2nd grade, week 19, day 4

Read: The Ant and the Grasshopper

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 your child to tell it back: what happened first, next and last?

• The Ant and the Grasshopper, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-ant-and-the-grasshopper
• What to do when a child guesses a wordteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/reading/when-a-child-guesses

Facts about saving

1. Write three facts about saving money that you learned this week.
2. Your child reads a short passage, closes it, and writes three facts from memory in their own words.

• Needs and Wants: passage with questionsteach.peabody.kids/passages/2/needs-and-wants

Three-digit sums in columns

1. Write 368 + 274 in columns and add the ones, then the tens, then the hundreds, regrouping as you go.
2. Check one by building it with blocks.

• Three-digit addition worksheetsteach.peabody.kids/worksheets/math/three-digit-addition
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Oobleck

1. Mix cornstarch and water into oobleck. Squeeze it, then let it drip. Is it a solid or a liquid?
2. Your child writes two facts they found out and one question still left.

• Workshop: oobleck (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/build/oobleck

Why people use banks

1. A bank keeps money safe and pays a little extra, called interest, for keeping it there.
2. Make a paper bank book and write in a pretend deposit each day this week.

Read-aloud: Puss in Boots

1. Read “Puss in Boots” 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.

• Puss in Boots, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/puss-in-boots