  ConnectEd - Everyday Math and Wonders Reading

This link takes you to the sign in for our Reading Series Wonders and our Math Series Everyday Math.  You child should have received a log in and password from their teacher. They could look up games and books and links to our daily lessons.

https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do

  Everyday Math Activities

EveryDay Math Grade 2 Activities  -All activities/games are organized by lesson for your convenience.

http://www.mrnale.com/Math_Activities_Grade_2.htm

  Scholastic Book Wizard

This site will help you look up the reading level of most books. Before you type in the name of the book, choose Guided Reading (A-Z) as the category. 

http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/

  Fun Learning Games

ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

http://www.abcya.com

  Learning Games for Kids from PBS

http://www.pbskids.org

  Cool Math

This site is fully interactive and allows the user to sharpen basic math skills, play math-related games and explore new math concepts.

 http://www.coolmath.com/

  Math Cats

Emphasizes the logic and beauty of math, rather than drills and practice. Provides open-ended and playful explorations of important math concepts through on-line games, off-line crafts and interactive projects. Requires a free MicroWorlds download.

 http://www.mathcats.com/

  Spelling Games

• An award-winning game-based learning tool for vocabulary, spelling, writing and language arts
• A K-12 educational service used worldwide by schools and families
• 50,000 words and 60,000 sentences read by a real person

http://www.spellingcity.com

  Interactive Phonics Lessons

Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development. 

http://www.starfall.com

  Word Whomp

This game is similar to our Make-a-Word activities at school.

Its a witty word game that challenges you to whomp the adorable gophers and spell as many words as you can from a given set of letters. 

http://www.pogo.com/games/word-whomp

  Goodnight Stories

This is the place to come if you want to curl up with a good cyber book or just play a game.

 http://www.goodnightstories.com/

  Magic School Bus Page

What are Ms. Frizzle and her class doing now? This site encourages you to work with many aspects of the Magic School Bus Adventures.

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/index.htm

  LOOK IT UP!

Reference suggestions for looking up information on anything:

• Bartleby.com  http://www.bartleby.com/
  This searchable collection of reference books, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction allows young researchers to find just what they need.
   
• Fact Monster.com  http://www.factmonster.com/
  Find information about a variety of subjects ranging from weather facts to homework help to quizzes and games.
   
• Little Clickers  http://littleclickers.com/
  Easily navigated site by the editors of Children's Software Review that enables users to locate links on various subjects. Search engines are also built in to the site.
   
• Merriam-Webster Online  http://www.merriam-webster.com/
  Aside from the wonderful access to the dictionary, this site offers words games and a word for the day.
   
• Reference Desk  http://www.refdesk.com/
  A wonderful starting place for Internet users, this site attempts to organize a multitude of sites into a useable index.
   
• Semantic Rhyming Dictionary  http://www.rhymezone.com/
  You can use it to write bad poetry or even good poetry. Using the three query functions described in this site, you can find words that rhyme with, almost rhyme with, or sound exactly the same as a certain target word.
   
• A Web of Online Dictionaries  http://www.yourdictionary.com/
  Provides an easy-to-use search engine for words and the results are quite detailed. Also offers 400 different language dictionaries.
   
• Writing a Basic Essay  http://lklivingston.tripod.com/essay/
  An essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure is the same no matter what. You may be writing an essay to argue for a particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task. Steps to guide you in writing an essay.

http://www.bartleby.com/