Homework

HOMEWORK AND INFORMATION

Here you will find a widget of my twitter account.  I will post all important information on my twitter account including homework and activities we have done throughout the day. Feel free to add the twitter app to your smart phone and "follow" us, or you can visit this website each day.

Newsletters

NEWSLETTERS

Here you will find classroom newsletters and important information.

September Newsletter (First Day of School)

Helpful Websites

HELPFUL WEBSITES

Here you will find helpful website links that will provide helpful information and enrichment activities for your child. If you find any useful links please send them to me by e-mail or your childs agenda and I will add them to the list.

Resources

Read Write Think - Resources for Grade 1 and 2 for all subjects.

Math

Virtual Manipulatives - Hands on activities for all strands of Math.

Ganes - Second grade Math games.

Measurement

 Cooking for Kids - Recipes that kids can make.

Johnnies Webpage - Length, mass, and volume.

Thermometer - Interactive Thermometer

Probability

Dice Rolls and Coin Flips - Outcomes

Games - Spinners, coins, marbles, guessing

Virtual Probability Games - Dice, spinners, outcomes, coins, etc.

Probability Bag - Certain, unlikely, equal chance, etc.

Activity Village - Dice games for kids.

Fact Families

Family Tubs -Addition and subtraction fact family practice.

Telling Time

Telling Time - Telling time practice.

Analog Clock - Reading analog clocks

Addition and Subtraction

Flashcards - Addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication.

Grade 2 Number Sense - Addition, subtraction, money, ordering,, place value, and much more.

Addition and Subtraction Worksheets - Create your own worksheets just like the teacher.

Math Ideas - Ideas to help struggling students with addition and subtraction.

Addition Games - Have fun with addition.

2D Shapes and 3D solids

What are 3D solids and 2D shapes? - Background information

Shadow Show (Sid the Science Kid - PBS Website) - 2D Shape Game

Games - Games to learn about shapes and solids.

Fling the Teacher - Shape Quiz

Shapes - Shape Facts

2D Shapes - Shape Properties

Nets - Video

Net Matching - Enrichment Quiz

Chess

Chess Rules - Learn the basics of chess!

Chess Colouring Pages - Colouring

Chess for Kids - Learn to play chess!!!

Mapping

National Geographic Kids - Mapping Skills Games

World Map - Try to locate countries of the world.

Mapping Skills - US based website.

Different types of Maps - A special 'thank you' goes out to Mrs. Walters' class from the Amorita Charter School for sending me this amazing resource. Great find, folks!

Poetry

Poetry for kids - Welcome to Kenn Nesbitt's poetry playground, Poetry4kids.com, where you will find lots of funny poems and poetry books for children, games, contests, lessons, discussion forums, and journals, plus a rhyming dictionary, funny poetry podcast, school visit information and lots more.

Giggle Poetry - Funny poems for kids.

Acrostic Poetry - Helps students make their own acrostic poems with a template.

Story it! - Classic children's poems.

Fizzy Funny Poems - Poems for children from the United Kingdom.

Diamante Poetry - Diamante poetry examples and template.

Humour

Kid Jokes - Yahoo Kids

Science

Grade 2 Science Topics - Links to the Curriculmn

Interactive Science Activities - Simple Machines, Human Body, Cell Phones

Simple Machines

Edheads - Identify simple mahines in the world around us.

Properies of Matter - Games and quizzes

FOSSweb - Changes of State

Water - Learn about the three states of water.

Hardcourt Schools - Three states of matter.

Water

Water Cycle Diagram - Shows the 6 stages of the water cycle.

Water Cycle Story - Shows how the water cycle works.

Interactive Water Cycle Diagram

Water Cycle Links - List of many different water websites.

The Water Page - A great website sharing a variety of "Ultimate" Water Sites (Thank you to Amy from Amorita Charter School in Amorita, Oklahoma for this suggestion)

Pictures

PICTURES

Here you will find pictures of our class working hard or having fun during events. Please let me know if you would like any pictures of your child removed from the web page

Twitter

Twitter

Here you will find our classroom twitter feed. If you would like to officially "follow us" on twitter please request permission on the Twitter Website and inform me that you would like to be added.

You can find our Twitter page at http://twitter.com/#!/MrSmithsGrade2s

Treat Schedule

We will have 4 in class celebrations this year. Each celebration will require some treats for the class. They should be nut free. Healthy options such as fruit, vegitable and cheese trays are encouraged. Please let me know if you have any questions or need to change your day.

Halloween Party: Eric, Matt, Taylor, William and Cora 

Winter Holiday Celebration: Dainian, Aiden T., Cameron, Alexandra and Clara 

Valentines Day Celebration: Aiden M., Kyle, Sierra and Colin 

End of the year Celebration: Emma, Stephanie, Lauren and Jamila

DATES FOR THESE EVENTS WILL COME HOME IN THE AGENDA CLOSER TO THE EVENTS