1st grade, week 30, day 3

-le in sentences

1. Read the -le 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: “goes” and “green”. 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

Baby animals

1. Write a list poem of baby animal names, one on each line.
2. A list poem lists things about one topic, one on a line, and ends with a line that surprises. Your child reads it aloud.

Four equal parts

1. Fold a paper circle in half, then in half again. Each of the four parts is a fourth, also called a quarter.
2. Color one fourth and count the parts left.

• Fraction strips (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/fraction-strips
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Chickens and eggs

1. A hen lays an egg, a chick hatches about three weeks later, and it grows into a hen or a rooster.
2. Compare the chicken's life cycle with the frog's: what is different?

• Farm animals bingo cardsteach.peabody.kids/bingo/farm-animals

Volunteers

1. Volunteers help without being paid. Name one way your family could volunteer.
2. Ask: why does this matter? Your child says the answer, then writes it as a sentence.

Read-aloud: The Ugly Duckling

1. Read “The Ugly Duckling” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• The Ugly Duckling, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-ugly-duckling