Grade+Two+Computer+Class

- [|Kerpoof!] --- Internet Safety Brainpop Jr.[| Internet Safety Movie] [|Professor Garfield] [|Earn your Webonauts License] - [|Friendly Letter Creator] --- [|Interactive Timeline] Creator __Tongue Twisters__ [|Funny Tongue Twisters~A to Z] [|Listen to Tongue Twisters for Kids] [|Giggle Poetry] - [|Little Explorers Picture Dictionary] --- Winter Wonderland Wiki -- [|Hibernating Animals] Visit Mr. [|Brian Lies website!] [|Happy 100th Day of School!] thanks Mrs. Doolittle! -- Visit our new It's All Good Wiki! - Visit [|EVERDAY MATH ONLINE] [|Math Practice!] --- Learn about [|Tomie DePaola]! [|Visit Nettrekker] [|Create A Timeline!] - Art Contest Links [|Kids Corner Contest Winners] [|Photographs of Seabed Habitats and Fauna] [|The Living Sanctuary Photo Gallery] - Solar System [|A Solar System Review] --
 * Grade 2== Second grade students will build upon previously learned topics from first grade. Keyboarding and word processing skills will continue to be developed using age appropriate software.

[|Google Maps] Visit the [|It's All Good] blog Let's explore educational videos on [|Brainpop Jr.] Visit [|Starfall] --- Butterfly Links [|Monarch Butterflies] [|Monarch Butterfly Migration] [|Monarch Butterfly Page] [|Life Cycle] -- __Math Links__ [|FRACTIONS!] [|What Time is It?] [|Stop the Clock] [|Clock Talk] Explore [|Telling Time] [|Clock Work Telling Time Game] [|Math Activities] Try out this [|game] where you have to match numbers and words! [|Pattern Blocks] [|Math Adding Practice] [|Tangrams] __Reading and Writing Links__

[|ABCya] Online educational games [|Ed Emberley Website] [|Lots of Math and Reading resources!] [|Spin and Spell] [|Check out the It's All Good Blog] -- __Social Studies Links__ [|Interactive Map Puzzle] [|Geography Map Game] [|U.S. Borders Puzzle] [|Another Map Game!] __Iditarod Links__ [|The Official Site of the Iditarod] [|Iditarod Trail Map] [|Iditarod: Race Across Alaska from Scholastic] [|Cabela's Iditarod Blog] [|Ulitmate Iditarod.com] __Animal Project Links__ [|Yahookids! Animals Page] [|__Enchanted Learning Animal Printouts__] [|__KidsClick! Animals__] [|__SeaWorld Animal Information__] [|__Animal Web__] --- __Biography Project Links__ [|Info Please: Biography Page] [|Meet Amazing Americans] [|Ask for Kids] - Some programs we'll explore in the lab: Type To Learn Jr. Billiards N' Homonyms, Synonyms and Antonyms Microsoft Word/Paint Kidspiration Heartsoft Knowing English Sentences/Words Zoo Zillions Sleuth Master & Reading Comprehension || Students will also review Internet Safety Skills by using the Netsmartz website. || All lessons are designed to integrate computer skills with grade level curriculum. [|Printable Version] = = = = = = = = = = =Second Grade Concepts and Projects=

General Computer Awareness

 * Learn about active and inactive menu items
 * Learn to save a file using the mouse
 * Learn basic keyboard shortcuts
 * Learn to respect other students' files

Painting Software Skills

 * Create Kid Pix 4 for Schools drawings to reinforce classroom curriculum
 * Use the menu to make changes to program features
 * Create a display of pictures using Kid Pix's slide show
 * Draw a picture and type a descriptive sentence

Word Processing Software Skills

 * Practice typing one space between words in a sentence
 * Learn to press return only at the end of a paragraph
 * Use toolbar icons to open, save, and print documents
 * Learn to highlight text and change the fonts, text size, and style (bold, italic)

Internet Awareness

 * Learn to open a web browser
 * Use the [|Little Explorer's Picture Dictionary]

Skill/ Drill Software Skills

 * Learn to start, use, and shut down: Ice Cream Truck, Reading Blaster Ages 5-7, and Math Essentials: Addition and Subtraction

Keyboard Awareness

 * Practice using the shift key to make capital letters and symbols in sentences
 * Learn the names of some of the symbols on the keyboard (@ # % & * ;) and practice typing those symbols
 * Keyboard practice using the [|Dance Mat Typing] web site.

Skill Assessment Tools

 * Participate in the STAR Early Literacy program three times during the school year

CyberSmart! Curriculum

 * Learn to be safe online
 * Learn about the commercial intentions of web sites
 * Learn where CyberSpace is in the neighborhood