2nd grade, week 22, day 4

Read: Newt Is Nervous

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: where did the story happen? How do you know?

• Newt Is Nervous, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/newt-is-nervous

A compare chart

1. Fill in a Venn diagram for two ways to travel, then write a sentence from each part.
2. To compare, your child writes how two things are alike and how they are different, using both, but and however.

• Venn diagram: same and different (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/venn-diagram

Reading picture graphs

1. Ask: which answer had the most? How many more chose summer than winter? How many answers in all?
2. Write the number sentence for each answer.

• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Bird songs

1. Listen outside for five minutes and count how many different bird songs you hear. Try to copy one.
2. Your child writes two facts they found out and one question still left.

Plan a trip

1. Plan a pretend trip to a nearby town on a map: which roads, which direction, and about how far.
2. Write the directions using north, south, east and west.

• Planet Earth: the globe to turn and explore (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/planet

Read-aloud: The Night Bus

1. Read “The Night Bus” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. Afterward, ask: who was your favorite in the story, and why?
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.

• The Night Bus, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/sleepy-town-the-night-bus