2nd grade, week 31, day 5

Reread: Tadpoles in a Jar

1. Reread “Tadpoles in a Jar” from last week. The second time is smoother and quicker: that is fluency growing.
2. Find this week's sight words, “own” and “pick”, in the book or on their cards.
3. Let your child pick one page to read to someone else in the family.

• Tadpoles in a Jar, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/tadpoles-in-a-jar
• Sight word games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/sight-word-games

The whole story

1. Copy your whole story, beginning, middle and end, and read it to someone.
2. A good ending solves the problem and shows how the character feels, or what they learned.

Design a garden

1. Design a garden bed on grid paper with rows and columns of square plots.
2. Count the plots, and write how many rows and how many columns.

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

Floating on air

1. Build a balloon hovercraft and watch it float on a cushion of air.
2. Test it on a smooth table and on carpet, and write which worked better.

• Workshop: balloon hovercraft (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/build/balloon-hovercraft

Write a law

1. Write a new law for your town with the reason for it, and present it to the family.
2. Afterward, your child writes how today's topic shows up in their own town or home.

• Rules poster (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/class-rules-poster

Read-aloud: Lulu the Lanternfish Lights Up

1. Read “Lulu the Lanternfish Lights Up” aloud. If your child asks to hear it again, say yes: hearing a story twice is how it sticks.
2. Afterward, ask: has anything like this happened to you? How was it the same, or different?

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