- Get ready for summer!!!
- Students will watch "Exercise" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Students will use Kerpoof to draw MOBY exercising!
- Make sure to write "Moby is _______" and sign your name!!!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
Showing posts with label 2nd Grade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2nd Grade. Show all posts
May 20, 2012
2nd Grade - RUN MOBY RUN!!!
Labels:
2nd Grade,
BrainPOP Jr.,
Kerpoof
May 6, 2012
May 2, 2012
2nd Grade - Que te gusta hacer?
LESSON
- Today you will create your own Spanish speaking avatar using Voki!
- In collaboration with Senora Jennings, we are going to type what we like to do, and what we don't like to do using the vocabulary words from her blog Que te gusta hacer?
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
April 29, 2012
2nd Grade - No More 2nd Grade!
Labels:
2nd Grade,
Kidspiration
- Students will use Kidspiration to fill out an "end of the school" year form.
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
- Writing
SOFTWARE USED
- Kidspiration
April 24, 2012
2nd Grade - Alphabet Organizer
Labels:
2nd Grade
LESSON
- Students will complete Read Write Think's Alphabet Organizer
- Students will type one word for each letter, but the word must relate to space, weather, or our earth!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
April 15, 2012
2nd Grade - Earth Day Rebus Poem
Labels:
2nd Grade,
BrainPOP Jr.,
Kerpoof
LESSON
- Students will watch "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Students will use Kerpoof's "Make a Card" to create an Earth Day Rebus Poem.
- Students must include at least 4 ways to help protect our earth!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
March 31, 2012
2nd Grade - For Just One Day...
Labels:
2nd Grade,
Kerpoof,
OpenOffice,
TumbleBooks
LESSON - Day 1
- We will read the book "For Just One Day" on Tumblebooks.
- Students will use OpenOffice to type what animal they would be for just one day and why.
LESSON - Day 2- Students will use Kerpoof to draw their animal!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
March 11, 2012
2nd Grade - Weather
Labels:
2nd Grade,
BrainPOP Jr.,
Kerpoof
- Students will watch "Seasons" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Using Kerpoof's "Make a Picture," students will choose a scene that illustrates their favorite season.
- They need to type at least 4 reasons that it is their favorite season.
LESSON - Day 2
- Students will watch the Scholastic Movie - "Water Cycle"
- Using Kerpoof, students will draw and label the parts of the water cycle.
LESSON - Day 3
- Students will become weather reporters on EdHeads!
- Students must complete "Report the Weather" and pass each level.
- Once they have passed "Report the Weather," students must complete "Predict the Weather."
- Watch "Temperature" on BrainPOP Jr. to learn how to use a thermometer.
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
February 5, 2012
2nd Grade - Valentine's Day
LESSON
- Students will create a Valentine's Day card for a family member using Kerpoof's "Make a Card."
- They must include at least 4 speech bubbles and they must write the sentence "Mom/Dad/Grandmother I love you because..."
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
- Writing
- Art
January 22, 2012
2nd Grade - SPACE Unit
Labels:
2nd Grade,
BrainPOP Jr.,
Kerpoof,
Kidspiration
- Students will watch "Earth" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Using Kerpoof, students will draw and print their own ALIEN!
LESSON - Day 2
- Using the ALIEN from last week, students will use Kidspiration to write a detailed description of their alien, and they will describe what planet they are from.
LESSON - Day 3
- Students will watch "Moon" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Using "Make a Picture" on Kerpoof, students will create a MOON CARTOON!
- Students must include at least 5 speech bubbles, and their name.
LESSON - Day 4
- Students will watch "The Sun" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Using "Make a Drawing" on Kerpoof, students will complete the BrainPOP Jr. "Draw About It" activity and answer the question: "What are some ways you can protect yourself from the sun? Draw your answer."
- Students must write at least one sentence explaining their drawing.
LESSON - Day 5
- Students will watch "Solar System" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Using Kerpoof, students will draw one planet and write at least one fact about it.
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
January 15, 2012
2nd Grade - Keyboarding
Labels:
2nd Grade
LESSON
- Students will learn what the home row keys are.
- Students will practice typing games.
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
January 7, 2012
2nd Grade - Snowman Glyph
- Students will follow the "Snowman Glyph" instructions and draw their snowman on Kerpoof!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
January 1, 2012
2nd Grade - Hansel & Gretel
Labels:
2nd Grade
- Students will learn about the Opera by completing the "Hansel & Gretel" Opera Interactive!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
December 11, 2011
2nd Grade - Winter Holidays
Labels:
2nd Grade,
BrainPOP Jr.,
Kerpoof
LESSON
- Students will watch "Winter Holidays" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Students will draw a picture on Kerpoof that illustrates their New Years Resolution
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
December 6, 2011
2nd Grade - BrainPOP Jr. FREE Stuff!
Labels:
2nd Grade,
BrainPOP Jr.
- Today you will learn how to watch FREE movies on BrainPOPJr!
- Watch the Movie
- Take the Easy Quiz
- Take the Hard Quiz
- Read the Pop-a-Joke
- Read Belly Up
- Play the Game
- Complete Write About It
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
November 3, 2011
2nd Grade - OCEAN!!!
Labels:
2nd Grade,
BrainPOP Jr.,
Comic Life,
Kerpoof
LESSON - Day 1/2/3 - Ocean Animal Riddle
- Choose your favorite ocean animal from National Geographic's Creature Features.
- We will use Comic Life to create the ocean riddle.
- On the first page of the project, write a riddle (without mentioning the animal's name) that describes your ocean animal.
- On the second page, import the animal's picture and the map of where it lives.
- You will format the font and style of your text, and the page backgrounds!
- Watch "Ocean Habitats" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Using Kerpoof's "Make a Picture", create and label the ocean habitats.
- Today you will learn how to log into Kerpoof using our KCD account!
- Once you are logged in, you will be able to use all of the fancy pens to create your drawing.
- You will pick an ocean animal to draw, and you need to give him a name!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
November 2, 2011
2nd Grade - Spell a Picture
- Student's will race against the clock to see who can gain the most Kerpoof Koins on Kerpoof's "Spell a Picture!"
- Make sure to keep your fingers rested on the home row keys!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
October 23, 2011
2nd Grade - Monster Mash
Labels:
2nd Grade,
Kerpoof,
TumbleBooks
LESSON
- Students will read "Monster Mash," by Mimi Maxwell on Tumblebooks.
- Students will use Kerpoof to draw their very own Monster Mash!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
October 1, 2011
2nd Grade - Graph Club
Labels:
2nd Grade,
BrainPOP Jr.,
Graph Club
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- We will watch "Pictographs" on BrainPOP Jr.
- Students will use our software, Graph Club, to create a pictograph of their classes favorite ice cream flavors!
- Students will label the graph, input the data, and answer the questions related to their graph!
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
- Math - Graphs
SOFTWARE USED
- Graph Club
September 20, 2011
2nd Grade - Communities
Labels:
2nd Grade,
BrainPOP Jr.,
Kerpoof,
Kidspiration,
Neighborhood Map Machine
LESSON - Day 1
- Students will watch Reading Maps on BrainPOP Jr.
- Students will learn about map symbols, and create their own community using our software Neighborhood Map Machine.
LESSON - Day 2/3
- Students will watch the BrainPOP Jr. movie "Community Helpers"
- On DAY 2 - students will learn how to draw Moby - as a practice round.
- On DAY 3 - Students will use Kerpoof to draw Moby as a community helper!
- They must write "Moby is a ______" and sign their name.
LESSON - Day 4
- Students will create a math word problem on the topic "communities" using our software, Kidspiration.
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
- Social Studies - Communities, Maps
- Art
- Math Word Problems
SOFTWARE USED
- Mozilla Firefox
- Neighborhood Map Machine
- Kidspiration
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