2nd grade, week 7, day 1

New: ew, ue and u_e

1. This week: ew, ue and u_e. The long u and oo sound is spelled ew (new), ue (blue) or u_e (cube).
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: new, blue, cube and flew.
3. Your child finds a ew, ue and u_e 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

Shadow lengths

1. Write a paragraph about your shadow measurements, with the numbers.
2. Facts can be counted or measured. Your child puts at least one number in each piece and says where it came from.

Tens then ones

1. 34 + 25: add the tens (30 + 20 = 50), then the ones (4 + 5 = 9): 59.
2. Do 42 + 36 and 51 + 27.

• Base-ten blocks on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/base-ten
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Shadow through the day

1. Stand a stick in the ground and mark the end of its shadow three times in one day.
2. Measure each shadow and write when it was longest.

How groups decide

1. List ways groups decide: one leader, taking turns, talking until all agree, or voting. Write one good thing about each.
2. Afterward, your child writes two or three sentences about what they did and why it matters.

Read-aloud: The Moon's Night Off

1. Read “The Moon's Night Off” 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 Moon's Night Off, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-moons-night-off