Drag & Spell (using long vowel sounds)

Drag a vowel sound into the slot to spell the word correctly. Choose Level 1 (use a picture clue to spell the word) or Level 2.
Learning (-ee-,-ea-,-ay-,-ai,-y-,-igh-,-oa-,-oo-). Click on the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/spelling/spelling.shtml

Memory Match - Using Contractions

Click on the blue link below (do not click on the picture) to play this memory game and practice your contractions (the link will turn green when your mouse hovers over it).

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/word_games/vocabulary-games/contractions-card-flip.html

The Grammar Gorillas

Identify the noun and the verb in the sentence. Click on the link below and start with the Beginner level.

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

Try Out Hangman

Improve your spelling! Click on the link below to get started:

http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/word-wizards/games/game_cliffhanger.html

2 Cool Ways to Memorize Your Spelling Words!

Click on the link below, type in your weekly spelling words and then make a Spelling Scramble or a Word Search.

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/spelling.htm

Just for fun....

Test your reaction speed. Click on the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

Fun With Mazes!

Can you solve the maze? Click on the link below to play:

http://www.toytheater.com/maze.php

Grammar Blast!

Work on:
Unit 1 (The Sentence)
Unit 3 (Nouns and Pronouns)
Unit 5 (Verbs)

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/grammar/

Add the Missing Letters

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/clusters/clusters.htm
Scroll down the page to Online and Interactive Consonant Cluster Resources
Choose these games: Initial Clusters Spelling and Cluster Words Spelling
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word.

Spelling Bee!

http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_kbkids.html
1st -- Select Grade Level 2

2nd - Under Language Arts Tab, select Spelling Bee – ch, sh, th

Dreambox!

Each 2nd grader has an account with Dreambox – an adaptive online technology-based math curriculum. Students can access their Dreambox accounts at anytime using a computer with an internet connection.

Use the link below to login to the Holy Trinity Dreambox account. Then click on the 2nd Grade classroom. Each student created an avatar that has their first name and first initial of their last name. After clicking on your child's avatar, they will need to remember the picture password they chose.

https://play.dreambox.com/login/rgsc/holyts (then click 2nd Grade)

Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

This game offers practice in differentiating between common nouns and proper nouns. Click on the link below.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/basketball/index.html

Vowel-Consonant-E Word Builder

After clicking on the link below, you must click on Unit 3 to begin practicing your vowel-consonant-e spelling.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/gr2/wordbuilder/

Two Online Games to Practice Vowel Sounds and Consonant Clusters

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/index.shtml
This interactive involves working with long vowel sounds.
A word with a missing letter will appear in the sand. Listen to Colin the Clam say the complete word then click on the sandpie with the right spelling for the missing sound.


http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/clusters/interactive/squares/clusters.htm

Memory game involving consonant clusters (e.g. ch, fr, cl, sl, etc.)

Ticket to Read

2nd Grade has begun working on Ticket to Read. Ticket to Read is an online reading program that helps students become active readers. It facilitates independent practice from school, home, or any computer that has an internet connection. The online program teaches and builds reading skills at the individual level with adaptive instruction, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
The link to the program can be found below (with a list of logins and passwords) as well as among the list of Great Websites on my blog. Each student has their own account, and teachers can access reports to track student progress. We will be working with the program at school a few times each month, but would like to encourage the students to work with it at home as well.

http://www.tickettoread.com

The login will be: lastnamefirstinitial (granta), with the following exceptions:

stoneben
carrollga
jacksonbj
thompsoneliz
baileymichael
morrellmaia

The password for all is: reader

Welcome to 2nd Grade Technology

We're going to have a great year of fun-filled technology projects. 2nd Grade will have Technology class on Wednesdays. In addition, they will come to the Computer Lab on Tuesdays for the technology component of their Language Arts class.