Useful Websites - Center Grove Elementary School



Useful Websites

Overall Second Grade Site



Math

overall second grade site







money flashcards



math place value games



(timed math facts)



(drag coins to show a certain amount)



(pick an item with a price tag and show that amount of money)



(count and compare money amounts, then insert greater than/less than sign to make the number sentence true)



(drag clocks to correct time)



(great list of math/reading skills, can change to 2nd, or 3rd, or 4th, or 5th if necessary)







MATH CONT….References and Resources

― The A+ Math site helps students learn mathematics interactively with a mathematics game room, flashcards, and practice sheets.

― Coolmath4kids is a colorful Web site (how did they make that dangly cursor?!) that has fun mathematics activities for children and adults age 3 and up.

― Edinformatics: Information for the Information Age offers many links to online mathematics sites for instruction, practice, and games. Descriptors tell the age level (kids, teens, mature teens) of each site.

― Figure This! Math Challenges for Families has a teacher’s kit complete with a PowerPoint presentation and blackline masters to introduce this series of family problem-solving mathematics challenges to parents. The grade levels of the activities range from grades 1 through 6.

― This site has resource links for parents and educators of children grades pre-K to 6.

― This site presents 10 tips for selecting mathematics instruction software for students with learning disabilities.

― The Math Forum @ Drexel Web site offers arithmetic software or sites, some for purchase, some for downloading; other lists of links; and descriptions of the programs.

― This virtual library of interactive manipulatives for interactive mathematics for pre-K to grade 12 comes from Utah State University.

― This site has many interesting science, early education, activity, and organization links for elementary school teachers and for parents of elementary children. Some of the sites are free and some charge a fee for their materials.

* The programs cited in this discussion are based on research; however, it is not the purpose of this report to evaluate the rigor of the research supporting the programs themselves.

Reading



(kids type own poem in a shape such as an apple, or tree then print it and color it) (write a friendly letter, CD/DVD covers created by students, brochures, etc.) Great Site



(goes with state standards, online interactive sites)



apeter/computer_lab.htm









(subscription required)



(leveled readers for all grades, reader’s theatre, poems, GREAT SITE, worth the money!)

(printable books and worksheets to go with skills)



rhyme in no time



click and drag words to make a poem



people reading children’s books



Students create a my hero website, people who inspire them



trivia games based on children’s books





has celebrities reading picture books



ready to use reading tips and examples, student or teacher booktalks as well



-stories are read to you and then teacher can come up with questions to be answered after the story is read.



has a marc brown section, kids can learn what poetry is, read poems and write their own and then have it published.

Reading Comprehension





Reader’s Theatre



Literacy Stop/Night



ideas for having a grade level literacy night at your school

Literacy Centers



ideas for center instruction

*Book Resources for Lessons



Writing-6 Traits



(gives example ideas with revisions, so students can see changes that may need made in their writing, has examples for students to write on with each trait)







Students can create and write a friendly letter or business letter





provides narrative examples and expository ones too!



Friendly letter activities



- Encourages writing process by giving prompts to help create fun stories

- Good for students who have a hard time thinking of ideas to write about own their own



helps students though each stage of the writing process, gives tips and examples on how to do it successfully on their own



contains questions for kids to think about and respond with their own opinions, they are also able to read what others wrote for the same question and see how that compares or contrasts to their opinion



Writer’s Workshop

Vocabulary Words/Math/Grammar too!



Science



Cool Science for Curious Kids Website



Iowa State Insect Zoo-view insects/take a tour with an entomologist



Endangered Animals



experiments, facts, activities



Solar System information



Star Tour/Gravity



Great science sites

Interactive Sites for 2nd Grade Teachers

lite.bltgr2.htm

Spelling



username:teacher name password: bittof-ross

RTI



Classroom Libraries

(also a great site for reader response

journals, other teaching ideas, school year themes)



Reader Response Journals

Book Leveling

(use the quick search box to find levels such as Lexile, etc.)

Free Stuff for Teachers/Donators to get classroom supplies





Letter Regonition, Zoo phonics, etc.



zoophonics, matches a letter with an animal name



Special needs students



do puzzles such as match the state to the correct location on a map, click and drag to the correct place

RTI interventions for math

― The A+ Math site helps students learn mathematics interactively with a mathematics game room, flashcards, and practice sheets.

― Coolmath4kids is a colorful Web site (how did they make that dangly cursor?!) that has fun mathematics activities for children and adults age 3 and up.

― Edinformatics: Information for the Information Age offers many links to online mathematics sites for instruction, practice, and games. Descriptors tell the age level (kids, teens, mature teens) of each site.

― Figure This! Math Challenges for Families has a teacher’s kit complete with a PowerPoint presentation and blackline masters to introduce this series of family problem-solving mathematics challenges to parents. The grade levels of the activities range from grades 1 through 6.

― This site has resource links for parents and educators of children grades pre-K to 6.

― This site presents 10 tips for selecting mathematics instruction software for students with learning disabilities.

― The Math Forum @ Drexel Web site offers arithmetic software or sites, some for purchase, some for downloading; other lists of links; and descriptions of the programs.

― This virtual library of interactive manipulatives for interactive mathematics for pre-K to grade 12 comes from Utah State University.

― This site has many interesting science, early education, activity, and organization links for elementary school teachers and for parents of elementary children. Some of the sites are free and some charge a fee for their materials.

* The programs cited in this discussion are based on research; however, it is not th

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Reader’s Theatre





Reader’s Workshop



** new added site



**new added site

Poetry



**new added site

16 Spinner-to use with multimedia



**new added site

Audio Stories, Games, Reading Activities



** new added site



Differentiation



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