1st grade, week 28, day 4

Read: Pim and the Mitten

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: what was your favorite page, and why?

• Pim and the Mitten, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/pim-and-the-mitten
• What to do when a child guesses a wordteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/reading/when-a-child-guesses

The fix

1. Write how the problem gets fixed and how the story ends.
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

Closed shapes

1. A shape with sides is closed, with straight sides that meet. Draw a closed figure and an open one and talk about which is a shape.
2. Does a circle have sides? Talk about why not.

• Dot paper for drawing shapes (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/dot-paper
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Seeds we eat

1. People eat many seeds: peas, beans, corn, rice and sunflower seeds.
2. Look in the kitchen for five foods that are seeds.

Stores and markets

1. On a trip to a store, count the different jobs you see people doing.
2. Your child tells someone at home about today, then writes one word for it on the family calendar.

Read-aloud: Johnny Appleseed

1. Read “Johnny Appleseed” 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.

• Johnny Appleseed, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/johnny-appleseed