2nd grade, week 34, day 1

New: y to i

1. This week: y to i. When a word ends in a consonant and y, change the y to i before -er or -est: happy, happier, happiest.
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: happier, happiest, funnier and busiest.
3. Your child finds a y to i 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

Circle and check

1. Reread a piece from this year and circle every word you are not sure how to spell.
2. Your child circles words they are not sure of, checks them with a grown-up, and fixes the spelling.

• Spelling practice sheet makerteach.peabody.kids/make/spelling

Patterns on the hundreds chart

1. Color every number that ends in 5, then every number that ends in 0. What pattern do you see?
2. Describe the pattern in a sentence.

• Hundreds chartteach.peabody.kids/hundreds-chart
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Air has weight

1. Hang two blown-up balloons from the ends of a hanger so it balances, then let the air out of one.
2. Which side goes down? The air inside had weight.

The Statue of Liberty

1. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France and stands in New York Harbor. Find both countries on the globe.
2. Afterward, your child writes two or three sentences about what they did and why it matters.

• Planet Earth: the globe to turn and explore (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/planet

Read-aloud: The North Wind and the Sun

1. Read “The North Wind and the Sun” 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.

• The North Wind and the Sun, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-north-wind-and-the-sun