2nd grade, week 2, day 3

silent e in sentences

1. Read the silent e words from this week again, then read them in sentences: on the decodable page, or in three short sentences you write.
2. New sight words: “those” and “upon”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

• Magic e (CVCe): decodable sentencesteach.peabody.kids/decodables/magic-e
• Dolch second grade sight words: flash cardsteach.peabody.kids/sight-words/second
• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games

Taste and smell

1. Write a paragraph about tasting with your nose held, using sense words.
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.

The ones place tells

1. Look at the last digit: 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 mean even. Sort 23, 40, 57, 68 and 91.
2. Then sort the page numbers on five pages of a book.

• Hundreds chartteach.peabody.kids/hundreds-chart
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Taste needs smell

1. Hold your nose and taste a slice of apple and a slice of potato. Can you tell them apart?
2. Let go of your nose and taste again. Write what changed.

• The Body: nose (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/organs/nose

Families help

1. Write three ways people in your family help each other, and one way you could help more.
2. Your child explains today to someone at home, then writes the main idea in a sentence.

Read-aloud: The Bremen Town Musicians

1. Read “The Bremen Town Musicians” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• The Bremen Town Musicians, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-bremen-town-musicians