Category Archives: 2nd Grade
2nd Grade Lakota Indians
Second graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about three different Indian groups: the Powhatan, Lakota, and Pueublo (SOL2.2). Today students in Mr. Weldon’s class used ABCYa! StoryMaker to draw and write about the Lakota Indians (the tribe they are currently studying). As we were navigating to the website, we discussed their background knowledge of…
Hour of Code – December 5th – 11th!
The Hour of Code week is coming up December 5 – 11! The hope is you take one hour out of that week to do a coding activity. A ton of activities can be found on Code.org’s Hour of Code page. The hour of code Continue reading
Coding Geography
Geography can be difficult for second graders, specifically where they are in relation to the rest of the world. Many students mix up the county, state, country, and continent. Ms. Jackson and I discussed this in our planning meeting and quickly got to work designing Continue reading
Using Stop Motion to Animate Plot!
Today in Mrs. Pope’s class at Glen Allen Elementary School we used the app Stop Motion Studio to animate the plot of a story. We started the lesson by showing the kids how to use the app and stressed the importance of taking a lot of pictures when making your video. The students paired up …
GoTemp! = Go Fun!
Happy Friday! Second graders at Longdale are studying temperature changes, so this was a perfect opportunity to experiment with the GoTemps! With the changing weather temperatures, we were able to talk about hot vs. cold and how it feels when the temperature outside changes. Next Continue reading
Snapchat Template for Students
Click Here for the Template Here is a Snapchat template made in Google Slides that you can use with your students. Some ways you can use this template: Have students create a snap of a famous American. Snap a photo of a book character. Students can create historical selfies Continue reading
2nd Grade CheckThis Inference Sites!
Ms. Ketcham’s class at Crestview Elementary School did a great job working on inferences. For this lesson we used a website called CheckThis. I absolutely love this site because it easily gives the students the ability to create their own webpage. When I was in the classroom teaching 3rd grade Julie Smith, my ITRT at …
2nd Grade Egypt Comics
Second graders at Holladay Elementary are learning about ancient Egypt and its contributions (SOL2.1) so today students in Ms. Brown’s class created comics about ancient Egypt using StoryboardThat. I posted a link to StoryboardThat on Google Classroom so the students could access it easily, and once we arrived at the site, we clicked “Create a…
2nd Grade Menus
Ms. Jefferson at Davis Elementary emailed me with a project idea she had for her class: “I would like for the kids to create menus. One of our language arts sols includes real world reading, so on Wednesday the kids will start creating menus for a pretend restaurant. We will also include math by using…
2nd Grade American Indian Maps
Second graders at Laburnum Elementary have been studying the American Indians (SOL2.2) and map skills (SOL2.4), so today students in Ms. Satterfield’s class created American Indian maps. I posted a link to My Google Maps on Google classroom and pointed out that students can always get back to any maps they create by using that…
