Recommended Websites       

   

                                                                                                
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html -virtual math manipulatives
www.abc.net.au/countusin/games.htm
Count Us In:  Variety of online math games
www.thatquiz.org/tq-8/
Greater than, less than, or equal--test your knowledge
www.funbrain.com/ofm/index.html
One False Move:  Click on the numbers in order from lowest to highest (or highest to lowest) to get through the haunted house.
www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumadd.html
Practice your facts
www.ixl.com/math/grade/second/ 
Great website!  Practice exercises specific to second grade curriculum skills.
www.aaamath.com/g2_12bx1.htm#section3
Three "Finding Place Value" games
www.gamequarium.com/placevalue.htm
www.ixl.com/math/grade/second/
Place Value and other 2nd grade math skills
Expanded Form 
Order
Even and Odd

www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/practice/gr2/Chapt_1/relate/0201.htm
Practice Related Addition and Subtraction Facts

www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/mathminutes/addition/add0_18.htm
Math Minutes;  Practice your addition facts to 12
www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/mathminutes/subtraction/sub1_20.htm
Math Minutes:  Subtraction Facts to 20

www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/alien/alien.html
Alien Addition:  A Fun Game to practice your addition Facts

www.illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=75
Practice using a ten frame for adding and counting
www.illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=73
Play this matching game to find equivalent items based on shapes, quantities, fractions, and more.
www.illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=27
Spin, flip, and snap together the shapes to fill in the outline with geometric figures.
www.illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=83
Use your understanding of length and angles to find the best path to get the turtle to the pond.
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/guess.html -Guess my number (place value)
www.funbrain.com/guess/index.html - Guess the number (place value)
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/whatarenumbers/writingbignumbers/flash1.shtml -greater than, less than, or equal to
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/numbersense/machine.html -place value to 100
www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/pyramid.html -Addition Pyramid
www.primarygames.com/math/danumba/index.htm -Da Numba is fun math version of Tetris or Dr. Mario using addition!  I was hooked!

 
Easy Reader Books Use these entertaining stories to practice sight words in engaging contexts. There are two versions of these stories available. The first is unedited and can be used to gain familiarity with the text. The “altered version” gives students the ability to fill in the blank with the correct sight words. Additionally, there are Flash Card and Bingo-type games that allow children to practice with the words in isolation or in groups.  
What's the Word? - a reading and vocabulary game from FunBrain - Select Alphabet (Easy), Animals, Fruit, Tools, Machines, or Shapes to begin the game.  
Can You Follow Directions? - Tina will give you directions. Click on the pictures in the correct order.  
Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales - Andersen is recognized as a master of the use of informal language in his fairy tales.  
Between the Lions - stories from PBS Kids  
www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/story-30008.html
Use this graphic organizer to share the characters, setting, and plot of a favorite story.
 
www.edgate.com/d.pl?url=http://www.starfall.com -Starfall teaches children to read with a phonics approach  
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/factsopinions.html -Decide if Francine and Buster are saying facts or opinions  
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/scramble.html -Can you put the story in the right order?  
www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/skill_pre.html - What's the Main Idea?  
www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/predict_outcomes/3_predict.html -Make predictions  
http://kids.mysterynet.com/ -read mystery stories and solve some too!  
www.vocabulary.co.il/ -play popular vocabulary games (Unscramble, Hangmouse, Wordsearch, Letter Blocks, etc.)  
www.classicfairytales.com/en/main -read classic fairytales, play games, and fun stuff too!  
www.gigglepoetry.com/ -funny poetry for children  
www.superpages.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/welcome.html?name=snow -Peetnik Mysteries  
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/ -make a character scrapbook with any book  
Favorite Children's Authors' Websites:  www.davidaadler.com/work1.htm  (Cam Jansen and Bones series...) www.judyblume.com/home.php (The Pain and the Great One series...)  www.janbrett.com/  (The Mitten...) http://pbskids.org/arthur/ Author Marc Brown  www.eric-carle.com/home.html  (House for Hermit Crab...)  www.beverlycleary.com/ (Ramona series...)  www.roalddahl.com/  (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...)  www.tomie.com/ Author Tomie dePaola (Strega Nona...)  www.randomhouse.com/features/patriciareillygiff/  (Polk Street series...)  www.brianlies.com/  (Bats at the Library...)  http://marypopeosborne.com/  (Magic Tree House...)  www.patriciapolacco.com/  (Thunder Cake...)  www.seussville.com/ Dr. Seuss  www.chrisvanallsburg.com/flash.html (Polar Express...)    
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/AuthorSite/index.html -Learning about authors and illustrators  
www.redenvelope.com/gift-guides/bed-time-stories-kids-1 This website was recommended by Samantha (a student in Delaware).  It has great links to read rhymes and stories.  Thank you to Samantha and her teacher Ashley Hughes for visiting our site!  

Writing/Grammar

Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select or any one of the mixed practice exercises. 
Find the correct sentence - choose sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation
www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/comic-creator-a-30237.html
Design your own comic strip as a graphic way to share your ideas.
www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/letter-generator-30005.html
Assemble all the essential parts of a business or friendly letter with this interactive template.
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm  Interactive poetry forms
www.prigames.com/print_zone/stationery/stationery.htmmary  Printable stationary
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/activities/cartoons/ Cartoon writing
www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Create a comic strip
http://kids.magpogames.com/playonline.cfm  Interactive magnetic poetry
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/story_plant/small_no_sound/standard2.shtml Story plant
www.poetry4kids.com/rhymes Kids' Rhyming Dictionary
www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html Mad Libs Story Writer
www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html Writing Prompts for Kids
http://jc-schools.net/write/create.htm Writing Prompt Generator
www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ Graphic Organizers for Pre-writing
www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/graphorg/ More Graphic Organizers
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm Poetry writing with Jack Prelutsky
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ Dance Mat Typing
www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/gamestation/writersblock.htm Writers' Block
www.kidscom.com/create/write/write.html Write Me a Story
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm Poetry Idea Engine
www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive.htm Practice your cursive
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/flash7.shtml The Punctuation Game
www.harcourtschool.com/activity/monster_truck/index.html Monster Truck Verb Safari
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/blast_the_rocket/small_no_sound/standard2.shtml Blast the Rocket (present/past tense verbs)
www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/viper/viper.html Verb Viper
www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/invasion/invasion.html Word Invasion (parts of speech)
www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/#two Grammar Blast
www.harcourtschool.com/activity/subjectverbmix/index_pre.html Subject/Verb Mix-up
www.harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.html Verb Power
www.funbrain.com/funbrain/grammar/ Grammar Gorilla
www.funbrain.com/idioms/index.html Paint by Idioms
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/apostrophes/ Apostrophe Game/Lesson
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/commas/ Commas Game/Lesson

Word Study

Phonemic Segments - Deletion and Substitution - Lanolin's Greenhouse - Click on the object that matches the new word with beginning letter replacement.
Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme.
Phonemic Segments - Deletion and Substitution - Pumpkin Patch - Click on the object that matches the new phoneme without the beginning letter sound. Excellent practice for students that have a hard time hearing individual phonemic parts!
Rhymes - from Little Animals Activity Centre - Digby Mole's Word games (choose level 1, 2, or 3)
Rhyme Time - match the word with the image it rhymes with
Rhyming Words - many choices to select from - Click on the word that rhymes with the picture.
Compound words are single words that are made up from two other words. 
Try some of your own compound words.
Compound Words Drag & Drop - Hold the left mouse button down on a word and 
move it to make a compound word. Interactive
Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
Word Family Sort - online activity
High Frequency Words - six activities using sight words - drag correct word to complete the sentences
Star Words - This activity provides practice at sight recognition and spelling of the 200 or so high frequency words
www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/construct-word-30003.html
Create word families by pairing up beginning sounds with common endings. Print your word list to show how your vocabulary is growing.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/word_jumbler/small_sound/standard.shtml  Word Jumbler
www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/squanky/squanky.html Tooth Taker (Antonyms)
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/word_balloons/small_sound/standard.shtml Word Balloons (synonyms)
www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/frog/frog.html Word Frogs (synonyms/antonyms)
www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/furious-frogs/furious-frogs.html Furious Frogs (synonyms, antonyms, homophones)
www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html The Plural Girls
www.dositey.com/2008/language/grammar/contractions1.htm Contractions Match Up
www.quia.com/jg/86241.html Contraction Games
www.quia.com/jg/87086.html Compound Word Games
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/syllables/index.shtml Syllables Games/Lessons
www.fekids.com/kln/games/wordjungle/wordjungle.html Word Jungle
www.freerice.com/ For each answer you get correct, this site donates 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme to help end hunger
www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/turtle-dash/turtle-dash.html Turtle Dash (vowels) 
www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/spelling-bees/spelling-bees.html Spelling Bees
www.dositey.com/2008/language/spelling/Mislet3.htm Missing letters 
www.spinandspell.com/game.swf Spin and Spell
www.funbrain.com/funbrain/spell/ Spell Check Game
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/flash/game.shtml Sandcastle Quiz
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/postcard/index.shtml Write a Postcard
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/snap/snap.shtml Snap
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/spelling/spelling.shtml Drag and Spell
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/home_flash.shtml Escape the Maze Spelling Challenge
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/home_y5flash.shtml Catch That Horse
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/home_y6flash.shtml Catch that Thief

Social Studies

What's My Job? - [this page opens in a new window] Select the right job to go along with the sentence.
World of Admongo!  Learn about the world of advertising.  Do you have the critical thinking skills to understand advertisements?  Visit Admongo.gov
www.timeforkids.com/news Time For Kids
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ National Geographic for Kids
http://news.nick.com/ nick News
http://teachkidsnews.com/ Teaching Kids News
www.weeklyreader.com/subcategory/74 Weekly Reader
www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/currentevents.htm Current Events for Kids
www.funbrain.com/funbrain/where/ Where Is That? (geography quiz game)
www.primarygames.com/states/start.htm Name that State
www.teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/ Global Trek (simulated journey)
www.eduplace.com/geonet/index.html Geo Net Game
www.usmint.gov/kids/games/ US Mint games
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.htm Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids
www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html Research Resources

Science

www.sciencenetlinks.com/ebook/rocks2/rock_index.html
View the photo slideshow to identify rocks and minerals you may find in your own backyard.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002744/adlm.html A Wonderful World of Rocks and Minerals 
www.galleries.com/ Mineral Gallery
www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/EarthMaterials/index.html Foss Web- Earth Materials
http://rocksforkids.com/RFK/TableofContents.html Rocks for Kids
www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/mysteries.html Geo Mysteries
www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/ Kids Geo
www.sciencekids.co.nz/geology.html Geology for Kids
www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/K_12.html Mineral-ology for Kids
www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/rockssoils.html Experiment with Rocks and Mineral Properties Online
www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/lifecycles.html Parts of a flower/plant cycle interaction
www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/plantsgrow.html How Plants Grow (experiment online)
www.corsinet.com/trivia/p-triv.html Trivia about plants and biology
www.corsinet.com/trivia/p-triv.html The Great Plant Escape (Game with cases to solve)
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/ Enchanted Learning Plants
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ Star Child...learning about astronomy
www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/index.htm Magic School Bus Adventures
www.sciencenewsforkids.org/ Science News for Kids
http://kids.discovery.com/ Discovery Kids
http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/ The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
http://growing.course.com/index.html Growing with Technology

Websites Just For Fun

www.jigzone.com/gallery/AD20D4A.92B825?z=6 Jig-Zone Puzzles
www.mathsnet.net/cruncher/simon.html Simon Says--test your memory
http://tech.dcboces.org/~oneill/signlanguage.html Sign Language Fun
www.berenstainbears.com/ Berenstain Bears 
http://pbskids.org/arthur/index.html Arthur's Website
http://pbskids.org/go/video/?category=Back%20To%20School PBS Kids
www.nick.com/ Nickelodeon
http://funschool.kaboose.com/ Kaboose
http://kidshealth.org/kid/ Kids Health
www.mamamedia.com/ MaMa Media
www.seussville.com// Dr. Seuss
www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html Enchanted Learning
http://crafts.kaboose.com/index.html Crafts for Kids
www.funbrain.com/ Fun Brain
www.davis.k12.ut.us/webs/mpearson/Seasonalactivities.html Seasonal Activities and Websites
www.unclefred.com/ Learn to Draw Cartoons
www.holidays.net/ Holidays
www.billybear4kids.com/ Billy Bear For Kids
http://kids.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Kids
www.primarygames.com/ Primary Games

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