2nd grade, week 24, day 1

New: re-, pre-, dis- and mis-

1. This week: re-, pre-, dis- and mis-. A prefix changes a word's meaning: re- again, pre- before, dis- not, mis- wrongly.
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: rewrite, preheat, preview and dislike.
3. Your child finds a re-, pre-, dis- and mis- word in a book or on a box at home.

• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games
• How phonics works, for parentsteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/reading/how-phonics-works

Choosing headings

1. Choose two headings for a report about school long ago, like Tools and A School Day.
2. A short report has a title, two headings and a paragraph under each. Your child chooses the headings first.

• Main idea and details organizer (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/main-idea-and-details

Measure ten things

1. Measure ten pencils or crayons to the nearest inch and write each length.
2. Which length came up the most?

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

Layers of soil

1. Shake soil and water in a closed jar, let it sit overnight, and draw the layers that settle.
2. Your child writes what they did, what they saw, and what they think it means, in a science notebook.

A day at a one-room school

1. In a one-room school, one teacher taught every grade, and children often walked miles to get there.
2. Make a schedule for a day at a one-room school, then compare it with your own day.

Read-aloud: The Four Big Pages

1. Read “The Four Big Pages” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.
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 Four Big Pages, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-four-big-pages