Online Resources for 2nd grade
VRC elementary.(Arrowhead / tvcsd1)
New Book of Knowledge
Explore new book of knowledge
Web Feat Educational Games
Geo-Journey
Review left hand panel of the variety of items.
Maps 101
K-3 maps
Learn and Play
Flash aliens
Sirs Discoverer
note the codes at the top of the page on a search topic.
Teaching books.net
Collier, Bryan Life of Martin Luther King
Stuart J. Murphy
In this visual, four-minute Authors
Tumble Books
TVCSD / Books
Coming Home: A Story of Josh Gibson
Jackie Robinson story
Surfing Safely.com
The internet can be an amazing adventure but sometimes dangers lurk. Becky, also known as Busy B. chats with her cousin Z-man in this educational story about surfing the World Wide Web
There’s A Square
An innovative and delightful book designed to teach young children about shapes. Find the squares, circles, rectangles, and other shapes hidden throughout the book.
Light inthe Darkness
This poignant and uplifting story of friendship, tolerance and community, based in part on a true incident, highlights the true spirit of the holidays
Tumble book’s book report feature.
From Main Page select
ABC’s
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progress to the game
Click on a vowel
Click on the letters ABC to hear beginning sounds
At the top ABC printouts for teachers
Next try the Gingerbread man or any of the pictures on the right
Learn to read
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skill builders Language arts Math.
Or first grade skills
Then click on language arts Math and reading separately under the main heading
Marco Polo
Suggested grade level: K-2. Just as authors, poets and storytellers see beauty in words, many mathematicians and economists argue that they see poetry in numbers, figures and equations. Poetry is an excellent means of communicating information about all types of different subjects, even unlikely ones such as economics.
Download Shel Silverstein's poem "Smart," available as a PDF from the Franklin Institute, a MarcoPolo Partner-Reviewed Resource. Silverstein's poem is about a boy who trades in his one dollar bill for several coins and ends up with less money than what he started with. Ask students if they think the poem is silly. Why or why not? Was the boy in the poem actually smart, as the poem's title would suggest? What coins are mentioned in the poem? Pass around actual coins to the students and examine each coin closely. What words describe the look and feel of each coin? Does the size of a coin indicate its worth? What words rhyme with penny, dime and nickel? (Answers will vary, but can include many, time and pickle.) Can you think of any words that rhyme with quarter? Ask the class to work together to create a short rhyming poem about coins.
See how poetry is used to describe all types of things in:
"Dinosaurs 1: Where Are the Dinosaurs?" (K-2) from Science NetLinks, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Students explore the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs. They create dioramas, puppets and poems to express their understanding of how dinosaurs lived long ago.
"Hatching Chickens"(K-2)
Science NetLinks,American Association for the Advancement of Science
Students gain an understanding of the importance of carefully observing and caring for eggs and chickens in the classroom. They then use two poems that may be chorally read or sung to reinforce what they have learned about what eggs need to enable chicks to hatch.
"Number Cents: Trading for Quarters" (K-2) from Illuminations, The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
"Number Cents: Trading for Quarters"(K-2)
Illuminations,The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Students listen to Shel Silverstein's poem "Smart," and then examine a quarter. They find sets of coins equivalent to a quarter using pennies, nickels and dimes. They also estimate and count coin collections, count by fives and tens using actual and online calculators, and pose and answer coin puzzles.
"Toys for Me: A Lesson on Choice" (K-2) from EconEdLink, National Council on Economic Education
"Toys for Me: A Lesson on Choice"(K-2)
EconEdLink,National Council on Economic Education
Students are introduced to the concept of scarcity by learning that we all have to make choices and all choices involve both benefits and costs. Scarcity and choice are further defined in student-friendly terms in the poem "Toys for Me."
"Poetry Across the Sciences"(K-12)
Science NetLinks,American Association for the Advancement of Science
Students learn how poets have written on many scientific subjects, and are then introduced to various science topics through the use of poetry.