2nd grade, week 21, day 1

New: -dge and -tch

1. This week: -dge and -tch. After a short vowel, /j/ is spelled -dge (badge) and /ch/ is spelled -tch (catch).
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: badge, bridge, judge and edge.
3. Your child finds a -dge and -tch 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 hill after the rain

1. Draw your sand hill after the water, label four parts, and write a sentence about each one.
2. A diagram shows the parts of something. Your child draws it, labels four parts, and writes a sentence about each.

Ten more and ten less

1. Say 10 more and 10 less than 345, 509 and 790. Which digit changed?
2. Do five more without any blocks.

• Place value chart on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/place-value-chart
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Fast and slow changes

1. Some changes to land happen fast, like a landslide or a flood; some take a very long time, like a canyon carved by a river.
2. Sort ten changes into fast and slow.

• Group sort game from your own listteach.peabody.kids/activities/group-sort

Reading a calendar

1. Find today's date on a calendar, then the date one week from today and one week ago.
2. Afterward, your child writes two or three sentences about what they did and why it matters.

• Calendar maker (printable)teach.peabody.kids/make/calendar

Read-aloud: Bracken Keeps the Hill

1. Read “Bracken Keeps the Hill” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
2. Before reading, look at the title and the first page and ask: what do you think this story is about?
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.

• Bracken Keeps the Hill, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/bracken-keeps-the-hill