen to a family member's heart.
2. Count the beats you hear while a timer runs for fifteen seconds.

• The Body: heartbeat (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/heart/heartbeat
• Timerteach.peabody.kids/timer

My life timeline

1. Put five events from your life on a timeline in order, from being born to now.
2. Your child writes one thing they learned today and reads it to you.

Read-aloud: The North Wind and the Sun

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

• The North Wind and the Sun, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-north-wind-and-the-sun