2nd grade, week 17, day 1

New: aw, au and all

1. This week: aw, au and all. Aw (saw) and au (sauce) say /aw/, and all says /awl/ (ball).
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: saw, draw, claw and haul.
3. Your child finds a aw, au and all 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

Main events

1. List the five most important events of a read-aloud from this week.
2. A retelling keeps the main events in order and leaves out small details. Your child retells a story in five sentences.

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

Coin values

1. Sort pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters and write each value with ¢.
2. Which coin is worth the most? Which is the biggest?

• Coins and bills on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/money
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Hibernate, migrate or adapt

1. Find two animals that hibernate, two that migrate and two that stay active, and how each gets through winter.
2. Make a three-column chart with a drawing of each.

• Group sort game from your own listteach.peabody.kids/activities/group-sort

Tree to table

1. Draw the steps an apple takes from the tree to your table, with a worker at each step.
2. Afterward, your child writes two or three sentences about what they did and why it matters.

Read-aloud: Penguins Up Close

1. Read “Penguins Up Close” 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.

• Penguins Up Close, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/penguins-up-close