2nd grade, week 25, day 1

New: -ful, -less and -ness

1. This week: -ful, -less and -ness. -ful means full of (helpful), -less means without (fearless), -ness makes a word a thing (kindness).
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: helpful, careful, hopeful and fearless.
3. Your child finds a -ful, -less and -ness 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

Two sources

1. With a grown-up, pick two sources about bones or muscles: a library book, The Body pages, or a true read-aloud.
2. With a grown-up, your child reads two short sources on one topic and writes what each one says.

Rows and columns

1. Put 12 counters in 3 rows of 4. Count them by rows: 4, 8, 12.
2. Then count them by columns: 3, 6, 9, 12.

• Two-color counters on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/counters
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Bones by the numbers

1. A grown-up has 206 bones, and a baby is born with more, which join together as the child grows.
2. The longest bone is the thigh bone. Measure your own leg from hip to knee in inches.

• The Body: skeleton (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/bones/skeleton
• The Body: growing bones (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/bones/growth-plates

Primary sources

1. A primary source was made at the time something happened, like a photo, a letter or a ticket. Find three in your home.
2. Afterward, your child writes two or three sentences about what they did and why it matters.

Read-aloud: Tavi and the Bones Under Her Skin

1. Read “Tavi and the Bones Under Her Skin” 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.

• Tavi and the Bones Under Her Skin, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/tavi-and-the-bones-under-her-skin