2nd+Grade

2nd Grade

Math
[] Students are able to justify mathmatical thinking using technology. Online Hundreds board. Kidspiration 3>Math (takes you to an array of helpful math activities). toc

Science
[] Teacher will initially set up the wiki. Students can create a taxonomy of weather related terms with pictures. This can be a living document that is added to throughout the year. It can evolve as you study weather throughout the year. [] Students can use this website to explore weather happening at home and and abroad.

Social Studies
[] Students will to adhere to age appropriate acceptable use policies to stay safe in the digital environment. [] Teacher can use this site to set up virtual pen pals with student of different cultures. [] (free download) Teacher can use the Google Earth download to explore and obtain visual information about places in our world to enhance learning. [] Teachers can explore virutal environments to enhance learning (including the White House and the Liberty Bell)
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Unit 1
[] This Texas Treasures site provides sequential, age appropriate computer literacy lessons. Kidspiration 3 is licensed to BISD. This is an excellent tool for many reading/writing activities. Open Kidspiration>Reading and writing activities>Double Bubble map [] Ergonomically Correct positions [] Students can use this program to teach proper keyboarding techniques. Printable keyboard [] Print and use to practice keyboarding, letter and symbol key id, student login, etc.

Unit 2
[] Students can choose a word ending, then fill in the beginning sounds to make words. [] Teachers can show this tutorial video before going to the computer lab for students to use Microsoft Word. [] Teachers can use this site to create rubrics for student use in self/peer evaluation.

Unit 3
[] Students are able to create books with text and record their voices online. [] Students can create a printable book. PowerPoint

Unit 4
[] Students are able to make an interactive presentation. [] Students are able to organize and summarize by using an online KWL creator. This could be used by the teacher to create a classwide KWL chart as well. [] Students create their own avatar. When the student types in their information, the avatar reads it. The teacher will need to create a free account with a generic username password, then let the students save their avatar under the teacher's account. [] Students create their own video quickly and easily. They type in their own dialogue, choose their own voice and motions. The program then creates the video from the choices selected. The teacher will need to create a free account with a generic username and password, then let the students save their video under the teacher's account. [] Students will learn to make video book review through a virtual field trip.

Unit 5
[] Students can create one minute videos and email them to their parents. Teacher will need to create an account and add parent emails. Students could use this to send 2 videos to their parents: one to inform and one to entertain.