2nd grade, week 30, day 3

homophones in sentences

1. Read the homophones words from this week again, then read them in sentences: on the decodable page, or in three short sentences you write.
2. New sight words: “never” and “only”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

• Dolch third grade sight words: flash cardsteach.peabody.kids/sight-words/third
• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games

Words instead of said

1. Write five lines of talking that use whispered, shouted, asked, answered and laughed.
2. When characters talk, their exact words go inside quotation marks, and a new speaker starts a new line.

Making a whole

1. Two halves, three thirds and four fourths each make one whole.
2. Fold a strip into thirds and say: three thirds make one whole.

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

A plant's life cycle

1. A plant grows from seed to seedling to adult plant, flowers, and makes new seeds.
2. Draw it as a circle and label each stage.

Solving it together

1. Pick a family problem and use the problem solving steps to find a fix everyone agrees on.
2. Your child explains today to someone at home, then writes the main idea in a sentence.

• Problem solving steps (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/problem-solving-steps-poster

Read-aloud: The Frog That Freezes

1. Read “The Frog That Freezes” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.

• The Frog That Freezes, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-frog-that-freezes