2nd grade, week 8, day 4

Read: Why Do Leaves Change Color?

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: what was your favorite page, and why?

• Why Do Leaves Change Color?, to read on screenon peabody.kidspeabody.kids/library/why-do-leaves-change-color

A change I noticed

1. Write about a change you noticed in fall, and how it made you feel.
2. A true story tells what happened in order and how the writer felt. Your child includes a feeling and why they felt it.

Subtracting without regrouping

1. Do a subtracting two-digit numbers sheet with no regrouping.
2. Check two answers by adding.

• Two-digit subtraction worksheets, no regroupingteach.peabody.kids/worksheets/math/two-digit-subtraction-without-regrouping
• 2nd grade math path (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/grades/math/2nd-grade

Animals get ready

1. Talk about animals that store food, grow thicker coats or travel in fall.
2. Make a chart with an animal for each way.

Rules on signs

1. Read the rules posted at a park, library or pool, and write why each rule is there.
2. Your child draws a labeled picture of today's activity and writes a caption.

Read-aloud: Bracken Keeps the Hill

1. Read “Bracken Keeps the Hill” 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.

• Bracken Keeps the Hill, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/bracken-keeps-the-hill