Second Grade
I would like 2nd grade to start to code. Please go to Code.org and follow the instructions on the small paper I had in the envelope. Some of these games will challenge your child's thinking. The students need to be persistent and try and try again. Sometimes taking a break and going back to it later, can help.
Mrs. Poink's Class code is: LHZFDV
Mrs. Wright's Class code is: PRSVKX
https://code.org/
If possible, please continue to practice typing with BBC Dance Mat typing. You can also go to Typing.com. Try to do typing, Code.org or IXL for about 20 minutes a day.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
https://www.typing.com/
Week of 5/25- 5/29
Last week of Specials for the year. Over the summer, I will leave all students logged into Code.org. If they have some days that they feel like working on coding, they will have this site still available to them.
Monday: Happy Memorial Day!
Tuesday: Code.org Lesson 8 Do parts 1-6
Wednesday: Code.org Lesson 8 Do parts 7-13
Thursday: Please do 20 minutes of IXL science for 2nd grade. Work on where you have left off. If you are finished with 2nd grade science, a great activity would be to go to code.org and on their home page go to "an hour of code." To get to an hour of code, do not sign into your class. It is on the website's home page. Scroll down until you see the box "hour of code." Click it and it will take you to choices.
Friday: It's Friday!! Last STEM DAY I hope this one is a lot of fun for our last project. It is the egg drop. Please check with parents to make sure it is ok to do the experiment and to use eggs! The site I have sent you to, talks about protecting an egg from a drop at a certain height by using liquids in plastic bags. This is going to be fun to do, but I would also think about doing this experiment again using any kind of materials. Make a parachute, try sponges, try packing plastic bubble etc... Make a list of all the things you think would protect an egg from a drop. Remember to drop your egg from the same height each time when completing the experiment.
https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/activities/oobleck-egg-drop-project/
Here is a list of websites that you can find other stem activities to try throughout the summer.
https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.com/resources/challenge-cards.html
The James Dsyon Foundation site is one of the best Stem challenge sites I have found.
https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/activities/end-of-year-stem-activities/
https://www.teachjunkie.com/sciences/stem-challenges/
https://wabisabilearning.com/blogs/stem/36-stem-project-based-learning-activities
https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/stem-activities-for-kids/
Websites
www.abcya.com
www.mathisfun.com
www.mathisfun.com
www.coolmathgames.com
www.switchzoo.com
www.turtlediary.com
www.PhET.colorado.edu
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
www.4-h.org
www.sciencekids.co.nz
www.ngss.wonderville.org
www.primarygames.com/science
www.typing.com
https://toybox.tools.bbc.co.uk/activities/id/activity-dance-mat-typing
www.ixl.com science