Instructional Technology
Grade 2 - 3rd Six Weeks
Below are ideas for technology integration that support the 3rd six weeks grading period in Grade 2. Contact your Technology Facilitator for assistance.
| ELA | ||
| Unit 3 | Patterns of Character | |
| Lesson 3 | Patterns in Writing: Help Me Understand Non-Fiction | |
| Curriculum activity: | The students will explore invitations and advertisements as examples of nonfiction writing. They will then develop a rubric to judge the effectiveness of their writing, and use it to develop a traditional invitation and an invitation in the form of a friendly letter. Students will also identify and compare the themes across stories. | |
| Technology idea: | Connected Tech Lesson: Invitation | |
| Unit 3 | Patterns of Character | |
| Lesson 3 | Patterns in Writing: Help Me Understand Non-Fiction | |
| Curriculum activity: | Explain to students that they have participated in many activities involving Stone Soup and that it would be a good idea to invite other classes to come and share what they have learned. | |
| Technology idea: | Read, Write & Think Letter Generator http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/ |
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| Students could use this web site to write the letter that fulfills this requirement. | ||
| Math | ||
| Unit 5 | Addition/Subtraction With Manipulatives | |
| Lesson 1 | Discovering Two-Digit Addition | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson will introduce two-digit addition through the use of the 100s chart, base ten blocks, place value mat, and a number line. | |
| Technology idea: | Title: Base Ten Blocks National Library of Virtual Manipulatives |
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| Unit 5 | Addition/Subtraction With Manipulatives | |
| Lesson 3 | Addition and Subtraction Relationships | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson will have students creating and interpreting picture/bar graphs. As a means of analyzing data, students will be solving two-digit addition/subtraction through the use of the 100s chart, base ten blocks, place value mat, and a number line. | |
| Technology idea: | Title: Number Line Bars National Library of Virtual Manipulatives |
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| Science | ||
| Unit 5 | Patterns of Change in Seasons | |
| Lesson 1 | Patterns of Change: Seasons | |
| Curriculum activity: | Description: Explain to students that they will be going outside on a nature walk to make observations about the world around them. Tell students they will be responsible for filling in the handout: Nature Walk Color Observation Chart in their groups. | |
| Technology idea: | Digital Camera | |
| Students use the digital camera to take photos of objects from nature that has the colors from their charts. Students could share their photos with the class, as they discuss their observations about colors and the weather around them. Also, the photos could be inserted into a MS Office application to create a poster or book. | ||
| Unit 5 | Patterns of Change in Seasons | |
| Lesson 1 | Patterns of Change: Seasons | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will work independently on My Seasons Book. Tell students to use their charts to help them fill out the small book. Assist students in filling out books. |
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| Technology idea 1: | MS Power Point or Publisher | |
| Students use MS Power Point or Publisher to create a document that fulfills this requirement. | ||
| Technology idea 2: | Connected Tech Lesson: Seasonal Sentences | |
| Students use word processing to edit sentences about seasons. Students replace text, copy and paste words into a table, and change font color. They also search for and add clip art to illustrate each season. | ||
| Social Studies | ||
| Unit 5 | Our American Community Celebrations and Symbols | |
| Lesson 3 | Celebrations of Texas and the United States | |
| Curriculum activity: | Description: The students will explain the significance of various celebrations. The student will create a poster for one of the celebrations learned in this lesson, Texas Independence Day or Thanksgiving. The poster should include a visual of the celebration along with reasons why it is important for the people of the state or nation to celebrate this event. The student should also include information on how this historical event is related to freedom. Students will mention how celebrations unite us and remind us of what is important and how they emphasize what makes us unique as a people and help forge a bond through shared experiences. | |
| Technology idea: | Poster in MS Publisher | |
| Students use MS Publisher to create a poster that fulfills this requirement. | ||
| Unit 5 | Our American Community Celebrations and Symbols | |
| Lesson 4 | Songs and People that Represent our Love of Freedom | |
| Curriculum activity: | Description: Students will write a RAFT response (see attached). They will take on the ROLE of themselves and write a letter (FORMAT) to their parents (AUDIENCE) about what the words freedom, independence, and national identity mean in terms of songs, celebrations, landmarks and symbols. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Read, Write & Think Letter Generator http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/ |
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| Students use this web site to write the letter that fulfills this requirement. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Great Amercian Landmark Adventure | |
| Students use this website to take a tour of American landmarks in our country. | ||
| Unit 6 | Our Local Community: Celebrations Past and Present | |
| Lesson 1 | Cultural Heritage | |
| Curriculum activity: | Description: Give each student and a large piece of paper and have students fold into four squares. Students identify four aspects of culture studied during the lesson. Illustrate how the aspect is (or was) represented in the local community and write a sentence to provide details and examples of each aspect represented. | |
| Technology idea: | MS Publisher |
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| Students use MS Publisher to create a document that fulfills this requirement. | ||