2nd grade, week 23, day 3

irregular plurals in sentences

1. Read the irregular plurals 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: “eight” and “fall”. 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

The topic sentence

1. Turn your question into a topic sentence for your report.
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

Put-together questions

1. How many chose apples and bananas together? Use the bars to add.
2. Write three put-together questions and answer them.

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

Reading tree rings

1. Count the rings on a stump or a cut log. Wide rings were good growing years; narrow ones were dry or cold.
2. Your child writes a guess about why it happened, and how they could test the guess.

Ask about a home

1. Ask a grandparent or an older neighbor about the home they grew up in: heat, light, chores and rooms.
2. Write three things that were different from your home.

Read-aloud: The Cat That Walked by Himself

1. Read “The Cat That Walked by Himself” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• The Cat That Walked by Himself, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-cat-that-walked-by-himself