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2nd grade, week 7, day 4

Day 34 of 180 · Science: Day and night · Social studies: Choosing together · about 130 minutes

Reading30 min

Read: The Moon's Night Off

  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?
Writing20 min

The sun is a star

  1. Write a paragraph with three facts about the sun.
  2. Facts can be counted or measured. Your child puts at least one number in each piece and says where it came from.
Math30 min

Adding without regrouping

  1. Do an adding two-digit numbers sheet with no regrouping.
  2. Your child explains one with base-ten blocks.
Science20 min

Stars and the sun

  1. The sun is a star, the closest one. Talk about why other stars look so small.
  2. Write two facts about the sun and stars.
Social studies15 min

Graph the votes

  1. Make a bar graph of a vote with three or more choices.
  2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.
Read-aloud15 min

Read-aloud: The Night Bus

  1. Read “The Night Bus” 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.

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