2nd grade, week 1, day 3

closed syllables in sentences

1. Read the closed syllables words from this week again, then read them in sentences: on the decodable page, or in three short sentences you write.
2. New sight words: “their” and “these”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

• Consonant blends: decodable sentencesteach.peabody.kids/decodables/blends
• Dolch second grade sight words: flash cardsteach.peabody.kids/sight-words/second
• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games

I am good at

1. Write a paragraph about something you are good at and how you learned it.
2. A paragraph has a topic sentence, three or four sentences that tell more, and an ending sentence. Your child indents the first line.

Subtracting by thinking of adding

1. For 14 − 6, think 6 + what makes 14? Eight. Do 13 − 5, 16 − 9 and 12 − 7 the same way.
2. Check each answer by adding back.

• Number bonds on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/number-bonds
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Same object, two eyes

1. Two people each write three details about the same object, then compare: what did each one notice that the other missed?
2. Your child writes a guess about why it happened, and how they could test the guess.

Things I am good at

1. Make a list of five things you are good at and one thing you are still learning.
2. Ask a grown-up to add one thing they see you do well.

Read-aloud: The Ugly Duckling

1. Read “The Ugly Duckling” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• The Ugly Duckling, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-ugly-duckling