Grade 2

Tech Skill: MS Word Copy and Paste picture of favorite penguin; Type facts on what (name of penguin), where (does it live), and how (did it get its name) using callouts.

February

Valentines Day Online Activities

Presidents' Day

March

NetSmartz-online safety

Switcharoo Zoo - Animals in their environment

Money Lessons - Counting, adding and subtracting AAAMath

Counting Money - from Harcourt

Let's Compare Amounts - from Harcourt

Schoolhouse Counting Money

Making Change - comparisons

WebMath Counting US Coins

April-May

Growing Plants -BBC
Helping Plants Grow Well - BBC
Life Cycles - BBC
Word Turtle - Create your own word search online and play!

Tech Skill: Parts of a plant PowerPoint. 1 slide Label plant, copy and paste, WordArt, autoshapes, animation.

A Walk in the Woods - Audio explains what can be found in the woods at different times of the year.

Trees Are Terriffic - Travel with Pierre

Ferris State University Wildlife Center

Ferris State University Rankin Art Center

Earth Day - National Geographic

State Symbols

State Capitols

Endangered Species

Weather

- Weather.com - Check the temperatures around the US
- Changes in the Weather - Dress the bear for the weather. Match the temperature.

What is weather? - BBC
Report the Weather
Kids Weather Quiz
- Twister - View a virtual tornado
- Interactive Weather Forecast - Enter the temperature, wind, pressure, etc. for a 5 day forecast.

Billy Bug and His Request for Grub - Graph coordinates

Billy Bug 2

Additional Lessons

Dance Mat Typing - BBC

Dart Board Math - Double the numbers

Ghost Blaster - Multiples

Animal Habitats

Virtual Pond Dip - What lives in the water in the pond?
Woodland Explorer - Complete the activity sheet on your woodland creature
- Who lives in a snag?

Resources

Kids Weather Sites

Science Unit Plan

Plant Unit (MP 4 Apr - June)

Describe the life cycle - (seed plant flower fruit)
Identify the needs of plants
Identify the characteristics of plants - (leaf shape, flower tyope, color, size) that are passed from parent to young

Measurement of Properties (MP 1 Sept - Nov)

Describe substances according to properties - (color size shape texture hardness solid liquid sinking floating)
Measure length of objects using rulers and meter sticks
Measure volume of liquids using measuring cups and measuring spoons

Uses and Properties of Water (MP 3 Jan - Mar)

Identify water sources (wells, springs, lakes, rivers, oceans)
Identify household uses of water (drinking, cleaning, food prep.)
Describe prop. (visible, flowing, melting, dew) of water as a liquid (lakes, rivers, streams, oceans)
Describe prop. of water as a solid (ice, snow, iceerg, sleet, hail)

Earth's Surface Features (MP2 Nov - Jan)

Describe major landforms (mountains plains plateaus valleys hills)
Describe how rain collects on surface and flows downhill to bodies of water (streams, lakes, rivers, oceans) or into ground
Describe major bodies of water

Social Studies Content Expectations

History

Living and Working Together in Communities

timeline of community events over decades
changes in local community over time
problem in community's past and how it was resolved
historical narrative of local community

Geography

World in Spatial Terms

construct maps of local community
use maps - distance, direction and scale

Places and Regions

compare physical and human characteristics of local community with those of another community
how is local community part of larger region

Human Systems

- land use in community
- means people create for moving people and goods
- culture - food language traditions

Environment and Society

- responsible ways to interact with enviroment
- positive and negative consequences of changing the physical environment

Civics and Government

Purposes of Government

- why people form governments
- distinguish between government action and private action

Values and Principles

- balance individual rights with common good to solve a problem
- Pledge of Allegiance reflects core democratic value of patriotism

Structure and Function of Government

- how local governmemts make and enforce laws
- examples to describe how local government affects the lives of citizens
- services commonly provided by local governments - police library schools parks fire department

Roles of the Citizen in American Democracy

- ways citizens participate in community decisions
- personal and civic responsibilities
- participate in a community improvement project

Economics

Market Economy

- Cost involved in a consumer decision
- business in the local community
- how businesses meet the wants of community
- people depend on trade

Public Discourse, Decision Making and Citizen Involvement

Identifying and Analyzing Public Issues

- identify public issues in community that effect daily lives
- use graphic data to analyze iformation on public issues
- conflicts over core democratic values

Persuasive Communication About a Public Issue

- compose a statement expressing a position on a public policy issue in community and justify

Citizen Involvement

- plan to address or inform others about a public issue
- participate in projects to help or inform others