1st grade, week 28, day 3

compound words in sentences

1. Read the compound words words from this week again, then read them in sentences: on the decodable page, or in three short sentences you write.
2. New sight words: “first” and “five”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

• Dolch second grade sight words: flash cardsteach.peabody.kids/sight-words/second
• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games

The problem

1. Write the problem in your story: the seed has no water, or no light.
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

Square or rectangle

1. A square has four equal sides; a rectangle has four sides with the opposite sides equal. Every square is a rectangle too.
2. Find three of each around the house.

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

Seeds on the move

1. Seeds travel by wind (dandelions), by sticking to fur (burrs), by water (coconuts), or inside fruit that animals eat.
2. Find two seeds outside and say how each one travels.

The fire station

1. Talk about what firefighters do, and practice your family's plan for getting out of the house in a fire.
2. Ask: why does this matter? Your child says the answer, then writes it as a sentence.

Read-aloud: Water Uphill

1. Read “Water Uphill” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. Afterward, ask your child to tell the story back to you: first, next, last.

• Water Uphill, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/water-uphill