1st grade, week 33, day 2

Spell words with open syllables

1. Say a word: go, no, so and hi. 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 open syllables 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

What it needs

1. Write two facts about what your living thing needs to live.
2. Your child picks a plant or animal, writes four facts with a topic sentence and an ending, and draws a labeled picture.

• Main idea and details organizer (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/main-idea-and-details

Count by 5s

1. Count by 5s to 100 while clapping, then color the 5s on a blank hundreds grid.
2. Which numbers were colored both days?

• Skip counting strips (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/desk-and-door/skip-counting-strips
• Blank hundreds grid (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/hundreds-grid-blank
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Sort the trash

1. With gloves on, sort a day's trash into recycling, food scraps and trash.
2. Which pile is biggest? How could it be smaller?

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

The bald eagle

1. The bald eagle is a symbol of the United States. Find out what it eats and where it builds its nest.
2. Your child writes one thing they learned today and reads it to you.

Read-aloud: From the Sun to the Pedals

1. Read “From the Sun to the Pedals” 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.

• From the Sun to the Pedals, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/from-the-sun-to-the-pedals