2nd grade, week 5, day 5
Day 25 of 180 · Science: Weather watch · Social studies: Staying safe · about 130 minutes
Reading30 min
Reread: Duck Says Sorry
- Reread “Duck Says Sorry” from last week. The second time is smoother and quicker: that is fluency growing.
- Find this week's sight words, “which” and “why”, in the book or on their cards.
- Let your child pick one page to read to someone else in the family.
- Duck Says Sorry, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/duck-says-sorry
- Sight word games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/sight-word-games
Writing20 min
Storm safety steps
- Write the steps your family takes in a storm, in order.
- Time-order words (first, next, then, after that, finally) move a reader through events. Your child uses at least three in each piece.
- Sequencing organizer: first, next, last (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/sequencing-organizer
Math30 min
Skip count on a number line
- Jump by 5s on a number line from 0 to 50, then by 10s from 0 to 100.
- Your child says each landing number.
- Number line and skip counting games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/number-line-and-skip-counting-games
Science20 min
Storm safety
- Talk about what to do in a thunderstorm or a big storm: go inside, stay away from windows, listen to grown-ups.
- Write three safety steps for your home.
- Weather bingo cardsteach.peabody.kids/bingo/weather
Social studies15 min
A safety guide
- Write a short safety guide for a younger child: three rules and why each one matters.
- Afterward, your child writes how today's topic shows up in their own town or home.
Read-aloud15 min
Read-aloud: Why Do We Have Seasons?
- Read “Why Do We Have Seasons?” aloud. If your child asks to hear it again, say yes: hearing a story twice is how it sticks.
- This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.
- Why Do We Have Seasons?, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/why-do-we-have-seasons
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