2nd grade, week 11, day 4

Read: Heron Feels Left Out

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 your child to tell it back: what happened first, next and last?

• Heron Feels Left Out, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/heron-feels-left-out

Feeding birds

1. Write whether people should feed birds in winter, with two reasons.
2. An opinion piece says what the writer thinks, gives two or three reasons with because, and ends by saying the opinion again.

Count up instead

1. For 70 − 46, count up from 46: 4 to get to 50, then 20 more to 70. That is 24 in all.
2. Do 61 − 37 both ways. Which way was easier?

• The open number line, explained for parentsteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/homework-help/open-number-line
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Body parts that help

1. A duck's webbed feet help it swim and an owl's big eyes help it see at night. Pick three animals and one part that helps each.
2. Draw one of them and label the part.

• Ocean animals bingo cardsteach.peabody.kids/bingo/ocean-animals

A changing neighborhood

1. Ask a grown-up what has changed in your neighborhood since they came: new buildings, roads or shops.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

Read-aloud: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

1. Read “The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing” 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 Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing