2nd grade, week 27, day 4
Day 134 of 180 · Science: Healthy habits · Social studies: What is a community? · about 130 minutes
Reading30 min
Read: The Tooth on the Beach
- Your child reads it aloud to you, then reads one page again with expression, the way a character would say it.
- When your child is stuck, say the first sound and let them finish the word, rather than saying the whole word.
- Afterward, ask your child to tell it back: what happened first, next and last?
- The Tooth on the Beach, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-tooth-on-the-beach
Writing20 min
Better words
- Swap three plain words in your report for exact ones.
- To revise, your child adds one fact, takes out one sentence that doesn't belong, and makes the ending stronger.
- Writing steps poster (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/writing-process-poster
Math30 min
Arrays and groups check
- Build three arrays and three sets of equal groups, and write the adding sentence for each.
- Explain one of them to a grown-up.
- Two-color counters on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/counters
- 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade
Science20 min
The trip food takes
- Food travels from the mouth down a tube to the stomach, then through the intestines, where the body takes what it needs.
- Measure out a string about 22 feet long: that is about how long a grown-up's small intestine is.
- The Body: digestion (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/organs/digestion
Social studies15 min
A community problem
- Pick a problem in your community, like litter, and write two ways people could solve it together.
- Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.
- Problem solving steps (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/problem-solving-steps-poster
Read-aloud15 min
Read-aloud: Stone Soup
- Read “Stone Soup” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
- This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?
- 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.
- Stone Soup, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/stone-soup
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