2nd grade, week 2, day 1

New: silent e

1. This week: silent e. The e at the end makes the vowel say its name: a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e.
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: brave, shine, stone and flute.
3. Your child finds a silent e 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

A detailed object

1. Write a paragraph describing one object so well that someone could pick it out of a pile.
2. Details let a reader see, hear and feel. Your child adds at least two sense words or exact words (not 'nice' or 'big') to each paragraph.

Pairs or one left

1. Make groups of 8, 11 and 14 counters and put them in pairs. Which have one left over?
2. Even has no partner missing; odd has one alone.

• Two-color counters on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/counters
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Describe it like a scientist

1. Pick five objects and describe each one using every sense that is safe: color, texture, sound, smell.
2. Write the words in a chart, one row for each object.

A family map

1. Draw your family as a web: you in the middle, the people closest to you around you, and how each one is connected.
2. Afterward, your child writes two or three sentences about what they did and why it matters.

Read-aloud: Hum Under My Hand

1. Read “Hum Under My Hand” 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.

• Hum Under My Hand, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/hum-under-my-hand