2nd grade, week 35, day 4

Read: Stone Soup

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 your child to tell it back: what happened first, next and last?

• Stone Soup, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/stone-soup

Publishing it

1. Copy the piece neatly, or make it into a little book with pictures.
2. Your child picks their best piece of the year, revises it, copies it neatly, and reads it to the family.

• Writing steps poster (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/writing-process-poster

Fact race

1. Race through facts within 20 on the fact fluency page and compare with your score from the fall.
2. Write both scores side by side.

• Fact fluency practiceteach.peabody.kids/fact-fluency
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Sweat cools

1. Wet one hand and leave the other dry, then hold both in front of a fan.
2. Write how sweat helps the body stay cool on a hot day.

• The Body: sweat (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/body/skin/sweat

Citizens help

1. With a grown-up, do one thing to help your community this week, and write about it.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

Read-aloud: Tom and the Big Fish

1. Read “Tom and the Big Fish” 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.

• Tom and the Big Fish, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/tom-and-the-big-fish