2nd grade, week 6, day 4

Read: Why Is the Sky Blue?

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?

• Why Is the Sky Blue?, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/why-is-the-sky-blue

My shade

1. Explain why your shade design kept the toy cool.
2. To explain, a writer tells what happened and why, using because and so. Your child writes what they saw and their best reason for it.

Biggest number game

1. Each player draws three cards from 0 to 9 and makes the biggest number. The biggest wins.
2. Play five rounds and write each compare with > or <.

• Dice rollerteach.peabody.kids/dice
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Design a cool spot

1. Design a shade for a toy from paper, cloth or foil, and test which keeps it coolest.
2. Draw your best design and label the materials.

Feelings and actions

1. Write about a time you felt left out and what someone did, or could have done, to help.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

• Feelings chart (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/feelings-chart-poster

Read-aloud: Odile and the Fizzy Cup

1. Read “Odile and the Fizzy Cup” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.
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.

• Odile and the Fizzy Cup, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/odile-and-the-fizzy-cup