Most Popular 2nd grade Sites

BBC Schools : BBC: Words and Pictures
Vowel Phonemes- Sandcastle • Long Vowel Sounds • Postcards
CVC Words- Crankophone
Consonant Clusters- Word Blender

Brainpop Jr.: Rhyming, Short Vowels

Starfall- It's Fun to Read

Online Library of Narrated Books/Games
Starfall- I'm Reading

Into the Book: Strategies for Reading Comprehension

Funbrain- Online Books & Graphic Novels (no sound)

Brainpop Jr: Character • Main Idea • Make Inferences • Reading Nonfiction • Setting • Making Predictions

Folktales/Fables- Cinderella from Around the World •
Whootie's Stories to Grow By • Reader's Theater Scripts

Learner.org- Elements of a Story

BBC Genre: Nonfiction • Poetry

Character Web Sites: Junie B. Jones • Horrid Henry • Camp Babymouse • Magic TreeHouse • Magic School Bus

BBC's Bitesize English/Writing:
Stories:Writing a Beginning, Middle, End • Stories: Planning,
Letter Writing • Writing Instructions

PBS Kids Reading Rainbow- Constructing Silly Sentences
• MadLibs official Site • Wacky Tales- like Mad Libs

Brainpop Jr.: Similes • Synonyms and Antonyms • Nouns •
Types of Sentences • Writing a Paragraph • Writing About Yourself • Writing with the Senses • Poems • Sending a Letter • Short Story
• Book Reports • How-To Essay • Contractions

Comic Creators: ReadWriteThink.org • Bitstrips • Comiqs
Scholastic: Charlotte Web • Comix Creator
Some examples of using Comics: Conifers, Immigration

Organizers: Comic Strip Planning • Video Storyboard

BBC's Bitesize English/Grammar:
Punctuation • Spelling • Adjectives & Adverbs • Noun/Verb Activity

Rhyming Dictionary • Dictionary Activity

Brainpop Jr. Rhyming Words

Investigations Gr 2: PearsonSuccessNet

Harcourt's ThinkMath for Grade Two • RainforestMaths!

Illuminations: Ten Frame • How Many Under the Shell

Brainpop Jr. Place Value • 100 • Comparing Numbers • Even & Odd • Counting On • Doubles • Making Ten

BBC's Bitesize Math: Addition, Subtraction

Harcourt Math: Fun with Number Lines • Numbers to 100 • Comparing Gumballs • "Count Back" using a Number Line

Math Facts Cafe addition/subtraction flashcards

Models: Regrouping Addition • Show me: Regrouping Addition
Models: Regrouping Subtraction • Show me: Regrouping Subtraction

Brainpop Jr: Parts of a Clock • Time to the Hour • Calendars & Dates

Math Fact Cafe: Time Flashcards

Harcourt Math Calendar Skills

Brainpop Jr: Counting Coins • Dollars and Cents

Math Fact Cafe: Money Flashcards

Harcourt Math Comparing Money

Curious George: Counting Money • Setting Up Shop

Brainpop Jr: Probability • Making Ten

Illuminations: Probability • Patch Pattern Tool

BBC's Bitesize Math: Number Patterns

Harcourt Math: Skip Count by 5s & 10s • Skip Count by 2s & 3s • Pattern Builder using Music • Meet Paul Pattern

Brainpop Jr: Basic Parts of a Whole • Tally Charts & Bar Graphs • Inches & Feet • Cups, Quarts, Pints, Gallons • Ounces, Pounds, Tons

Harcourt Math:
Fractions Bowling for Fractions
Data Analysis Tally Marks, Tables, Pictographs
Measurement Length, Weight & Area

Illuminations: Pan Balance

Definitions: Online Math Dictionary

Plants: Brainpop Jr. Plants- Plant Life Cycle •Parts of a Plant
Sid the Science Kid: Growing Plants • Enchanted Learning: Plants •
Detective LePlante

Animals: National Geo for Kids Creature Features
Brainpop Jr Animals- Camoflauge • Food Chain • Classifying Animals • Hibernation • Migration

Curious George: Habitats • Animal Tracks

BBC Schools- Bitesize Science: Living Things • Animals •

Brainpop Jr Habitats- Deserts • Rainforests • Freshwater Habitats

Dinosaurs: Field Guide from PBS • Brainpop Jr : Fossils •
Enchanted Learning: Zoom Dinosaurs

Energy
Brainpop Jr Energy: Heat • Sound • Light

Curious George: Sounds Like

December Light Unit Online Resources:
Tumblebooks: Light in the Darkness, The Moon Ring, Hello Sun, Crab Moon, 50 Below Zero

BBC Schools- Bitesize Science: Light & Dark • Sound

Matter:
Sid the Science Kid: Change Caused by Heat • Change Caused By Cold

Brainpop Jr Matter: Changing States of Matter • Solids, Liquids & Gases

BBC Schools- Bitesize Science: Changing States of Matter • Characteristics of Materials • Gases Solids & Liquids

Forces
Brainpop Jr Forces: Magnets • Simple Machines • Sink or Float

BBC Schools- Bitesize Science:Magnets & Springes •
Circuits & Conductors • Changing Circuits

Curious George: Magnets

Weather
Brainpop Jr: Seasons • Fall • Winter • The Water Cycle

BBC What is Weather, How Weather Affects People

Rocks, Soil & Environmental Awareness
Brainpop Jr: Soil • Rocks & Minerals • Reduce, Reuse & Recycle • Landforms • Slow Land Changes

Sid the Science Kid: Dirt Detectives

Curious George : Recycling

BBC Bitesize Science: Rocks & Soil

Learner.org- The Rock Cycle

Dragonfly : projects promoting voice, conservation, and global understanding via Miami University.

Planet Pals : promoting conservation

Space
Brainpop Jr: Earth • Solar System • The Moon • The Sun

Brainpop Jr.: Scientific Method • Making Observations •Science Projects

Brainpop: Famous Scientists

Scott Foresman: Grade Two
Bill Nye the Science Guy

Build your Own Neighborhood • Elwood City's Interactive Map
US Geography by Region (with Buster)

Research Different Countries: Nat. Geo for Kids • Online Atlas • Enchanted Learning • Continents & Oceans Game

Brainpop Jr: Mexico • Reading Maps • Rural, Suburban, & Urban • School • Homes

2 - Govt

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Citizenship

Ben's Guide to the US Government

Brainpop Jr - U.S. Symbols • The President • Needs and Wants • Rights and Responsibilities • Local & State Governments • Goods & Services

Enchanted Learning: Barack Obama

Scholastic: Immigration

3- Biographies

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MY Family History: PBS Go Kids! Family Ties •
Tell Your Autobiography- Story board Template pics/words/voice

Biographies: BioCube- Focus your information- Activity

Online Timelines Tools:

• Dipity - create and share
• Timeglider - remember, plan, learn
• TimeRime - create, share, compare
• Time Toast - images, text, create, share
• Webspiration - concept maps and timeline

America's Library- from Library of Congress- Videos, Sound Clips, Timelines
Timelines • S9.com • PBS American Presidents
White House for Kids: Presidents Biographies • A & E's Bios •
Great American Women

Weekly Reader Interactive Bios: Squanto Columbus Johnny Appleseed

Brainpop Jr Bios: George Washington • Abraham Lincoln • George Washington Carver • Harriet Tubman • Johnny A ppleseed

Brainpop Bios- Helen Keller • Jackie Robinson • George Washington •
Famous Scientists- click on the link to see movies on:
Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Charles Darwin, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Jane Goodall, Marie Curie, Black History Month

America's Library Timeline/Bios-
Presidents: Abraham Lincoln • George Washington
Leaders/Statesman: Benjamin Franklin • Pocahontas
Activists: Martin Luther King Jr. • Harriet Tubman • Helen Keller
Explorers: Amelia Earhart • Lewis and Clark
Inventors: George Washington Carver • Thomas Edison be sure to check out some of the first movies ever created!

Growing with Technology- Level 2

Internet Safety/Media Literacy : PBS Web License • Brainpop Jr.

Critical Thinking About Media & Advertising : Don't Buy It!