2nd grade, week 11, day 5

Reread: Three Rocks in a Shoebox

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

• Three Rocks in a Shoebox, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/three-rocks-in-a-shoebox
• Sight word games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/sight-word-games

Saying it again

1. Reread an opinion from this week and add an ending sentence that says the opinion in new words.
2. An opinion piece says what the writer thinks, gives two or three reasons with because, and ends by saying the opinion again.

Subtracting with regrouping on paper

1. Do a subtracting two-digit numbers sheet with regrouping.
2. Check two of the answers by adding back.

• Two-digit subtraction worksheets, with regroupingteach.peabody.kids/worksheets/math/two-digit-subtraction-with-regrouping
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Design an animal

1. Invent an animal for a cold, snowy place and give it three body parts that help it get what it needs.
2. Draw it and label each part with what it does.

A better neighborhood

1. Write one idea that would make your neighborhood better, and who could help make it happen.
2. Afterward, your child writes how today's topic shows up in their own town or home.

Read-aloud: The Monkey and the Crocodile

1. Read “The Monkey and the Crocodile” 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 Monkey and the Crocodile, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-monkey-and-the-crocodile