Math - Second Grade - Measurement Online Games

Measurement Games

2.md.1:

Measure the Teddy Bears - http://www.apples4theteacher.com/measure.html

Measuring in Inches - http://henryanker.com/Math/Measurement/Measurement_Set_A.swf

Time to Move - http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/math/games/first-second-grade/time-to-move/

2.md.2:

Measure It - http://www.funbrain.com/measure/

2.md.3:

Inchy Picnic - http://www.fuelthebrain.com/games/inchy-picnic/

Length - http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/boldtkatherine/MathResources3-6/Math_Measurement.htm

How Tall - http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/how_tall/how_tall.html

Size Estimation - http://www.toonuniversity.com/quiz.asp?quizzes_key=1

Measurement - Length - http://eduplace.com/kids/hmm/practice/2/ep2_07.html

Writing and Reading: Biographies and Core Clicks

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Language Arts and Technology

1.  Reading – getting more information about your person

If you have enough information, still search for your person but find 3 new and interesting facts about them.

If you don’t have enough information, search for your person and fill out your worksheet from Reading

Go to:  www.biography.com  and search for your person

Or go to:

·      Tiger Woods

http://www.tigerwoods.com/about-tiger

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/647648/Tiger-Woods

Explore these websites:

            http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/games/mini-golf/

            http://pbskids.org/fetch/games/minigolf/index.html

            http://www.sikids.com/

·      Ellen Ochoa

            http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/ochoa.htm

             

Explore these websites:

http://www.boeing.com/boeing/defense-space/space/spacestation/

                        http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

                        http://kids.usa.gov/science/space/index.shtml

·      Benjamin Franklin

Explore these websites:

            http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/fun/index.htm

            http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/explore.html

            http://www.libertyskids.com/arch_who_bfranklin.html

·      Theodore Seuss Geisel

            http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm

https://www.earlymoments.com/dr-seuss/The-Life-and-Times-of-Dr-Seuss/           

Explore these websites

                        http://www.seussville.com/

                        http://www.drseussart.com/bio/

2.  Ruby Bridges

Go to:  www.scholastic.com/coreclicks

Type in your username and password

Follow the directions of your teacher.

School's A-Waiting

Alright, I'm a terrible blogger.  The summer got away from me!!!  Too much part-ay-ing, or really vacationing!  Florida is the best.  Remind me when I'm rich to move to the gulf.  It is such an inspiration for painting.  (soon I'll post pics of my newest paintings of my summer)

Meanwhile, the countdown is ticking till the beginning of school!  How does 2.5 months just fly by?!  Crazy.  I've been teaching English for a few years now and decided for a change.  This year I'm on to new venues...music.  K3-4th grade to be exact.  While I love music, I've never taught it before.  But I had the lovely task of finding a curriculum and studying it over the past few weeks.  Kodaly wins!  The best part is he was Hungarian and so am I!  I'm hoping his blood is in mine and somewhere things will click and I'll magically get the hang of his ways...

Anywho, been thinking of how to do my music on a cart.  More to come on that one as I tackle it next week when I go back.

But....I would like to share a friends idea on classroom management.  For her when a class does well, they get to put a giant jellybean in a drawn jar on a bulletin board.  The class at the end of the year with the most beans wins a party.  I love positive incentives!!  My twist is I found a picture of a jar of jellybeans online, stretched it to make it fit a page, printed it, cut it out.  I'll color code each jar lid (for my crazy organization, each grade gets a different color) and put the class teacher's name on it, then next week I'll go and laminate it.  I'll then put them all on a metal ring, attach it to my cart, and when a class does well, I'll put a sticker on one of the jellybeans on their class jar.  I may even be so bold as to give extra stickers to extra special classes.

Here is the jellybean jar:  Click and save.

So that's my thought for the day.  Thought I'd share as ideas are beginning to fly again!!

Imagination in 5 Minutes

Ok there’s a lesson in everything we do. Toy Story 2 = in 5 minutes or less Andy can create a whole new world to play in (and rip Woody apart). How much do we use imagination in our classrooms? Have we let go to fun and a whole new world to keeping up with the curriculum? When I started teaching English I had to “teach” my students about imagination. It’s amazing what is lost by the time they hit 6th grade. Keep IMAGINATION alive!

The Teacher's Creed

It’s amazing. I’ve seen and heard in more places that when you become a teacher, you shouldn’t become the students’ friend. Maybe it’s me. Maybe it’s my style. But the first thing I do is get to know a student and become their friend. Once I am their friend, the world opens before me. I’m able to take them to the next level of learning. I’m able to connect what I’m teaching to their lives. It’s up to you how you connect to your students, but I have learned the more students know about me, and I know about them, the more they are willing to take in what I’m teaching. And isn’t that the goal of a teacher? I’m ready to connect so they’re “ready to learn to get some knowledge” (Finding Nemo, which I’ve seen one too many times with my 3yr old).