Mrs. Lane's Online Classroom

Reading Center

Check out the new Reading Center Reading Center. It is full of online audio and eBooks!

Learning Themes

This area of our site will begin to outline and provide an overview of key learning themes in 2nd grade.  Postings will serve as a launching point to additional resources that relate each theme or project.

Time and Money

posted ‎‎Apr 29, 2009 11:46 AM‎‎ by Mark Arnold   [ updated ‎‎Apr 29, 2009 4:45 PM‎‎ ]

Dinosaurs

posted ‎‎Apr 8, 2009 9:54 AM‎‎ by Mark Arnold   [ updated ‎‎Apr 13, 2009 9:36 AM‎‎ ]


We Dig Dinosaurs!

Dinosaur Coloring Pages (Color
your favorite dinosaur!)
Color a Dinosaur
(Color and save your picture)
Kinetosaurus (Nice pictures, can print and color)
You Dig
Build a Dinosaur
Match the Dinosaurs
Classify the Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Bones

Dinosaur Illustrations
(Pictures of dinosaurs)
Dinosaur Dictionary (Listen to names - audio)

Student Products
Students should use the "Color a Dinosaur" or "Kinetosaurus" links to color and save or to print and color a picture of their favorite dinosaur.  These pictures will be used to help create a We Dig Dinosaurs! podcast.

Teacher Resources
Dinosaur Central (Videos- Discovery Channel)







Pileated Woodpecker

posted ‎‎Mar 17, 2009 11:15 AM‎‎ by Mark Arnold   [ updated ‎‎Mar 18, 2009 6:23 AM‎‎ ]

Amazing Space

posted ‎‎Apr 14, 2008 12:51 PM‎‎ by Mark Arnold   [ updated ‎‎May 29, 2008 12:15 PM‎‎ ]

Below are a variety of learning activities and online resources that go along with our class explorations of Space!


Space Suit:
Best Dressed Astronaut
Dress Me for Space

NASA Dictionary:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/index.html

NASA Kids Club:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

Art Astronaut:
http://www.3pounds.com/artyastro/explore.htm

Your Weight on Other Worlds:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html

Teacher Features:
Solar System (National Geographic)

Amazing Penguins

posted ‎‎Mar 15, 2008 4:58 PM‎‎ by Beth Lane   [ updated ‎‎Mar 16, 2008 11:31 AM‎‎ ]

Students will be exploring the world of the penguin.  Parents, I are encouraged to visit the online resources listed below with your child.  Have them teach you a thing or two about these amazing creatures!

Resource Links:
Penguins - BrainPop (Nice overview video)
Sea World - Penguins
Nationl Geographic Creature Feature
Penguins of Antarctica
Penguins - The Birds of the Sea
Waddle, Waddle, Penguins
Perfectly Puzzling Penguins
Place the Penguins (Math Game)
Penguins (Video Clips)
African Penguins (Has a nice video)

Teaching Links:
Kidzone - Printables
Pete & Barb's Penguin Pages
abcTeach - Printables
Where Penguins are Found (Print)

Student Projects:
A student research project that will help identify the 17 different species of penguins and basic characteristics of each.
Sample Presentation Template *
A student webquest (designed for Kindergarten), but it is appropriate for K-3 students. Need to update links and should create a printable sheet of Venn Diagram.
Perfectly Penguins

Exploring Poety

posted ‎‎Mar 15, 2008 12:07 PM‎‎ by Beth Lane   [ updated ‎‎Mar 15, 2008 1:41 PM‎‎ ]

During this theme, student will read and learn to write poetry.  Key learning results that we are working toward with this theme include:

  • Seek out and enjoy experiences with books and other print materials.
  • Recognize characteristic sounds and rhythms of language, including the relationship between sounds and letters.
  • Understand the main idea of simple expository information.
  • Edit their own written work for standard English spelling and usage.
  • Ask questions and give other responses after listening to presentations by the teacher or classmates.

Resource Links:
Acrostic Poems (Student/Interactive)
Shape Poems (Student/Interactive)
Poetry Idea Engine (Student/Interactive)
Diamante Poems (Student/Interactive)
Children's Poetry Archive (Teacher Led)
Giggle Poetry (Teacher Led)

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