1st grade, week 26, day 4

Read: The Stuck Kite

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: where did the story happen? How do you know?

• The Stuck Kite, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-stuck-kite

Breathing

1. Write two facts about how your lungs work when you breathe.
2. Your child writes an informative paragraph with a topic sentence, three healthy habits, and an ending sentence.

Questions about a graph

1. Ask: which has the most? The fewest? How many more chose apples than pears?
2. Your child writes one question about the graph for you to answer.

• Bar graph template (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/bar-graph-template
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Your lungs

1. When you breathe in, your lungs fill with air like balloons; when you breathe out, they shrink.
2. Put a hand on your chest and feel it rise and fall.

• The Body: lungs (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/organs/lungs

A bean timeline

1. Draw your bean plant from seed to now on a timeline, with a date at each mark.
2. Your child tells someone at home about today, then writes one word for it on the family calendar.

Read-aloud: The Frog Prince

1. Read “The Frog Prince” 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 Frog Prince, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-frog-prince