2nd grade, week 18, day 4

Read: The Hen Parade

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: where did the story happen? How do you know?

• The Hen Parade, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-hen-parade

Add one, take one out

1. Add one detail to your paragraph and take out one sentence that doesn't belong.
2. Your child rereads with a checklist: capitals, end marks, spelling patterns we know, and does every sentence make sense.

• Writing steps poster (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/writing-process-poster

Store day

1. Set up a store with prices under $2.00. Take turns buying two things and paying.
2. The shopkeeper counts back the change each time.

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

Poles

1. Find the poles of two magnets: which ends pull together, and which push apart?
2. Your child writes two facts they found out and one question still left.

Interview a helper

1. Write three questions, then ask a helper in your town about their job, with a grown-up beside you.
2. Write the answers and one thing that surprised you.

Read-aloud: The Little Blue Engine

1. Read “The Little Blue Engine” 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.

• The Little Blue Engine, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-little-blue-engine