2nd grade, week 26, day 2

Spell words with -er and -or

1. Say a word: painter, actor, sailor and visitor. Your child says each sound, then writes the word.
2. Check each one together and fix any letter that is off.
3. Read all eight -er and -or words as fast as you can, then once more.

• Spelling practice sheet makerteach.peabody.kids/make/spelling
• Copywork maker: print a line to copyteach.peabody.kids/homeschool/aids/copywork
• 2nd grade learning games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games-by-grade/second-grade

Notes to sentences

1. Turn three of your notes into full sentences.
2. Your child turns short notes (single words and phrases) into full sentences for a report.

Skip counting groups

1. 4 groups of 3 is 3, 6, 9, 12. Skip count to find 5 groups of 2 and 3 groups of 5.
2. Write each one as repeated adding.

• Skip counting strips (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/desk-and-door/skip-counting-strips
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Pulse rates

1. Find your pulse on your wrist and count the beats for one minute with a timer.
2. Count it resting, after walking, and after running, and make a bar graph.

• The Body: heartbeat (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/heart/heartbeat
• Bar graph template (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/bar-graph-template

A family timeline

1. Make a timeline of important family events, with the year at each mark.
2. Your child writes what they learned today and one question it raised.

Read-aloud: The Tooth on the Beach

1. Read “The Tooth on the Beach” aloud, with your child beside you where they can see the pictures.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.

• The Tooth on the Beach, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-tooth-on-the-beach