2nd grade, week 25, day 4

Read: Tavi and the Bones Under Her Skin

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: who was in the story, and what happened?

• Tavi and the Bones Under Her Skin, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/tavi-and-the-bones-under-her-skin

Same and different

1. Write one fact both sources share and one fact only one of them gives.
2. With a grown-up, your child reads two short sources on one topic and writes what each one says.

Arrays on grid paper

1. Color arrays on grid paper: 2 rows of 6, 3 rows of 3, and 4 rows of 4.
2. Write the total for each by adding the rows.

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

Your backbone

1. Your backbone is a stack of small bones with soft pads between them, so you can bend and twist.
2. Thread spools or cardboard rings on a pipe cleaner to make a model backbone.

• The Body: spine (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/bones/spine

Oral history

1. Ask an older relative to tell a short story about when they were young, and write it down.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

Read-aloud: The Elephant's Child

1. Read “The Elephant's Child” 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 Elephant's Child, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-elephants-child