2nd grade, week 11, day 2

Spell words with ar and or

1. Say a word: porch, thorn, carpet and forest. 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 ar and or 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
• 2nd grade learning games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games-by-grade/second-grade

Wild or zoo

1. Write whether animals are better off in the wild or in a good zoo, with reasons.
2. An opinion piece says what the writer thinks, gives two or three reasons with because, and ends by saying the opinion again.

Breaking tens on the mat

1. Do 63 − 38 and 81 − 45 on a place value mat, breaking a ten when the ones run short.
2. Say each step aloud as you go.

• Place value mat (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/place-value-mat
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Plant eaters and meat eaters

1. Sort ten animals into plant eaters, meat eaters, and animals that eat both.
2. Look at pictures of their teeth: what do you notice?

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

Map the walk

1. Draw a map of your walk with a key and a compass rose.
2. Your child writes what they learned today and one question it raised.

Read-aloud: The Otter's Rock

1. Read “The Otter's Rock” aloud, with your child beside you where they can see the pictures.
2. Stop halfway and ask: what do you think will happen next?

• The Otter's Rock, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-otters-rock