2nd grade, week 22, day 5

Reread: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

1. Reread “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” from last week. The second time is smoother and quicker: that is fluency growing.
2. Find this week's sight words, “draw” and “drink”, in the book or on their cards.
3. Let your child pick one page to read to someone else in the family.

• The Three Billy Goats Gruff, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-three-billy-goats-gruff
• Sight word games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/sight-word-games

A compare paragraph

1. Write a paragraph comparing travel long ago and today, with a topic sentence and an ending.
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

Graph story problems

1. Solve story problems from your graph: if 3 more people chose fall, how many would there be?
2. Write two questions about the graph for someone else.

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

Birds that migrate

1. Some birds fly south each fall and back each spring. Find one that migrates and trace its trip on the globe.
2. Your child explains today's science to someone at home, then writes it down in three sentences.

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

Travel in the future

1. Talk about how people might travel in the future, and what problems a new way could solve.
2. Design a new vehicle, draw it, and label what makes it go.

Read-aloud: The Little Blue Engine

1. Read “The Little Blue Engine” aloud. If your child asks to hear it again, say yes: hearing a story twice is how it sticks.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• The Little Blue Engine, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-little-blue-engine