Ms. Long's & Ms. Baker's Learning Resources
Educational Websites:
http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
This webpage contains multiple games and activities over many different subjects of learning (reading, math, etc.). You can play many fun and interactive games in the funbrain arcades. This website provides exciting ways to practice skills learned in class.
Math-
http://www.aaamath.com/
This webpage provides many practice quizzes for math concepts. Practice makes perfect and this is a great website to use.
http://www.coolmath.com/
If you want to play math games, puzzles, or just need help with a subject in math, this website would be the best to use. Math can be cool!!!
Educational Software:
ELEMENTARY ADVANTAGE 2011 - Grades 1 - 5 (PN: 86656) $29.95
http://www.softwareforkids.com/children-software/2nd-grade/86656.html
This software has interactive puzzles and games for learning numerous subjects learned in Elementary school. These subjects include Math, Reading, Writing, Phonics, Grammer, US History, Geography, Biology, Earth Science, Spanish and Typing. Use this software to expland your knowlege in many different subjects of learning.
I Love Math (PN: 2071074-1) $14.95
http://www.softwareforkids.com/children-software/2nd-grade/2071074-1.html
This math learning software will teach you many things but above all it will teach you how to LOVE math. You will explore fractions, geometry and measurements as well as incorporate these skills into real-world math situations. Have fun learning math with this program.
My First Amazing Science Explorer (PN: 27990) $14.95
http://www.softwareforkids.com/children-software/2nd-grade/27990.html
This science learning software will get you thinking and exploring through the world of science. This software will answer the science questions you would never have thought of but love to learn. This is a fun and interactive way to explore the questions once asked which have been solved through science.
Online Educational Games:
Frog life cycle:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/frog_lifecycle.htm
This is a game over the frog life cycle. In this game, you will drag and drop the stages of the frog life cycle in the order to which they occur. This game provides a video of each stage of a frog to help you understand this concept.
Living and nonliving:
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/plantsanimals.html
This is a science game over the difference between living and nonliving things. In this game, you must take a picture of the objects that are living. After doing this, this game checks your memory of where each of the living things were found.
Organs of the body:
http://www.softschools.com/science/human_body/diagram/
This game quizzes you over the organs of the body. It is an interactive activity over the location of important organs. The game will ask you to identify where different organs are located.
Recycling:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/actiongames/recycle-roundup/
This recycling video has you sort different kinds of recycling into the appropriate bins just like what was shown to you in the reduce, reuse, recycle over Texas Tech recycling.
Math data:
http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/numbers/mathdata.html
This is a number game over tables and graphs. After tallying the student's favorite hobbies, you will create an online bar graph using the data collected.
Books & Other Resources:
"Recycling" by Dr. Mike Goldsmith
http://compare.ebay.com/like/380549658704?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar
This book goes along with the reduce, reuse and recycle learning material introduced this school year. Read this book to uncover the process of recycling told by Doctor Mike Goldsmith, an expert in the subject. This is a fun easy read that will teach you so much.
“What’s Alive” by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
This book takes you through the life a little girl who questions what is living and nonliving. Read her story and learn for yourself.
"Our Bodies & Art Activities" by Rosie McCormick
http://www.google.com/shopping/product/9689967545044140635?q=book%20organs%20of%20the%20body%20children&hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&biw=1920&bih=961&wrapid=tlif136741800846810&sa=X&ei=qSSBUavED
cS2qgG30YGICA&ved=0CHMQ8wIwBDgK
This book provides hands on ways to learn about the major parts and organs of the body. Through art activities, the science of human bodies will be uncovered. These fun and creative activities will open up your eyes to the amazing functions of the human body.
Last Updated: 5/1/13
http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
This webpage contains multiple games and activities over many different subjects of learning (reading, math, etc.). You can play many fun and interactive games in the funbrain arcades. This website provides exciting ways to practice skills learned in class.
Math-
http://www.aaamath.com/
This webpage provides many practice quizzes for math concepts. Practice makes perfect and this is a great website to use.
http://www.coolmath.com/
If you want to play math games, puzzles, or just need help with a subject in math, this website would be the best to use. Math can be cool!!!
Educational Software:
ELEMENTARY ADVANTAGE 2011 - Grades 1 - 5 (PN: 86656) $29.95
http://www.softwareforkids.com/children-software/2nd-grade/86656.html
This software has interactive puzzles and games for learning numerous subjects learned in Elementary school. These subjects include Math, Reading, Writing, Phonics, Grammer, US History, Geography, Biology, Earth Science, Spanish and Typing. Use this software to expland your knowlege in many different subjects of learning.
I Love Math (PN: 2071074-1) $14.95
http://www.softwareforkids.com/children-software/2nd-grade/2071074-1.html
This math learning software will teach you many things but above all it will teach you how to LOVE math. You will explore fractions, geometry and measurements as well as incorporate these skills into real-world math situations. Have fun learning math with this program.
My First Amazing Science Explorer (PN: 27990) $14.95
http://www.softwareforkids.com/children-software/2nd-grade/27990.html
This science learning software will get you thinking and exploring through the world of science. This software will answer the science questions you would never have thought of but love to learn. This is a fun and interactive way to explore the questions once asked which have been solved through science.
Online Educational Games:
Frog life cycle:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/frog_lifecycle.htm
This is a game over the frog life cycle. In this game, you will drag and drop the stages of the frog life cycle in the order to which they occur. This game provides a video of each stage of a frog to help you understand this concept.
Living and nonliving:
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/plantsanimals.html
This is a science game over the difference between living and nonliving things. In this game, you must take a picture of the objects that are living. After doing this, this game checks your memory of where each of the living things were found.
Organs of the body:
http://www.softschools.com/science/human_body/diagram/
This game quizzes you over the organs of the body. It is an interactive activity over the location of important organs. The game will ask you to identify where different organs are located.
Recycling:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/actiongames/recycle-roundup/
This recycling video has you sort different kinds of recycling into the appropriate bins just like what was shown to you in the reduce, reuse, recycle over Texas Tech recycling.
Math data:
http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/numbers/mathdata.html
This is a number game over tables and graphs. After tallying the student's favorite hobbies, you will create an online bar graph using the data collected.
Books & Other Resources:
"Recycling" by Dr. Mike Goldsmith
http://compare.ebay.com/like/380549658704?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar
This book goes along with the reduce, reuse and recycle learning material introduced this school year. Read this book to uncover the process of recycling told by Doctor Mike Goldsmith, an expert in the subject. This is a fun easy read that will teach you so much.
“What’s Alive” by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
This book takes you through the life a little girl who questions what is living and nonliving. Read her story and learn for yourself.
"Our Bodies & Art Activities" by Rosie McCormick
http://www.google.com/shopping/product/9689967545044140635?q=book%20organs%20of%20the%20body%20children&hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&biw=1920&bih=961&wrapid=tlif136741800846810&sa=X&ei=qSSBUavED
cS2qgG30YGICA&ved=0CHMQ8wIwBDgK
This book provides hands on ways to learn about the major parts and organs of the body. Through art activities, the science of human bodies will be uncovered. These fun and creative activities will open up your eyes to the amazing functions of the human body.
Last Updated: 5/1/13