2nd grade, week 23, day 2

Spell words with irregular plurals

1. Say a word: mice, geese, children and sheep. Your child says each sound, then writes the word.
2. Check each one together and fix any letter that is off.
3. Read all eight irregular plurals words as fast as you can, then once more.

• Spelling practice sheet makerteach.peabody.kids/make/spelling
• Copywork maker: print a line to copyteach.peabody.kids/homeschool/aids/copywork
• 2nd grade learning games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games-by-grade/second-grade

Finding facts

1. Write three facts that answer your question, from a book, a grown-up or this week's topic.
2. Your child writes a question, finds three facts that answer it, and writes them as a paragraph with a topic sentence.

• Know, wonder, learned chart (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/kwl-chart

A scale that counts by 2s

1. Make a bar graph of 20 or more answers with a scale that counts by 2s.
2. Where does the top of a bar go for an odd number?

• Bar graph template (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/bar-graph-template
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Measuring a tree

1. Measure around three tree trunks at the height of your chest with a string, and compare them.
2. Your child draws a labeled diagram of today's science and writes a sentence under it.

Inventions that changed homes

1. Electric lights, running water, refrigerators and washing machines changed life at home.
2. Pick one and write which chores it made easier.

Read-aloud: The Thread That Glowed

1. Read “The Thread That Glowed” aloud, with your child beside you where they can see the pictures.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.

• The Thread That Glowed, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-thread-that-glowed