2nd grade, week 34, day 4

Read: The North Wind and the Sun

1. Your child reads it aloud to you, then reads one page again with expression, the way a character would say it.
2. When your child is stuck, say the first sound and let them finish the word, rather than saying the whole word.
3. Afterward, ask: where did the story happen? How do you know?

• The North Wind and the Sun, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/the-north-wind-and-the-sun

A partner check

1. A grown-up underlines misspelled words in a new paragraph about wind, and you fix them.
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

Growing patterns

1. Build a pattern with blocks: 1 block, then 3, then 5. How many in the next step?
2. Draw the next two steps.

• Two-color counters on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/counters
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Wind can lift

1. Make a pinwheel and see whether it can wind up a paper clip on a thread as it spins.
2. Talk about how big wind turbines turn moving air into electricity.

A landmark in my state

1. With a grown-up, pick a landmark in your state and write three facts about it.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

Read-aloud: The Stamp of the North Wind

1. Read “The Stamp of the North Wind” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. Afterward, ask: who was your favorite in the story, and why?
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 Stamp of the North Wind, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-night-post-office-the-stamp-of-the-north-wind