1st grade, week 36, day 5

Reread: Tom and the Big Fish

1. Reread “Tom and the Big Fish” from last week. The second time is smoother and quicker: that is fluency growing.
2. Find this week's sight words, “sleep” and “tell”, in the book or on their cards.
3. Let your child pick one page to read to someone else in the family.

• Tom and the Big Fish, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/tom-and-the-big-fish
• Sight word games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/sight-word-games

My year paragraph

1. Copy your whole paragraph neatly and read it to someone special.
2. Your child writes a paragraph about their year: a topic sentence, three things they learned or did, and an ending sentence.

End-of-year math show

1. Your child picks three things they can do now in math and shows the family.
2. Celebrate the year with a certificate.

• Certificate makerteach.peabody.kids/make/certificate
• 1st grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/1st-grade

Science fair at home

1. Show your question, guess, test and answer to the family on a poster.
2. Your child writes one question today's science made them wonder about.

Celebrate the year

1. Make a certificate for finishing 1st grade.
2. Your child shows the family their best work and tells what they want to learn in 2nd grade.

• Certificate makerteach.peabody.kids/make/certificate

Read-aloud: The Magic Paintbrush

1. Read “The Magic Paintbrush” aloud. If your child asks to hear it again, say yes: hearing a story twice is how it sticks.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• The Magic Paintbrush, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-magic-paintbrush