2nd grade, week 15, day 4

Read: The First Flight

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?

• The First Flight, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-first-flight

A letter of questions

1. Write a practice letter to an engineer asking two questions about ramps or wheels.
2. A letter has a date, a greeting, a body that says why you are writing, a closing and a name.

Writing the time

1. Draw clock faces for 9:05, 2:35 and 6:50, then write the time under each one.
2. Check each one on the clock tool.

• Clock faces (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/clock-faces
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

A cup zipline

1. Build a cup zipline on a string from a high point to a low one.
2. Make the string steeper, then flatter, and time the cup's ride each way.

• Workshop: cup zipline (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/build/cup-zipline
• Timerteach.peabody.kids/timer

A picnic budget

1. With a pretend ten dollars, plan a family picnic and list what you would buy and what each costs.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

Read-aloud: The Snail Race

1. Read “The Snail Race” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. Afterward, ask: who was your favorite in the story, and why?
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 Snail Race, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-snail-race