Good Websites For Second Graders
Language Arts
Starfall
This is a beginning reading site. It starts with the alphabet then goes
into word family activities. The stories are read to the students. The
“Learn To Read” and “It’s Fun” To Read tabs are the most appropriate
for first graders.
http://www.starfall.com/
Good Night Stories
This site has fun stories to read, have read to and to finish. There are
other games as well. Click on the red roof (stories) or on activities.
http://www.goodnightstories.com
Math
Class Brain.com
This has math facts practice. On the left side in the orange you can
select mental madness and get other good games.
http://www.classbrain.com/artgames/publish/math_magician_games.shtml
McGraw Math
This is our new math series. Scroll down and locate the text for 2nd
Grade. You can then choose the chapter you need. There are games, and
“concepts in motion” which are tutorial lessons in Spanish and English.
http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/index.html
National Library Of Virtual Manipulatives
This website has some great demo lessons and tools to help students
understand math concepts. Many do not need to be downloaded to play.
Others are free trial download.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_1.html
Math Magician Games
This site has math facts practice activities. You select the number to
practice.
http://www.oswego.org/ocsdweb/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html
Multiplication.com
Great multiplication practice, resources, and games.
http://www.multiplication.com/
AAA Math
Great site for concept based activities.
http://www.aaaknow.com/grade2.htm
Math Forum
This site is easy to use. It has fun math games to reinforce concepts taught
in class. There are 3 parts to the website that coincide with the trimesters.
To go to the second trimester go to the bottom of the page and click on
“next 6 weeks”. Repeat to get to the last trimester.
http://mathforum.org/templepow/support/grade2online.html
Rainforest Maths
There are many fun math games all with a rainforest theme.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/rainforestmaths/RFMA/RFMA.html
Other
Dance Mat Typing
Learn how to type. It has levels and a great progression into learning
how to type.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Dav Pilkey
This is an author’s website. The students read stories by him in class.
There are many fun games.
http://www.pilkey.com/
Nettrekker
This is a search engine similar to Google. All the sites that are on
Nettrekker have been approved by teachers. They are listed by
readability level. You can also do an image search and a people search.
The district has paid for the use of this site. The user name is: lowschool
and the password is: magnolia
http://www.nettrekker.com
Science Monster
Great resource for science. It has a lot about the planets.
http://www.sciencemonster.com/
Harcourt Science
This is our science series. If it asks for a password type Jones. Click
on the grade you need and locate correct chapter.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science2000/ca/grk.html
Discovery Kids
This is the Discovery channel for kids. There are great
resources and games.
http://kids.discovery.com/
Jan Brett
Author Jan Brett has a great website with games, printable activities,
video clips and much more.
http://www.janbrett.com
Fun Brain
This site has many games and resources. Go to the appropriate grade
level. You can then choose an age level or other subject. The language
arts tab is level by grade.
http://funbrain.com
Many Resources and Games
This site has links to math, language arts and science resources and
games. They are based on California content standards.
http://www.elcerritowire.com/2/
Internet For The Classroom
This site has many links to activities, resources and games. They are
listed by content standard.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_2nd.htm
Fact Monster
Fun and informational activities and games. It also has a dictionary,
thesaurus and encyclopedia.
http://www.factmonster.com/