2nd grade, week 21, day 3

-dge and -tch in sentences

1. Read the -dge and -tch 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: “clean” and “done”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

• Dolch third grade sight words: flash cardsteach.peabody.kids/sight-words/third
• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games

A volcano diagram

1. Draw a volcano and label the crater, the lava, the ash and the mountain.
2. A diagram shows the parts of something. Your child draws it, labels four parts, and writes a sentence about each.

Across a hundred

1. What is 10 more than 395? It crosses into a new hundred: 405. Try 698 + 10 and 903 − 10.
2. Build one of them with blocks to check.

• Base-ten blocks on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/base-ten
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Stop the erosion

1. Rebuild the hill and protect it: try grass clippings, a wall of sticks, or a cloth cover.
2. Pour the same amount of water again. Which way kept the most sand in place?

How many weeks?

1. Count how many weeks until a day you are looking forward to, and mark each week on a calendar.
2. Your child explains today to someone at home, then writes the main idea in a sentence.

Read-aloud: The Otter's Rock

1. Read “The Otter's Rock” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. Afterward, ask your child to tell the story back to you: first, next, last.

• The Otter's Rock, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-otters-rock