| Area of Focus (specific content-cross curricular management etc.) | Website Address | Website Sponsor | Summary of resources available | Special instructions (sign in / establish account etc.) | Grade level / curricular area connections | Comments |
Math |
Utah State University |
This website has virtual manipulatives for the following concepts: number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement and data & analysis. Once you select a concept to work on, a student activity pops up. At the top of the student activity page you will find a parent/teacher button which provides lesson plans for each activity, a standards button which ties the activity to an NTCM standard, and then an instruction button for the activity. Each math strand has a wide range of activities to complete. There are activities that can be used for review, reinforcement and challenge, great for differentiation |
None |
Math |
Great Find! |
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Math |
Pearson Education, Inc. and Scotts Foresman |
It is a great place to find resources for teachers and families. There is a section called “Reading for Math” that has stories and pictures the students can read and there are discussion questions throughout the story. Each story addresses a certain math concept. |
None |
Math |
This would be great for a student to do at home with an adult. It can be done in the classroom but it would need teacher directions. |
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Math, Geography, History, Science, Technology, Language |
Pearson Education Inc. |
This website has a wealth of resources for students, parents and teachers. There are books that can be read online and numerous games for students to play. If you access the teacher section by clicking the button at the top you are able to search for games based on the subject, the students age or find an activity based on MCREL standards. |
There is an area called quiz labs that requires a fee before you can use it. |
Grades 1-9th |
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Math |
BBC |
The site deals with the subject area of numbers and the number system. Activities can be printed out to use away from the computer, students can play games on the site, animations can be watched and songs can be learned. |
Math but links to other subjects are available |
Very basic addition, subtraction and number sense activity but it is great for some students that are having difficulty in the basics of math. |
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Math |
Math.com is a division of Leap of Faith Financial Services Inc. |
Math.com offers homework resources and links, teacher centers for lesson plans, and advice for parents. Under the basic math link there are timed practice quizzes on basic facts (all operations and even random). The teacher or student can set the number from 0-12 to practice. |
Great for beginning of the year! |
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Math |
Kankakee School District #111 King Middle Grade School |
This site offers an abundance of math links and teacher resources. There is a wide range of age levels, difficulties, and activities. It is maintained and sponsored by a middle school that educates students in grades 4-6 but I found a great number of sites that my second graders would benefit from. |
Math |
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Math |
Dositey Corporation |
Dositey Corporation |
All grade levels/math & reading |
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Math/Social Studies |
This site was voted one of the best sites for teachers. Activities are offered for a variety of subjects that can easily be found by clicking on the curriculum guide. There are games, puzzles, postcards and printable pages on this site. I found a great activity on Martin Luther King Jr. as well as United States symbols. |
All grade levels/variety of subject areas |
I like how they not only connected me to a game to play but also provided other activities that could be done on the computer (other links) or without the computer. |
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Math |
This site helps students practice their math skills interactively. The game room has exciting games at various levels. Some of the games need a lot of instruction and help in the beginning. There are flashcards and a math word find puzzle. There is also a worksheets section that you can print from as well as a Homework Helper section. |
All grade levels/variety of subject areas |
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Math |
The University of York for the Department for Education and Skills |
This site has a lot of high level thinking activites, newsletters and links. It is worth time looking into each section because I found something for second graders each time I clicked a button. In the game section there are games that might require some instruction but that second graders can then complete on their own and benefit from. This website is very well done and would be great to meet the different needs in the classroom. |
All grade levels/math |
In the game section under Math Circus I found some games I though my second graders would really like. One in particular is called Pole Climber and it helps students practice addition and subtraction problems. The student can adjust the difficulty level on this particular game as well. |
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Provides a large selection of math worksheets and simple activities on the computers like drilled-based assignments and problem solving. |
K-3 Math |
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Integrating children’s literature with content areas |
Amazon.com |
This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics. |
None |
2 nd grade links to all subject areas |
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Reading |
SCORE (Schools of California Online Resources for Teachers |
This website provides a list of literature appropriate for K – 3, a few of which are part of the second grade curriculum, such as Long Way to a New Land, Abuela, and Dear Mr. Blueberry. The site provides cyber guides to teach complete units on each book. |
None |
2 nd grade reading |
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Reading/Language Arts |
IRA, NCTE, marcopolo |
This website offers teacher and student resources for standards-based language arts instruction. The site links include complete lessons, descriptions of standards, a multitude of web resources, and many excellent student-friendly materials that are easily accessible and would be very usable in the classroom. |
None |
2 nd grade language arts |
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Rubrics |
4teachers |
This is a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics. Teachers can also enter rubric data and analyze the performance of their whole class. |
This is a free tool, but you need to be a registered user. |
All grade levels, all subject areas |
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| Writing/Vocabulary | visualthesaurus.com | This is an interactive tool for people who think visually. It is both a dictionary and a thesaurus. | You will receive unlimited access as a paid subscriber ($19.95 a year) | All grade levels, all subject areas | ||
All subject areas |
This is an online interactive learning center containing some free “quizzes” in various subject areas and a variety of fun thinking games and puzzles that children can do independently. |
None |
All grade levels, all subject areas |
The teacher will need to preview all quizzes, games, and puzzles to assess the appropriateness for the grade level of the students |
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Vocabulary |
This website is entitled, “Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun!” and is designed for vocabulary-building for K-12 and ESL students. It contains five different games/activities children can do independently to improve their vocabulary development: wordsearches, crossword puzzles, hangman, quizzes, matching games. The student or teacher chooses from a list of possible topics, and the vocabulary in the game or activity is customized for the chosen topic. |
None |
All grade levels, vocabulary |
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All subject areas |
This is an amazing website for teachers. It has a multitude of student activities and teacher resources for every subject at every grade level. Teachers can access theme units, daily skills review activities and daily writing prompts, literature units, and art projects. There are leveled activities in graphing, community maps, creating timelines, visual perceptual skills, and test prep. Teachers can create customized spelling and vocabulary worksheets, word or number searches, puzzles, and crossword puzzles. There is no end to what you and your students can do on this website. |
Limited use available as a non-subscriber. Teachers need to be a paid subscriber to gain full access to all the resources available ($19.99 per year). |
All grade levels, all subject areas |
Awesome website! |
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Language Arts |
This website offers a very comprehensive alphabetical list of children’s literature titles with corresponding lesson plans and activities for kids and teachers. |
None |
All grade levels, Language Arts |
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Language Arts |
This website is entitled “Kids’ Lab” and contains many different lessons and activities in many different language arts skills for grade levels K- 3. Go to the “Go To” menu to choose activities geared toward a specific grade level. The children could work on the lessons and activities independently at school, or along with their parents at home. The language arts skills addressed are: ABC order, contractions, compound words, Dolch words, opposites, synonyms, multiple meaning words, homophones, prefixes, suffixes, word analogies, phonics skills, and reading comprehension. |
None |
K – 3, Language Arts |
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All subject areas |
This website contains some really cool, visually stimulating games for kids to do independently in the areas of language arts, math, social studies, science, and puzzles. |
Some of the directions are lengthy, so teachers may want to introduce each game to the class as a whole group. |
Primary, all subject areas |
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Language Arts |
This is a website created by a retired teacher and language arts specialist. It contains many different teacher resources and student friendly activities for all areas of reading and the language arts. |
None |
Primary, Language Arts |
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All subject areas |
This website contains a list and descriptions of hundreds of educational websites rated by popularity. |
None |
All grade levels, all subject areas |
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Language arts |
This website is entitled “The Wacky World of Words” and contains some really cool thinking word games and activities, such as Compound Clues, Words Within Words, Numbletters, Alpha-spells, Fractured Fractions, Rhyming Buddies, A-Z Lists, Anagrams, Similes, Oxymorons, Mystery Word. The site is listed as being usable for grades 3 and up, but higher-level second graders would be able to do it and would love the challenge. It would be great to use for small group challenge work or a whole group thinking activity. |
2 nd grade and up |
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science |
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ ages/7_8/science_7_8.shtml |
BBC |
Interactive site with child-friendly games and quizzes. Topics include plants, magnets and rocks. |
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science |
Mountain Brooks Schools |
Science Sites. 1 Fossilpoloosa · 2 Birmingham Zoo · 3 Seaworld - Animal Bytes · 4 Yucky Worm World · 5 What on Earth Is Soil? 6 SK Worm · 7 Trees ... Information and activities on a variety of topics including trees, fossils, and soil with links to other sites. Teacher or student use. |
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science |
www.salem.k12.va.us/south/ |
South Salem Elementary School |
Jeopardy style questions on a variety of science topics. Whole class or as use as a center. |
Second Grade Jeopardy Science ... Go to Double Jeopardy Page · Questions and Answers for Second Grade Science Jeopardy |
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science |
lesson plan for living classroom with links to other sites |
Grade Level: 2 |
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science |
information and activities about a variety of whales |
Grade Level: 2 |
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science |
plant activity sheets that can be printed |
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science |
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ |
BBC |
Interactive site with child-friendly games and quizzes. Topics include plants, magnets and rocks. |
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writing |
Teacher resources such as graphic organizers, rubrics, and writing prompts with coordinating student activities. Student activities designed to be printed. |
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Writing/Language Arts |
writing worksheets that can be downloaded for home use The School-Home Links Second Grade Activities provided in this kit are keyed ... Uses Writing Process--Prewriting Or select a single activity |
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writing |
Teacher submitted ideas for writing activities that cover a variety of genres. I also used a newspaper theme for my second grade class one year. ... Ten Creative Writing Activities - Exciting ideas that will liven up your lesson plans ... |
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Writing/reading |
www.readwritethink.org/ |
Detailed writing/reading lesson plans with links to other information and materials. This activity allows students to use their emerging writing skills to write ... This lesson introduces second-grade students to nonfiction by focusing on |
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writing |
A variety of writing activities with printable worksheet |
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writing/reading/ art |
Activities that teach Six Plus One Traits using literature and art with writing activities Art and writing activities are fun ways to introduce the six traits. Presentation counts (Six Traits Plus 1--Presentation), so start here. |
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writing |
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory |
Professional information and resources for teaching Six Traits |