2nd grade, week 25, day 3

-ful, -less and -ness in sentences

1. Read the -ful, -less and -ness 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: “grow” and “hold”. 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 second source

1. Write three facts from your second source, and the source's name.
2. With a grown-up, your child reads two short sources on one topic and writes what each one says.

Repeated adding

1. An array of 4 rows of 5 is 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20.
2. Build three arrays and write the adding sentence for each.

• Array grids (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/array-grids
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Muscles work in pairs

1. When the muscle on the front of your arm pulls, the one on the back relaxes, and the other way round.
2. Feel both while you bend and straighten your arm, and draw the pair.

• The Body: biceps (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/muscles/biceps

Artifacts

1. An artifact is an object people made and used. Pick an old object at home and write what it tells about its time.
2. Your child explains today to someone at home, then writes the main idea in a sentence.

Read-aloud: Hum Under My Hand

1. Read “Hum Under My Hand” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.

• Hum Under My Hand, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/hum-under-my-hand