2nd grade, week 23, day 4

Read: The Thread That Glowed

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 your child to tell it back: what happened first, next and last?

• The Thread That Glowed, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-thread-that-glowed

Writing the report

1. Write the report: your topic sentence, three facts in your own words, and an ending.
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

Compare questions

1. How many more chose dogs than cats? Use the bars to subtract.
2. Write three compare questions for someone else.

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

Leaves that fall, leaves that stay

1. Some trees drop their leaves in fall and some stay green all year. Find one of each near home.
2. Your child writes two facts they found out and one question still left.

A long-ago chore

1. Children long ago helped churn butter, fetch water and gather wood. Wash a small towel by hand and hang it to dry.
2. Time how long it took and compare it with a washing machine.

• Timerteach.peabody.kids/timer

Read-aloud: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

1. Read “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?
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 Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-town-mouse-and-the-country-mouse