2nd grade, week 16, day 1

New: oi and oy

1. This week: oi and oy. Oi in the middle (noise) and oy at the end of a syllable (royal) both say /oy/.
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: noise, point, voice and spoil.
3. Your child finds a oi and oy word in a book or on a box at home.

• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games
• How phonics works, for parentsteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/reading/how-phonics-works

How they look

1. Pick a character from this week's read-alouds and write three sentences about how they look.
2. Your child describes a character from a read-aloud: how they look, what they do, and what that shows about them.

• Character traits organizer (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/character-traits-organizer

a.m. and p.m.

1. a.m. runs from midnight to noon and p.m. from noon to midnight. Write five things you do and when, with a.m. or p.m.
2. Is lunch a.m. or p.m.? Is bedtime?

• Clock face on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/clock
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Where water is frozen

1. Water on Earth is liquid in oceans and rivers, and solid in glaciers, ice sheets and snow. Find the white ice at the top and bottom of Planet Earth.
2. Write where water near you can be solid in winter.

• Planet Earth: the globe to turn and explore (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/planet

Barter

1. Trading things without money is called barter. Hold a trade with cards or stickers and write down each trade.
2. Afterward, your child writes two or three sentences about what they did and why it matters.

Read-aloud: Why Does Ice Float?

1. Read “Why Does Ice Float?” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.
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.

• Why Does Ice Float?, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/why-does-ice-float