2nd grade, week 21, day 4

Read: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

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: who was in the story, and what happened?

• The Three Billy Goats Gruff, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-three-billy-goats-gruff

Stopping erosion

1. Draw the way you protected your hill, with labels and a sentence for each part.
2. A diagram shows the parts of something. Your child draws it, labels four parts, and writes a sentence about each.

Number chains

1. Start at 127 and add 10 five times, then add 100 three times.
2. Write every number in the chain, then read it back.

• Math worksheet generatorteach.peabody.kids/make/math-sheet
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Wind and a fence

1. Put a pile of dry sand on a tray and blow on it through a straw from one side.
2. Put a row of blocks in front like a fence and blow again. Did the fence help?

A year on a page

1. Make a one-page year with twelve boxes and write one thing that happens in each month.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

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

Read-aloud: Dinosaurs Are Still Here

1. Read “Dinosaurs Are Still Here” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
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.

• Dinosaurs Are Still Here, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/dinosaurs-are-still-here