Resources for Assisting Students in the Classroom
1. Math Activities by Strand
211 math activities for second grade skills. The concepts are organized into categories. The questions will increase in difficulty as the student's ability improves.
2. Grand Slam Math
Interactive program designed to help students become better at solving word problems. The questions start out easy get a little harder as the game progresses.
3. A Plus Math
This website was developed to help students improve math skills interactively. Children can visit the game room (a favorite!), practice and create flash cards, print or complete on-line worksheets, and there is a Homework Helper that checks math solutions.
4. Cool Math 4 Kids
An amusement park of math, games, and more- especially designed for fun, fun, FUN! Different links for teachers and parents. Also, this site as lessons and practice activities.
5. Houghton Mifflin Test Prep
Test Quest! This site encourages students to become better test-takers. Second grade math skills are broken down into twelve chapters.
6. Reading is Fundamental
Read along animated stories and songs. Many story choices offered in Spanish with traditional children's songs from Latin America. Highlights the word as it's being read aloud.
7. Readers Theater
A second grade teacher, Ms. Gurian, has lots of FREE scripts available. Readers Theater is a wonderful way to increase oral language and reading fluency skills.
8. The Reading Lady
This is a must have favorites site for any elementary reading teacher! Laura Kemp, a devoted teacher and administrator has a wealth of knowledge, ideas, and resources that she shares for FREE! Her links are comprehension, author studies, poetry, Six Trait Writing, assessment, readers theater, and documents.
9. Reading Rockets
Offers strategies, lessons, activities and ideas designed to help young children learn to READ. This site can be overwhelming since it offers so much, but it is worth spending some time discovering and sharing with peers and families.
10. Starfall
A free website to teach children to learn to read with phonics. It targets preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. However, I still have second graders and ELL students that benefit from this site.
11. Vocabulary Games and Resources
Vocabulary is FUN! Vocabulary.co.il is a leading vocabulary website worldwide with the best flash online word games. The vocabulary games include an online word search, an online crossword puzzle, and hangman online (HangMouse). In addition, it has many ELL options. It is a great tool for whole class lessons on smart boards or individual computers for students.
12. HangARoo
A kid's version of Wheel of Fortune. Students guess the hidden phrase, which is excellent for word exposure and build vocabulary. There are various levels to complete.
13. Compass Learning Odyssey
CompassLearning delivers standards aligned PreK-12 curricula that provides interactive, self-paced, challenging, and engaging activities. Activities promote exploration, individual and cooperative learning, problem solving, reflection, and real-world connections. This is NOT a free site, my district subscribes to the CompassLearning services. We have had wonderful results with this program.
The link to the site below allows you to sample some activities.
14. BrainPop Jr.
Provides educational short movies for K-3 students. Homework help, leveled quizzes, games and activities to engage students. A wonderful activating strategy across the curriculum. There is a subscription for access to the site. However, they do offer a free "movie of the week".
15. Fun Brain
Online educational games for kids of all ages. Great for reading and math learning games. The best part is that students do not realize that are actually practicing necessary academic skills in order to score points in the games.
16. Prepdog
Test taking practice for 2-10th grade. Question format is similar to MAP and PASS. The tests are formatted by RIT bands based on MAP data. Three levels are offered (advanced, proficient, and basic) in reading, math, language arts, and science. I use this to fill a five to ten minute gaps in the daily schedule. Students can also do it in small groups, with a partner, individually, or at home.
17. Intervention Central
This site offers many academic and behavioral interventions. This is a HOW TO site for ideas and strategies to encourage and motivate academics and behaviors in the classroom. It also offers practical ideas for rewards. Downloads are available with manuals to walk through the process or strategies.
18. ADD in School
Classroom interventions for teaching students with ADHD. The site is divided into elementary and Junior/High school ages. It explains the six different types of ADHD and offers strategies to assist with specific behaviors. They even provide diet plans if a parent chooses not to medicate their child. As a parent of a child with ADHD this site has given me the gift of understanding how and why she behaves the way she does.
19. National Geographic Kids
Features different people, animals, and places each month with facts, games, activities, and related videos and photographs. Excellent when teaching nonfiction reading, animals, plants, and nature.
20. San Diego Kids
Play games, make crafts, and perform science experiments. Also, find out about different jobs at the zoo. This is a wonderful tool to use to engage children who love science, but maybe not reading. They will explore for hours and are unaware of how much reading they are actually doing!
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