1st grade, week 31, day 2

Spell words with contractions

1. Say a word: isn't, we're, she's and didn't. 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 contractions 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

Two reasons

1. Write two reasons from the story for your opinion, joining them with also.
2. Your child writes whether they liked a book, gives two reasons from the story, and ends by saying the opinion again.

• Book report page (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/book-report

Rolls, stacks or slides

1. Test a ball, a can, a box and a cone: which roll, which stack, and which slide?
2. Sort them into a chart with three columns.

• Group sort game from your own listteach.peabody.kids/activities/group-sort
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Shape changes it

1. Squeeze foil into a ball: it sinks. Shape the same foil into a boat: it floats.
2. Why did the same foil do two different things?

• Workshop: foil boat (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/build/foil-boat

The mayor

1. Talk about what a mayor or town leader does: meets with people, makes plans, and helps the town run.
2. Your child writes one thing they learned today and reads it to you.

Read-aloud: Why Does Ice Float?

1. Read “Why Does Ice Float?” aloud, with your child beside you where they can see the pictures.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.

• Why Does Ice Float?, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/why-does-ice-float