1st grade, week 36, day 4

Read: The Little Lantern

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 Little Lantern, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-little-lantern

What comes next

1. Write an ending sentence that tells what you want to learn next year.
2. Your child writes a paragraph about their year: a topic sentence, three things they learned or did, and an ending sentence.

Time and money

1. Set the clock to times you call out, then play store with coins.
2. Who can make 37 cents with the fewest coins?

• Clock face on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/clock
• Coins and bills on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/money
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

What happened

1. Write what happened and whether your guess was right. A wrong guess is still good science.
2. Your child labels a drawing of today's science with three words.

A timeline of my year

1. Make a timeline of the school year with one big event in each quarter.
2. Your child writes a caption for each one.

Read-aloud: The Elephant's Child

1. Read “The Elephant's Child” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?
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 Elephant's Child, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-elephants-child