2nd grade, week 3, day 1

New: ai, ay and a_e

1. This week: ai, ay and a_e. Long a is spelled ai in the middle (rain), ay at the end (tray), or a_e (cake).
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: rain, tray, cake and paint.
3. Your child finds a ai, ay and a_e word in a book or on a box at home.

• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games
• How phonics works, for parentsteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/reading/how-phonics-works

High and low

1. Write about high and low sounds, using because and so.
2. Joining words link two short sentences into one longer one. Your child joins at least two pairs of sentences in each piece.

Bundle tens

1. Bundle 47 straws or sticks into tens with rubber bands. How many tens? How many ones?
2. Do the same with 63 and 80.

• Base-ten blocks on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/base-ten
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Pitch: high and low

1. Stretch a rubber band over a box and pluck it tight, then loose. Which sound is higher?
2. Try a short and a long band, and write what you notice.

• Workshop: shoebox guitar (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/build/shoebox-guitar

Jobs and why

1. List the jobs that keep your home running, and write why each one matters.
2. Afterward, your child writes two or three sentences about what they did and why it matters.

• Jobs chart (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/classroom-management/classroom-jobs-chart

Read-aloud: Lulu the Lanternfish Lights Up

1. Read “Lulu the Lanternfish Lights Up” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
2. Before reading, look at the title and the first page and ask: what do you think this story is about?
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.

• Lulu the Lanternfish Lights Up, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/lulu-the-lanternfish-lights-up