1st grade, week 32, day 4

Read: The Snail Race

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?

• The Snail Race, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-snail-race

How to win

1. Write how someone wins the game, and what happens if it is a tie.
2. Your child writes how to play a game: what you need, how to start, how to take a turn, and how to win.

• Sequencing organizer: first, next, last (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/sequencing-organizer

Counting coins on paper

1. Do a counting coins sheet.
2. Check two of the answers with real coins.

• Counting coins worksheetsteach.peabody.kids/worksheets/math/counting-coins
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

A house in the wind

1. Build a little house from straws, sticks or paper and test it with a fan.
2. What made it stand? What made it fall?

• Workshop: the pigs' house vs. the wolf (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/build/pigs-house-vs-wolf

Where flags fly

1. On a walk or a drive, count the flags you see and where each one flies.
2. Your child tells someone at home about today, then writes one word for it on the family calendar.

Read-aloud: Coo Catches Gumdrop

1. Read “Coo Catches Gumdrop” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. Afterward, ask: who was your favorite in the story, and why?
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.

• Coo Catches Gumdrop, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/coo-catches-gumdrop