2nd grade, week 30, day 2

Spell words with homophones

1. Say a word: write, right, won and one. 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 homophones 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

A new line for each speaker

1. Write a conversation between a caterpillar and a bird, starting a new line each time the speaker changes.
2. When characters talk, their exact words go inside quotation marks, and a new speaker starts a new line.

Equal shares or not?

1. Draw circles and rectangles cut into parts, some equal and some not.
2. Your child circles the ones cut into equal shares.

• Fraction bars on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/fraction-bars
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

A frog's changes

1. A tadpole breathes with gills and swims with a tail; a frog breathes with lungs and hops on land.
2. List three changes and how each one helps the frog live where it does.

A teamwork challenge

1. As a family, build a tower from newspaper and tape in ten minutes, with each person in charge of one job.
2. Your child writes what they learned today and one question it raised.

• Timerteach.peabody.kids/timer

Read-aloud: The Ugly Duckling

1. Read “The Ugly Duckling” aloud, with your child beside you where they can see the pictures.
2. Stop halfway and ask: what do you think will happen next?

• The Ugly Duckling, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-ugly-duckling