2nd grade, week 8, day 3

doubling in sentences

1. Read the doubling words from this week again, then read them in sentences: on the decodable page, or in three short sentences you write.
2. New sight words: “your” and “always”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

• Dolch second grade sight words: flash cardsteach.peabody.kids/sight-words/second
• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games

Pressing a leaf

1. Write a true story about collecting and pressing a leaf.
2. A true story tells what happened in order and how the writer felt. Your child includes a feeling and why they felt it.

Back on a number line

1. On an open number line, start at 74 and jump back 30, then 6: 38.
2. Do 90 − 47 and 83 − 29 the same way.

• Blank number lines (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/math/blank-number-lines
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Seeds on the move

1. Find seeds that travel: maple wings, burrs, dandelion fluff, acorns.
2. Sort them by how they travel: wind, animals, or falling.

A cleanup plan

1. Plan a small cleanup of a shared place: what to bring, who does what, and how to stay safe. Then do it with a grown-up.
2. Your child explains today to someone at home, then writes the main idea in a sentence.

Read-aloud: Jack and the Beanstalk

1. Read “Jack and the Beanstalk” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• Jack and the Beanstalk, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/jack-and-the-beanstalk