2nd grade, week 29, day 4

Read: Odile and the Fizzy Cup

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?

• Odile and the Fizzy Cup, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/odile-and-the-fizzy-cup

Showing feelings

1. Add two sentences that show how the character feels when things go wrong.
2. In the middle of a story, the character has a problem and tries to fix it, and the first try may not work.

Fold a cube

1. Draw six squares in a cross shape on grid paper, cut it out, and fold it into a cube.
2. Count its faces, edges and corners.

• Centimeter graph paper (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/centimeter-graph-paper
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Camouflage

1. Some insects look like leaves, sticks or bark, so birds can't find them.
2. Color paper bugs to match spots in the yard, hide them, and time how long it takes someone to find them.

• Timerteach.peabody.kids/timer

Good and hard

1. Write one good thing and one hard thing about living in each kind of place.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

Read-aloud: The Hen Parade

1. Read “The Hen Parade” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. Afterward, ask: who was your favorite in the story, and why?
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 Hen Parade, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-hen-parade