Halloween Word Clouds

Everyone will create a Word Cloud using Halloween-themed words.  Let's brainstorm some good words before you begin.

www.tagxedo.com

Then, finish these:

1. Animal drawing with habitat in Pixie 

and

2. Acrostic poem of the word S-U-N

Spelling Practice

Today, everyone will login to Spelling City with their own user name and password. 

Everyone has the same password: titans

Username for most students: last name followed by first initial (for example: bartv)

Choose List 1 or List 2

Everyone must play these games first before choosing other games:

1. Audio Word Match
2. Missing Letter
3. Word Unscramble
4. Which Word Sentences

Exceptions to Usernames

bradshawjack

gibbonsjack

graymaddie

jacksondesi

madisontammie

moranellie

pattersonclaire

reyesdiana

solomonsimona

Turnaround Facts - Near Doubles - Changing Addition Order

Must Include

1. Your Name

2. A white background (no color/paint can)

3. Choose 1 animal sticker for your equation

Finish Your Animal Drawing

Today, everyone will finish their Pixie drawing of their animal.  You must include the following in your drawing:

1. Type your name
2. Type the name of your animal
3. Draw the HABITAT of your animal (it could be the ocean, trees, mountains, grass, a river, snow, sand, etc.)
4. You may use only 1 sticker in your drawing

When you are finished, you must practice reading your Fun Fact out load.  Everyone will get to use the microphone to record the fun fact about their animal.

Animal Habitat Research Project

Today, everyone will click on the link below to begin your research project.  These are the steps to follow:
1. Choose an animal to research - no dinosaurs (everyone must choose a different animal).
2. Fill out the form that I hand out to you.  You will be able to answer these questions by reading about your animal on the National Geographic website.
3. When you have finished filling out your form, please open Pixie.  Draw a picture of the animal you have chosen which should include the scenery and background of the animal's habitat.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/

Next week, everyone will have a chance to make a recording of the fun fact about their animal.  We will convert your recorded voice to a QR code and insert it on your Pixie drawing.  Have fun!

Raz-Kids

During the first half of Technology class today, everyone will login to Raz-Kids and practice reading. Your Teacher Username is: hts2nd
Don't forget to:
1. Listen to the book
2. Read the book
3. Take the quiz
After 20 minutes, if you are ready to work on something different, you may try these two options:

Give The Dog A Bone

Toy Theater

Spelling Practice

Word Builder: Consonant-Long Vowel-Consonant-E

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordbuilder/index.html?grade=2&unit=4

Word Sort

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordsort/index.html?grade=2&unit=4

eWord Game with Vocabulary from Henry & Mudge and The Starry Night

Play all 3 Rounds

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/ewordgame/index.html?grade=2&unit=4

Find the Missing Vowel

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/games/magic_e_sounds.jsp


Matching Game with Silent E

http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/phonics/silente/matching/

Word Search

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordfind/index.html?grade=2&unit=4

Listen to the sound and try to guess the animal

http://www.kidsplanet.org/games/js/whoami.html

When you finish all of the spelling games, login to Raz-Kids.  Your password is:  hts2nd

Powerpoint - Acrostic Poems

Today, everyone will create an acrostic poem using PowerPoint.  We will use the word SUN and come up with descriptive words that begin with S, U and N.  We will learn how to:

• Insert a text box
• Change the font size
• Change the font color
• Insert clip art

Study for Weekly Spelling Test

Today, everyone will login to Spelling City with their own user name and password.

Everyone has the same password: titans

Username for most students: last name followed by first initial (bartv)

Everyone must play these games first before choosing other games:

1. Audio Word Match
2. Missing Letter
3. Word Unscramble
4. Which Word Sentences

Exceptions to Usernames

bradshawjack

gibbonsjack

graymaddie

jacksondesi

madisontammie

moranellie

pattersonclaire

reyesdiana

solomonsimona

Watch the Brainpop, Jr. video about Internet Safety:

http://www.brainpopjr.com/artsandtechnology/technology/internetsafety/

Take both the easy quiz and the hard quiz together as a class.

Sight Word Bingo

http://www.abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_bingo.htm

U.S. States Puzzle

http://www.abcya.com/USA_geography_puzzle_map.htm