1st grade, week 30, day 4

Read: The Tortoise and the Hare

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: where did the story happen? How do you know?

• The Tortoise and the Hare, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-tortoise-and-the-hare

A growing poem

1. Write a list poem about how you have grown, from a baby to now.
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.

More parts, smaller parts

1. Compare one half and one fourth of the same piece of paper. Which piece is bigger?
2. The more equal parts you cut, the smaller each part is.

• Fraction bars on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/fraction-bars
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Like their parents?

1. Some babies look like small parents, like puppies and foals; others change completely, like tadpoles and caterpillars.
2. Sort ten baby animals into the two groups.

• Group sort game from your own listteach.peabody.kids/activities/group-sort

Solve it together

1. Pick a small problem at home and solve it together using the problem solving steps.
2. Your child tells someone at home about today, then writes one word for it on the family calendar.

• Problem solving steps (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/problem-solving-steps-poster

Read-aloud: The Frog That Freezes

1. Read “The Frog That Freezes” 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.

• The Frog That Freezes, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-frog-that-freezes