Use these examples of projects created by students and tweets from classroom teachers to inspire technology integration in your second grade classroom. You may use supplies from the classroom or from home. These resources are appropriate for kindergarten, first, second, and third grade. Give each student a reading sticker chart to record the number of books or genres that each student has read all of my students are given an individual reading file.
Technology project ideas, lessons, and sample student work for integrating. Educate them about animal behavior, biology, life cycles, and habitats with literature, games, and references. Click here to sort by categories fiction nonfiction science social studies photo illustrated state books. Over the years, my students have sorted the biographies by time periods, alphabetically by subject name, and based on the subjects main contributions. Your students will love creating these and seeing these displayed in your classroom or bulletin for the 1st few week. Read in the classroom to model and teach a variety of reading and writing skills. Age 7 or 8 is a time when kids have a huge range of reading levels. Make your black history art projects about more than just coloring in someone elses drawing. See more ideas about book projects, teaching reading and reading projects.
Popularity highest rated most recent title relevance. Students create the viewing screen cutout at the top, then insert a scroll of paper with writing and illustrations inside the box. By learning about families, students will begin to understand their place in groups, communities, and the world. Mi open books have been written and created by michigan teachers as part of the trig grant. Please save this packet so you can refer to the directions as you are working. Fun book make a 3page fun book with word searches, scramble puzzles and crosswords. Students can reflect on their reading and respond in a creative way. I assign this project after i take my 2nd graders to the farm. Whether youre new to teaching or are switching into second grade, the ideas and tips in this book will help support you and your students. Looking for 2nd grade science fair project ideas for your childs upcoming science fair. I always assign this project after we take our field trip to the zoo. Humor and family stories, as well as mystery and fantasy tales, are great. This book report project is a lowtech version of a television made from a cereal box and two paper towel rolls. Free 2nd grade writing projects teachers pay teachers.
Packs also support guided inquiry and collaboration with specific planning and organizing tools that help student teams investigate. We offer writing practices that will help students add detail to their writing with the use of adjectives and adverbs. Her general goal was for students to each learn about one famous african american. Good 2nd grade science fair projects should give kids the tools to seek the answers to their questions, while rewarding them for their innate drive to collect. Fun book report projects for kids of all ages kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade. There are several math projects that gifted second grade students will find stimulating and educational. Students read bigger and more complicated books, write longer and more indepth pieces, and learn more about the concepts behind certain math skills. Your students will love this nonfiction book report project. Science activities and graphic organizers will help students classify vertebrates and invertebrates.
Every fan brothers book is gorgeous, but this is one of our favorite second grade books to mull over with students. Second graders who are gifted in math often feel isolated or bored in class. Now teachers can get the books they need without breaking the bank. During the 201415 school year, 4 titles were released. Some are really ready for chapter books, while others are just getting the hang of storytime in general. Choose between a generic set of discussion cards that start with level 1 books and use them across all three levels, or use individual discussion cards created for each title in levels 2 and 3. Apr 20, 2020 a far cry from boring book reports, here are book projects that students can do to share what theyve read. Now that the app has the ability to save as video, it became the perfect solution.
Tell the children to bring in catalogs and sales papers for electronics and furniture. Energy coloring book to help kids learn to save energy at home. The first few days of school are so hectic, why not make your time valuable and manageable. There are so many great pictures books to choose from when reading aloud to your students. A paragraph is a group of sentences that tell about the same thing. Writinginformational writinginformative writingsecond grade writing. In second grade, students are introduced to the concept that, when air interacts with objects, the objects move, and to the methods used to measure wind direction and speed. Surveys survey your classmates during free time on 5 different topics of your choice and graph of all the results. During the 201516 school year, we are developing titles for 3rd grade michigan studies, 7th grade ancient world, 8th grade united states. Trade book lessons, worksheets, and discussion cards provide trusted reading and language skill activities before, during, and after reading.
Freebie these are book report projects i have made to cover different genres. The students could save their project in two formats so that it could be read as an epub book in the ibooks app or it could be viewed as a video a. Remember, they do not have to participate weekly, but need to complete at least 2 a month. Students proofread and edit their first drafts on their own, with a partner, or with me. Keena ford chronicles her many mishaps as she begins second grade. Here are the 2nd grade books to read with a free printable list arranged by the easiest to the hardest great for gaining reading fluency and confidence. Develop students creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and teamwork with project based learning packs. Math projects for 2nd grade gifted students sciencing. Our second grade projects are written and tested by scientists and are specifically created for use by students in the second grade. Sign language learn 15 or more signs and teach to a class or to several friends. Introduce your second and third graders to the inspiring mathematician and physicist katherine johnson.
Introduce your students to four of the most relatable and simple poem structures, which include acrostic, autobiographical, rhyming or limericks and haiku. Students and teachers alike will love this book buffet you need to click through and see the desserts. Free 2nd grade writing activities studentreasures publishing. Browse book report project second grade resources on teachers pay. Check out these fun ways for you to change up your students book reports. Children in second grade are just beginning to develop their writing skills. These ohsocool reports were always the topranked project by my fifth graders. Scholastic has more than 1,500 2nd grade social studies worksheets, teaching ideas, projects, and activities that teach african american history, civil rights, world history, geography, map skills, communities, colonial america, and many more. All about me 2nd grade pennants are perfect for your students as they start back to school. For me, this was an opportunity to bolster students information literacy skills by engaging them in some heavy duty research. These students often need more advanced material to hold their interest.
Use these twentyfive ideas to shake up your bookrelated activities. See more ideas about teaching reading, reading workshop and 3rd grade reading. Use the rubric that you gave them at the start of the project to grade their finished poster. This lesson is a mash up of two projects from my book, draw, paint, sparkle. Students can choose to follow the science experiment as written or put their own spin on the project. When the cardboard roll is rotated, the story unfolds. Take a look at this post containing a great idea for a reading project for language arts. One morning, william notices a mysterious topiary out his window. This book report flip book project works great as an extension activity for both guided reading and book clubs. A tasty reading project reading projects, book report projects. You will go nuts over our social studies for kids complete units filled with printables and engaging. Students will read a fiction book and complete a story. The challenge at this age is finding good books theyll stick with.
Free 2nd grade reading projects teachers pay teachers. Best second grade books for the classroom weareteachers. Deep space sparkle offers art lesson plans and teaching resources that will help you teach art to kids, even if you arent a great artist. Your students will love completing this book report project which is based on the book by phyllis reynolds naylor. Trade book resources book related resources reading a. Gooney bird greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in mrs. These second grade writing prompts capitalize on ageappropriate topics to spark students creativity and engage them in the writing process. Writing checklists are also available to make story editing and revising a breeze for your secondgraders. This is a fun reading project that can be done in class or at home during october. Bring creative technology to secondgrade classrooms. Each pack provides a depth of grade appropriate resources for reading and activities.
Extra projects and enrichment ideas miss coopers 2nd grade. In fact, they can be a ton of fun, and with the right project, students will love the entire. To celebrate black history month our 2nd grade teacher asked me to collaborate on a student research project. The students will use the organizer to record the main idea, new words learned, texttoself connections, questions they still have about the text, facts, and text. Second grade welcome to second grade we learn to write in 2nd grade. Our free, printable 2ndgrade writing worksheets help students develop a solid foundation for their writing skills. Students will create a flip book report that features the story elements and story reflection. Posted on march 21, 2016 may 14, 2019 categories 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, book structures, libraries house of doom in the school cafeteria show kids how to fold a 3d house from a plain old piece of paper, and one of em will always make something really, really scary. Any changes to your project book or project idea must be approved.
Youll find writing assignments, venn diagrams, art activities, and much more for the crosscurricular study of families. In 2nd grade, your child becomes a more experienced writer, reader, and mathematician by practicing her skills in more complex and comprehensive ways. These worksheets prompt creative ideas and guide your students to transform their ideas into a simple storyline. The first sentence in each paragraph is called a topic sentence.
Whether you have chromebooks, ipads, pcs, or macs in your classroom, you can use technology to engage and inspire your students in the curriculum. There are plenty of resources for math, writing, social studies, and art to extend your curriculum offerings for all grade levels. Wilbooks is proud to offer 6 incredible programs which educators have helped us design. They are great for the classroom, homeschool or after school activity and help students. Johnson was a very talented painter whose work, sadly only came to read more. The following ideas will rev up your students enthusiasm for reading while. During the 201516 school year, we are developing titles for 3rd grade michigan studies, 7th grade ancient world, 8th grade united states, hs united states, and hs civics. An introduction to poetry the study of poetry doesnt have to be extremely complex, so even the youngest learners can master this subject.