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Thank you for visiting this page. It is our hope that you will find the following list of activities and websites helpful during this time when we are not in school. Please know that we are here to support you during this uncertain time. Please feel free to reach out via class apps or email whenever you need. Below you will find a list of resources for you and your students to use at home.
Page Organization
Second Grade Teacher Choice Websites
Peirce Teacher's Compilation of Websites
Literacy Activities
Math Activities
Movement Activities
Online Packets
Second Grade Teacher Choice Websites
www.razkids.com
https://www.katemessner.com/read-wonder-and-learn-favorite-authors-illustrators-share-resources-for-learning-anywhere-spring-2020/
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html?caching
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCowhHSUaWp3KJDcuI0nR0vw?
fbclid=IwAR0zD5OvJAHvVyeSWtk3gD8gkJ8rfCPGQ7ZnXVK_u_uOOS1SJ0G8CRS5q-U
https://www.getepic.com/promo
Common Sense Media: 25 Best Podcasts for Kids
PBS Kids
Storyline Online
Oxford Owl at Home for Parents Free Reading & Resources
Sight Word Games
Starfall: Have Fun While Learning to Read
ABC Mouse
The Poetry Foundation: Listen to and Watch Poems Online
Scholastic Student Activities
Khan Academy
BrainPOP Jr., BrainPOP ELL, and BrainPOP Español
Peirce Teacher's Compilation of Websites
https://www.isbe.net/keeplearning
Museum Virtual Tours https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
Opera: https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/met-to-launch-nightly-met-opera-streams-a-free-series-of-encore-live-in-hd-presentations-streamed-on-the-company-website-during-the-coronavirus-closure
Chrome Music Lab: Students can experience music through hands-on experiments!https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
Music resources: Made by a fellow CPS music teacher, includes Music Makers, music games, links to Youtube videos, TedTalks, music making apps, ukulele videos, and MORE!
https://musiconmyown.edublogs.org/
The Kennedy Center Arts Edge:
https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons
Mystery Science Free Activities
https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
Literacy Activities
Journal Prompts
The following are writing prompts that your child can do at home focusing on complete sentences and punctuation. Students may also want to illustrate their prompt.
What is your favorite time of day? Explain why?
The biggest thing I ever saw was….
If toys could talk, what would they say?
I am proud of myself because…
Tell about one thing you do really well
I’m happy when…
This is how I think plants grow.
My best adventure would be...
I am afraid to __________ because...
What does a super-fun day look like to you?
I want to be a __________ when I grow up.
The perfect place in the whole wide world is…
What can you do to help yourself feel better when you’re feeling blue?
If I were a raindrop I’d…
I like to make __________ because…
What would happen if it really did rain cats and dogs?
What would happen if animals could talk? What questions would you like to ask them?
Imagine that you can become invisible whenever you want to. What are some of the things you would do.
Movement Activities
The following are activities that you may want to do at home to keep the students active.
Don’t Let the Balloon Touch the Ground: Hit the balloon up in the air, but don’t let it touch the ground. To make it more challenging for older kids, have them juggle more than one balloon or tie one hand behind their back. Time them to see how long they can do it, or if you have multiple kids, have them count how many times they can hit it back and forth, then see if they can beat their time or score! This game is great for improving arm strength and hand-eye coordination
Materials Needed: Balloons (Just a reminder that pieces of burst balloons can be a serious choking hazard)
Numbers Square: Make a large square with your tape and then divide it into nine or more small squares, marking random numbers in each one. Now ask your child to perform a specific movement to get to the next number like “jump to 10,” “zoom to 3,” or “slither to 67.”
Materials Needed: Tape
Hopscotch:
Draw a hopscotch design on the ground.
Throw an object similar to a flat stone (small bean bag, shell, button, plastic toy) to land on square one. The object will be your ‘marker’ during play.
Math Activities
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-line/
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-pieces/
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/money-pieces/
web.stmath.com/entrance/go/PEI4OI
Online Packets
Second Grade Resource Packet
Thank you for visiting this page. It is our hope that you will find the following list of activities and websites helpful during this time when we are not in school. Please know that we are here to support you during this uncertain time. Please feel free to reach out via class apps or email whenever you need. Below you will find a list of resources for you and your students to use at home.
Page Organization
Second Grade Teacher Choice Websites
Peirce Teacher's Compilation of Websites
Literacy Activities
Math Activities
Movement Activities
Online Packets
Second Grade Teacher Choice Websites
www.razkids.com
https://www.katemessner.com/read-wonder-and-learn-favorite-authors-illustrators-share-resources-for-learning-anywhere-spring-2020/
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html?caching
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCowhHSUaWp3KJDcuI0nR0vw?
fbclid=IwAR0zD5OvJAHvVyeSWtk3gD8gkJ8rfCPGQ7ZnXVK_u_uOOS1SJ0G8CRS5q-U
https://www.getepic.com/promo
Common Sense Media: 25 Best Podcasts for Kids
PBS Kids
Storyline Online
Oxford Owl at Home for Parents Free Reading & Resources
Sight Word Games
Starfall: Have Fun While Learning to Read
ABC Mouse
The Poetry Foundation: Listen to and Watch Poems Online
Scholastic Student Activities
Khan Academy
BrainPOP Jr., BrainPOP ELL, and BrainPOP Español
Peirce Teacher's Compilation of Websites
https://www.isbe.net/keeplearning
Museum Virtual Tours https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
Opera: https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/met-to-launch-nightly-met-opera-streams-a-free-series-of-encore-live-in-hd-presentations-streamed-on-the-company-website-during-the-coronavirus-closure
Chrome Music Lab: Students can experience music through hands-on experiments!https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
Music resources: Made by a fellow CPS music teacher, includes Music Makers, music games, links to Youtube videos, TedTalks, music making apps, ukulele videos, and MORE!
https://musiconmyown.edublogs.org/
The Kennedy Center Arts Edge:
https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons
Mystery Science Free Activities
https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
Literacy Activities
Journal Prompts
The following are writing prompts that your child can do at home focusing on complete sentences and punctuation. Students may also want to illustrate their prompt.
What is your favorite time of day? Explain why?
The biggest thing I ever saw was….
If toys could talk, what would they say?
I am proud of myself because…
Tell about one thing you do really well
I’m happy when…
This is how I think plants grow.
My best adventure would be...
I am afraid to __________ because...
What does a super-fun day look like to you?
I want to be a __________ when I grow up.
The perfect place in the whole wide world is…
What can you do to help yourself feel better when you’re feeling blue?
If I were a raindrop I’d…
I like to make __________ because…
What would happen if it really did rain cats and dogs?
What would happen if animals could talk? What questions would you like to ask them?
Imagine that you can become invisible whenever you want to. What are some of the things you would do.
Movement Activities
The following are activities that you may want to do at home to keep the students active.
Don’t Let the Balloon Touch the Ground: Hit the balloon up in the air, but don’t let it touch the ground. To make it more challenging for older kids, have them juggle more than one balloon or tie one hand behind their back. Time them to see how long they can do it, or if you have multiple kids, have them count how many times they can hit it back and forth, then see if they can beat their time or score! This game is great for improving arm strength and hand-eye coordination
Materials Needed: Balloons (Just a reminder that pieces of burst balloons can be a serious choking hazard)
Numbers Square: Make a large square with your tape and then divide it into nine or more small squares, marking random numbers in each one. Now ask your child to perform a specific movement to get to the next number like “jump to 10,” “zoom to 3,” or “slither to 67.”
Materials Needed: Tape
Hopscotch:
Draw a hopscotch design on the ground.
Throw an object similar to a flat stone (small bean bag, shell, button, plastic toy) to land on square one. The object will be your ‘marker’ during play.
- Hop through the squares, skipping the one you have your marker on.
- Pick up the marker on your way back.
- Pass the marker on to the next person
Math Activities
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-line/
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-pieces/
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/money-pieces/
web.stmath.com/entrance/go/PEI4OI
Online Packets
Second Grade Resource Packet