Welcome to Second Grade!
"Listen to advice and accept instruction and in the end you will be wise."
-Proverbs 19:20
"Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants."
-Deuteronomy 32:2
Bald Eagle Webcam:
We have been enjoying a glimpse into the life of a bald eagle family. The Pennsylvania Game Commission, along with the support of several businesses, has installed a webcam in Hanover, PA that overlooks a nest in real time. If you would also like to follow along, the link to the website is below.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1592549&mode=2
Educational Links:
Listed below are links to some fun, educational websites. These links are sorted by subject and include activities that reinforce concepts we have been learning in the classroom. Students may be familiar with some of these sites from Computer class. Enjoy!
All Subjects:
2nd Grade Turtle Diary Education Computer Games: http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games.html
Mr. Nussbaum's Grade 2 Games and Activities: http://mrnussbaum.com/grade-2/
Tagxedo Word Web Creator: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
ReadWriteThink Venn Diagram: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/venn_diagrams/
ReadWriteThink Cube Creator: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/
Math:
Subtraction with Regrouping Practice:
Drag-n-Drop Math: http://mrnussbaum.com/draggablemain/index2/
Fruit Shoot Subtraction: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_subtraction.htm
Addition with Regrouping Practice: http://www.math-play.com/soccer-math-adding-two-digit-whole-numbers/adding-two-digit-numbers.html
Math Fact Practice: http://www.abcya.com/math_facts_game.htm
Sheppard Software Math Games: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
Funbrain Math Arcade: http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html
Fuel the Brain Arcade: http://www.fuelthebrain.com/
Smarty Games; Money, Time: http://www.smartygames.com/index.php
Math Chimp Games: http://www.mathchimp.com/2ndGrade.php
Money Flashcards: http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money
Language Arts:
Parts of Speech:
Common or Proper Nouns: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/basketball/
Balloon Noun Game: http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/noun/balloon_game/
MadLibs, Parts of Speech: http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/Games/Game.html?GameName=MadLibsOnceUponA&Brain=reading&GameNumber=2&Color=FFFFFF
Sentences:
Sentence Power: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sentence_power/index.html
Compound Sentences: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sentence_combine/index.html
Vocabulary:
Free Rice Vocabulary (Students can practice their vocabulary while helping to feed the hungry!): http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1652
Phonics/Spelling:
Sadlier Phonics: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
ReadWriteThink Word Family Sorts: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/wordfamily/
TVO Spelling Bee: http://www.tvokids.com/games/spellingbee
Reading:
We Give Books, free children's books to read online: http://www.wegivebooks.org/
Writing:
ReadWriteThink Letter and Postcard Generators: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/postcard/
ReadWriteThink Poetry: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/theme_poems/
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante_poems_2/
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/
Comic Creator: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/
Shel Silverstein, Practice Being a Poet: http://www.shelsilverstein.com/fun/games/practice-being-a-poet/
Science:
Identify the Planets: http://www.softschools.com/science/space/solar_system_kids_games/
Ecosystems Video: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/ecosystems.htm
Producer, Consumer, & Decomposer Game: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/producersconsumersgame.swf
Research Animals: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/
Match the Habitat: http://www.cserc.org/main/games/matchthehabitat/
Magic School Bus Science Games: http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/index.htm
The Water Cycle Diagram: http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/
Infrared Zoo Gallery (How are hot- and cold-blooded animals different?): http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/ir_zoo/
Switch Zoo: http://www.switcheroozoo.com/zoo.htm
Social Studies:
The Revolutionary War (Liberty's Kids games, trivia, and video clips): http://www.libertyskids.com/archive.html
Thanksgiving: http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/feast/
Immigration: http://www.tenement.org/immigrate/
Draw the Habitat: http://pbskids.org/fetch/games/habitats/
Famous Biographies: http://www.turtlediary.com/biographies.html
Dr. Seuss' Biography: http://www.seussville.com/#/author