1st grade, week 28, day 2

Spell words with compound words

1. Say a word: bedtime, playground, snowman and backpack. 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 compound words 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

The beginning

1. Write the beginning of your story: who is in it and where it happens.
2. A made-up story has characters, a setting, a problem, and a way the problem gets fixed. Your child plans it on a story map first.

• Story map: who, where, problem, fix (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/story-map

What makes a triangle

1. A triangle has three straight sides and three corners, whatever its size, its color or the way it is turned.
2. Draw four very different triangles: tall, flat, tiny and tipped over.

• Geoboard on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/geoboard
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Plant and predict

1. Plant three beans in cups of soil and label each with the date.
2. Predict how many days until the first sprout, and write the guess down.

The post office

1. Draw the trip a letter takes from your mailbox to a friend's home.
2. Your child writes one thing they learned today and reads it to you.

Read-aloud: Momotaro, the Peach Boy

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

• Momotaro, the Peach Boy, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/momotaro-the-peach-boy