2nd grade, week 31, day 3

more contractions in sentences

1. Read the more contractions 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: “own” and “pick”. 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

A different ending

1. Write a second, surprising ending for the same story.
2. A good ending solves the problem and shows how the character feels, or what they learned.

Big squares, small squares

1. Split two same-size rectangles, one into 4 big squares and one into 16 small squares.
2. Which has more squares? Which squares are bigger?

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

A clay boat

1. A ball of clay sinks. Can you shape the same clay into a boat that floats?
2. Test it, then add marbles until it sinks.

Rules and laws

1. Write two family rules and two town laws, and what happens when each one is broken.
2. Your child explains today to someone at home, then writes the main idea in a sentence.

Read-aloud: Ben and the Puddle Boat

1. Read “Ben and the Puddle Boat” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. Afterward, ask your child to tell the story back to you: first, next, last.

• Ben and the Puddle Boat, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/ben-and-the-puddle-boat