1st grade, week 5, day 4
Day 24 of 180 · Science: Weather watch · about 85 minutes
Reading25 min
Read: The Hat Cat
- Your child reads it aloud to you, then reads one page again with expression, the way a character would say it.
- When your child is stuck, say the first sound and let them finish the word, rather than saying the whole word.
- Afterward, ask: who was in the story, and what happened?
- The Hat Cat, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-hat-cat
Math25 min
A hanger balance
- Hang two cups from a clothes hanger. Put 3 pennies and 2 pennies in one, 5 in the other.
- Does it balance? Try other equal and unequal pairs.
- Two-color counters on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/counters
Science20 min
Kinds of clouds
- Draw three kinds of clouds: puffy, flat and wispy.
- Which kind is in the sky today? Which kind brings rain?
- Workshop: rain cloud in a jar (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/build/rain-cloud-jar
Read-aloud15 min
Read-aloud: Ruby and the Rainy Picnic
- Read “Ruby and the Rainy Picnic” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
- Afterward, ask: who was your favorite in the story, and why?
- 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.
- Ruby and the Rainy Picnic, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/ruby-and-the-rainy-picnic
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