1st grade, week 27, day 4

Read: The Bean in the Cup

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 your child to tell it back: what happened first, next and last?

• The Bean in the Cup, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-bean-in-the-cup

Does it make sense?

1. Read a piece aloud and fix any sentence that does not make sense.
2. Your child rereads with a short checklist: capitals, end marks, spaces, and does every sentence make sense.

• Writing steps poster (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/writing-process-poster

Clock check

1. Read six clock faces, o'clock and half past, and set the clock for three times you say.
2. Draw the hands for bedtime.

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

Move every day

1. Children need about an hour of active play every day.
2. Make a list of ten ways to move, and do three of them today.

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

Neighbors help

1. Talk about a time a neighbor helped your family, or your family helped a neighbor.
2. Your child tells someone at home about today, then writes one word for it on the family calendar.

Read-aloud: Odile and the Fizzy Cup

1. Read “Odile and the Fizzy Cup” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.
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.

• Odile and the Fizzy Cup, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/odile-and-the-fizzy-cup