2nd grade, week 17, day 4

Read: Muskrat Is Grumpy

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: who was in the story, and what happened?

• Muskrat Is Grumpy, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/muskrat-is-grumpy

Retelling a true book

1. Retell a true book in four sentences: what it was about and three important facts.
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

Bills and coins

1. Count $1, $5 and $10 bills, then add coins: $6 and 35¢ is written $6.35.
2. Write three more amounts with the dollar sign and a point.

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

Winter tracks and signs

1. Look for tracks, chewed bark, holes and nests on a winter walk.
2. Draw what you find and write who you think made each one.

Food in each season

1. Talk about which fruits and vegetables are fresh in each season where you live.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

Read-aloud: Snow White

1. Read “Snow White” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?
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.

• Snow White, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/snow-white