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Use the links above to access an exhaustive list of SOL-correlated resources compiled by Orange County Public Schools' Instructional Technology Resource Teachers - organized by grade level, subject and Virginia SOL addressed.

 

 

Instructional Technology Resources - Grade 2

Language Arts

2.1 - Create stories, drama, Verb tenses, sentence structures

Can you make sense of a sentence? - drag the words into the correct sentence order.
Crown & Thistle Inn - the home for traditional folk tales from around the world.
Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World - an index of folk tales from many countries
Cause and Effect Relationship Lesson and Practice
Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme.

2.2 - Vocab, clarify/explain words, directions (follow and give), synonyms/antonyms

Can You Follow Directions?
Listen and Follow Directions - Spatial Concepts activity

2.3 - Use language for different purposes, share stories, work in groups,summarize

Second Grade Reading Activities

2.4 - Phonics, blends, decode and spell, Vowels, Multisyllables,

Homographs
High Frequency Words - six activities using sight words - drag correct word to complete the sentences
The Syllable Factory - break words up into "chunks"
Word Families - select the word family to practice and select the correct beginning consonant to match the pictures
Compound Word Characters - read a passage then select the appropriate compound words
Breaking Down Compound Words - In the following sentences, find the compound word and type it in as two separate words.

2.5 - Use info to read words, Sentence structure, Story structure and sequence

Can you make sense of a sentence? - drag the words into the correct sentence order.
Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme.

2.6 - Prefixes/Suffixes, Contractions, Possessives, Abbreviations, Antonyms/synonyms

Multiple Meaning Words
Compound Word Characters - read a passage then select the appropriate compound words
Breaking Down Compound Words - In the following sentences, find the compound word and type it in as two separate words.
Fly By Contraction Practice - find the correct airplane to match with the contraction
Pronoun Clubhouse
WordWorks - prefixes

2.7 - Preview reading using title, headings, pictures, etc; know purpose, re-read/self correct

Prompts with Pictures - Select from the story elements
Fact or Fiction?
Crown & Thistle Inn - the home for traditional folk tales from around the world.
Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World - an index of folk tales from many countries
Get The Idea - read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts
Writing Detective- ordinal words

2.9 - Refernce Materials - Table of Contents, Pictures, Charts, Dictionaries, indices

Giant Picture Dictionary
Explore the parts of a book - Click on each of the pictures on this page to learn more about that part of the book.

2.10 - Maintain script, move towards cursive

2.11 - Write stories/letters/explanations, oragnize, revise, use tech

Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme.

2.12 - Grammar, Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling, Contractions

Fragments and Run-On's - After each sentence, select the option which best describes that sentence.
SpellBound
Find the correct sentence - choose sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation
Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select;

CyberGuides K-3

Math

2.1 - Read, Identify, Write place value of 3 digit numbers; Round 2 digits to the nearest 10

Number Gym - Read the numeral and create the number word.
Expanded Form of Numbers - write the numeral the expanded form represents
Fruity Flip Flop - students must move fruit to form rows of three, or more, of the same fruit.
Reading 3 digit numbers - match the numeral with the number words

2.2 - Compare numbers using greater then, less then or equal symbols and words

One False Move
Numeracy Games
Twins - Students identify odd and even numbers

2.3 - Identify the ordinal position 1-20 using ordered objects

2.4 - Identify 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/10

Fraction Quiz using shaded portions of objects
Identify With Circles - fraction practice where student types in numerator and denominator
Tony's Fraction Pizza Shop

2.5 - Count by 2,5, and 10 to 100; Count by 10s backward from 100, Group objects by 3 or 4; Recognize even/odd groups

Dragon Eggs - Rescue the dragon's eggs by flying around the sea,deciding if the numbers are odd or even.

2.6 - Recall add/sub facts to 18 or less

Bowling Subtraction - bowl down pins by answering subtraction problems
Math Fries
Math Mastery
Tackle Math Ball

2.7 - Estimate sums up to 100

Math Mastery
Tackle Math Ball

2.8 - Estimate the difference under 100

Math Mastery
Tackle Math Ball

2.9 - Create and Solve one-step addition adn subtraction problems using simple data

Arrithmattack!

2.10 - Recognize and Describe related facts (add/sub)

Tackle Math Ball

2.11 - Count coins less then $2.00; Understand cent symbol, dollar sign and decimal

Which Coin? - Students select the coin that completes the total needed.
Sovereign Bank Presents: KidsBank.com!

2.12 - Estimate and use ruler to nearest cm/inch

Measure it - practice using a ruler - inches and centimeters
Teaching Measures

2.13 - Given grid paper can estimate and count number of units to cover area

Estimate
Estimator

2.14 - Estimate and Count number of cubes in a box to determine volume

Rounding Off - three levels are available in this game from BBC Education
Measure and Rounding

2.15 - Estimate/Determine weight/mass of object using a scale

Teaching Measures

2.16 - Tell and Write time to nearest 1/4 hour (analog and digital)

Clockworks - Try to set the time on the clock. (four difficulty levels to choose from)

2.17 - Using more, less, equal to compare metric/English measurements of volume

Teaching Measures

2.18 - Understand and use calendar

It's A Date

2.19 - Read Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometer to nearest 10 degrees

Hot Stuff
Measuring Tools

2.20 - Draw, Describe, and Sort geometric figures assording to # of sides, corners and square corners

2.21 - Identify and Create figures using tangible materials

Identify Shapes - two- and three-dimensional geometric figures are used

2.22 - Compare/Contrast plane and solid geometric figures

Ask Hannah
Mr. Mumble

2.23 - Read, Construct, and Interpret a simple picture and bar graph

Gere's Bike Shop - Read and Interpret Graphs
Reading Graphs
Make your own Pictograph

2.24 - Record data and predict outcomes (probability)

What Are My Chances
What Should I Wear?
Play Ball
Using Tally Marks

2.25 - Identify, Create, and Extend patterns

Number Cracker - guess what number comes next in the pattern
What comes next? - find the next shape in the pattern
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_184_g_2_t_1.html
Pattern Detectives
Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage

2.26 - Solve Numerical sentences and create story problems to accompany

What number would complete this sentence? - find the missing addend

2nd Grade Math Skills (lots of sctivities)
Second Grade Math Lessons
K-12 Powerpoints Math

Science

2.1 - Conduct investigations using observation skills; accuracy, classification, change, measurements, graphs, data, models

Characteristics of Materials - an interactive quiz from the BBC
Grouping and Changing Materials - an interactive quiz from the BBC

2.2 - Magnets

Gravity and what it does - from Our Place in Space
Magnets and Springs - use this interactive BBC site to experiment with which objects are attracted to a magnet
BBC - KS2 Revisewise - Science: Physical Processes

2.3 - States of matter

Solids and Liquids - investigate the effect of heat on a substance
Changing State
Gases Around Us
BBC - KS2 Revisewise - Science: Materials
BBC - Schools - Pod's Mission

2.4 - Life Cycles of plants and animals

Frogs - See how differently from each other these frogs look and sound
Zoom Dinosaurs

2.5 - Living things: ecosystems, habitats, change

Interdependence and Adaptation
Living and Nonliving
Living or Non-Living?
Find the Living things
Worksheet for clasifying living and non living things
Health and Growth
Critter Craze - This lesson introduces the concepts of basic needs, grouping, and habitats.
Match These Fossils With Their Modern Relatives - Match fossil animals to one of the living animals at this page
Biome/Habitat Animal Printouts - EnchantedLearning.com
BBC - Schools Science Clips - Habitats
Black Bear
The Octopus
White-Tailed Deer
Chesapeake Bay Program
http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm

2.6 - Weather

Project FIRST Weather Journal
Interactive Twister
NOAA Education Page
Weather Whiz Kids

2.7 - Weather and Seasons affect living things and habitats

As the Earth Turns - Students learn that day and night are caused by the rotation of the Earth
Observe images of different climate zones using an interactive map

2.8 - Plants: produce oxygen, food, plant products and economics, provide homes, help with erosion

Helping Plants Grow Well
Great Plant Escape - Plant parts
Identify flower parts

Science resources to use in any classroom
Bill Nye The Science Guy
K-12 Powerpoints Science

Social Studies

2.1 - Explain how ancient China and Egypt have influenced the present world

Ancient Scripts: Chinese
Your Name in Chinese
Egyptian Name Translator
Guardian's Ancient Egypt
How to Make a Mummy
Pyramids
Different Tribes - Compare daily life of Native American tribes from different regions and times.
The First Americans
Native Americans

2.3 - Identify and compare changes over time in buildings, jobs, transportation, and population

Where is Japan - Students use the four cardinal directions to find real places on a map.
Infoplease Atlas
Maps.com Online Geography Games
GeoNet Game

2.6 - Construct simple maps using title, legend, and compass rose

Identify Natural Resources, Capital Resources, or Human Resources

2.8 - Distinguish between the use of barter and money in exchange for goods and services

2.9 - Explain how scarcity requires people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services

2.10 - Explain responsibilities of a good citizen

2.11 - ID George Wash, Abraham Lincoln, Susan B Anthony, Helen Keller, Jackie Robinson, MLK Jr

2.12 - Recognize that communites in the US have people with diverse ethnic origins, customs, and traditions

Do you think that Eskimos live in igloos?

K-12 Powerpoints Social Studies

For Teachers and Parents

Skills Builders (Lang Arts, Math)
Links to help K-12 teachers.
Online Tutorials for PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and others!
Education News (latest news in education periodicals)
Grants
Teachnology - a GREAT reource for all subjects and grades!!! You don't need to join to use the resources
What Do You Mean By That? - a PowerPoint show on multiple meaning words
Graphic Organizers from Education Place
Instructions on how to use Excel to create a graphic organizer
The Math Worksheet Site!
What is attracted to magnets? - Experiments with magnets and our surroundings
Create a model of the water cycle
K-12 Powerpoints Language Arts

For All Teachers

MarcoPolo.com GREAT lessons for K-12 all subjects
TALK - Classroom Literacy Guide Activities
Mrs. Renz's Math Web Sites
K-12 Powerpoints Language Arts
K-12 Powerpoints Science
K-12 Powerpoints Math
K-12 Powerpoints Social Studies
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception
Interactive Plagarism Webpage!
Everyday Mathematics K-5
KidsHub.org K-8
Virtual Field Trips
Molecular Expressions
Phonics and Word Study K-6
Crossword Puzzle Maker
AskERIC lesson plans
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a teacher's resource offering ideas to enhance curriculum.
FunBrain.com - The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Kids and Teachers
http://www.microsoft.com/education/LessonPlans.mspx
Reading Rockets : Reading Comprehension & Language Arts Teaching Strategies for Kids
CIESE - Curriculum: K-12 CIESE Online Real Time Data Projects
CIESE - Curriculum: K-12 CIESE Online Tele-Collaborative Classroom Projects
CIESE - Curriculum: K-12 CIESE Online Primary Source Classroom Projects
CIESE - Curriculum: K-12 CIESE Partner Projects
CIESE - Curriculum: Educational Links
Clip Art Listing
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception
Teacher Created Resources: Free Weekly Lessons
Online Teacher Tools
Story Arts | Story Arts Online!
The Writing Process
Lesson Plans for Teachers on Scholastic.com
step.com
Frank Potter's Science Gems
Education World® The Educator's Best Friend

Technology

Bellingham Schools Online Research Investigations
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Best Practices of Technology Integration
Nicholson's Lesson Plan Blues
Integrated technology lesson plans
Online Technology Tutorials
Microsoft Office Assistance: Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Handouts, Hints and Helps
Technology Integration Web Links
Leadership and Learning with Technology: Designing Professional Development for Integrating Technology
Grade Level Skills Help - Index Page
Math - Interactive Sites
Internet4Classrooms - Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively
GameGoo - Educational Games
www.mrnussbaum.com - a thousand sites in one !!!®
NCES Students' Classroom
Science resources to use in any classroom
Microsoft Lessons
TrackStar : Home
Software Tutorials - Atomic Learning, Inc.
Templates for Teachers - The Classroom
Microsoft Office Resources
GCF Global Learning®
http://www.4teachers.org/tools/
Untangling The Web
LibraryThing | Catalog your books online
webTeacher (Windows Version)
QuestGarden 1.0
WebQuest Portal
Excel_Templates_for_Classroom
MS Excel Resources
To Excel in the Classroom
Munch and Learn
Interactive Sites for Elementary Students
Grade Level Resources
Using Technology to Teach Balanced Literacy
NETS for Students
Instructional Technology Quicktips - Murray County Schools
Essentials
Online Activities on Scholastic.com