2nd grade, week 16, day 4
Day 79 of 180 · Science: Snow and ice · Social studies: Trading and sharing · about 130 minutes
Reading30 min
Read: Why Does Ice Float?
- Your child reads it aloud to you, then reads one page again with expression, the way a character would say it.
- When your child is stuck, say the first sound and let them finish the word, rather than saying the whole word.
- Afterward, ask: what was your favorite page, and why?
- Why Does Ice Float?, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/why-does-ice-float
Writing20 min
Two characters
- Write how two characters from different stories are alike and how they are different.
- 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
Math30 min
Reading a schedule
- Write a schedule for a pretend day at a museum, with five things and their times.
- Ask each other questions about it: what starts at 1:30? How long is lunch?
- Clock faces (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/clock-faces
- 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade
Science20 min
Keep the ice cold
- Wrap one ice cube in a sock and one in foil, leave one bare, and check them every ten minutes.
- Which material kept the ice the longest? Write why you think so.
- Timerteach.peabody.kids/timer
Social studies15 min
Trade between countries
- Find two foods in your kitchen grown in another country, and find those countries on the globe.
- Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.
- Planet Earth: the globe to turn and explore (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/planet
Read-aloud15 min
Read-aloud: The Run to Nome
- Read “The Run to Nome” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
- This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.
- 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 Run to Nome, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-run-to-nome
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