2nd Grade Reading Choice Board: Encourage your child to choose at least one per day.
2nd Grade Reading Log: Students should be reading a minimum of 15-20 minutes daily.
Request FREE access to BrainPop Jr. Watch various reading videos focusing on grammar, comprehension skills, phonics and more! Take the easy and hard quizzes.
Read a chapter of your favorite chapter book and draw the main event of that chapter.
Read a book and watch the movie version.
Read the back of your cereal boxes.
Write a summary about something you read.
Compare two books/stories.
Act out a book as a play.
Read a story. Write a different ending for the story.
https://www.abcya.com/grades/2 2nd grade word games
Other Resources:
2nd Grade Writing Choice Board: Have your child start a writing journal and choose from the prompts to write stories about. Encourage your child to choose at least on prompt a day. Have your child hook his or her reader with an attention getter!
Write a biography about someone who is interesting to you.
Write a fictional story and read it to a family member.
Research an animal. Write an informational paper giving all the interesting facts that you learned.
Watch a Directed Draw video and follow the directions. Write to explain the steps of how to draw what you just created.
YOUNG AUTHORS CONTEST:
Write and illustrate a Young Authors story of any genre. See the links below for more information. The checklist must be turned in with your child’s book!
2nd Grade Math Choice Board: Have your child start a math notebook and complete choice box challenges. Challenge your child to complete at least one per day.
Request FREE access to BrainPop Jr. Watch various math videos. Review what you’ve already learned in 2nd grade, or learn something new! Take the easy and hard quizzes.
Greg Tang - Kakooma practice with recognizing parts and wholes
Money
Practice counting money and making change with real coins and bills.
Money songs:
Money Games:
Addition/Subtraction:
Solve three-digit addition and subtraction problems and explain your strategy to a family member.
Prodigy - Sign up for a free parent account.
Measurement:
Use a ruler or yardstick. Measure objects found in your house. Record the measurements in a chart.
Explore a new topic each day with Mystery Doug! Write facts about what you’ve learned.
Request FREE access to BrainPop Jr. and watch various science videos. Take the easy and hard quizzes. Write down facts you’ve learned in a notebook just for science!
Science Experiments:
Recreate your landform/body of water project using something DIFFERENT than playdough.
Follow the steps of the scientific method to conduct an experiment at home.
Explore google maps looking up places of interest.
Read a current events article.
Compare/contrast an invention from the past (car, phone, computer, toy, etc.) with what it is like today.
Request FREE access to BrainPop Jr. and watch various social studies videos. Take the easy and hard quizzes. Write down facts you’ve learned about in a notebook just for social studies!
The following link provides numerous activities you and your child can do at home to stay active!
Online Physical Education Network
Create a portrait of your whole family. Add details that describe things about each person.
Try printmaking at home! You will need a piece of styrofoam (styrofoam plates work well or even styrofoam meat trays will work if they have been cleaned and disinfected).
Learn about contemporary artist Greg Mike and make a “loud mouth” collage. You will need scissors, paper, and glue.
Create your own composition using Ti-Ti and Ta and the quarter rest! Have 16 beats total and teach the rhythm to your family.
Stretch to music: create a dance for your favorite song and teach it to your family.
Draw a picture of your favorite instrument and write THREE full sentences as to why it is your favorite!
Have a SHAM-Rock band with everyday household items like we did with Bucket Drumming! Play along to your favorite song or sing karaoke with your family! Make sure to ask your parents about what you use first!
Touch Typing: Practice touch typing using Dance Mat Typing
Here is the link to the only2clicks account to find more activities and typing practice games
Paper Resource Distributed 3/16: At Home Challenges