2nd grade, week 13, day 3

air, are and ear in sentences

1. Read the air, are and ear 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: “does” and “don't”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

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

The hardest step

1. Draw a picture of the hardest step and write a caption under it.
2. A how-to lists what you need, then numbered steps with order words, and a picture for the hardest step.

• Sequencing organizer: first, next, last (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/sequencing-organizer

A meter

1. A meter is 100 centimeters, a little longer than a yardstick. Cut a string one meter long.
2. Find three things longer than a meter and three that are shorter.

• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

A home changes a place

1. When beavers build a dam, a pond forms and new plants and animals move in.
2. Draw the stream before the dam and the pond after it, and label who lives in each.

States next door

1. Find the states that border yours, and the direction each one is from your state.
2. Your child explains today to someone at home, then writes the main idea in a sentence.

Read-aloud: Snow White and Rose Red

1. Read “Snow White and Rose Red” 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?

• Snow White and Rose Red, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/snow-white-and-rose-red