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Mrs.
Cropper's
Second
Grade

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We're hopping right along in Second Grade
this year!!! Greentown Elementary is in North Canton,
Ohio. Our class this year has fifteen boys
and ten girls. There are two other second grade classes and two
first/second multiage classrooms at Greentown Elementary. We love frogs so much in our room
that we've adopted them as our class theme! We do so many neat things in Second
Grade. Hop on through our web site
to see some of the things we're doing in our room.
READING

In Second grade we are using the Scholastic Reading series. We've been
exploring how our actions tell about us, becoming awesome super solvers,
teamwork, learning how to express ourselves, finding and using lots of
information, and working on building communities.
- SCHOLASTIC
- Check out Scholastic's Literacy Place Website for more information on
our second grade reading units.
- DR.
SEUSS- Visit Seussville and enjoy many Dr. Seuss favorites.
- ARTHUR -
Take a look at Arthur's book club!
- READING
RAINBOW- check out one of our favorites, LeVar Burton, the host of
this great show!
- GRAMMAR GORILLAS-
help the gorillas work on parts of speech and sharpen your skills.
- WACKY WEB TALES-
fill in these stories with your own words to make some pretty silly and
wacky stories.
MATH

Second grade works with the Addison-Wesley Mathematics series. We are covering
fun skills throughout the year like adding and subtracting whole numbers,
solving word problems, telling time, fractions, counting money, place value,
measuring, and memorizing those math facts!
- COOL MATH - check
out these cool games to sharpen your skills!
- HARCOURT OHIO MATH – Website of the math series with some fun interactive games
to connect with the chapters.
- FUN BRAIN - Some
really neat activities on all kinds of math areas.
- MONEY
– Learn about money and play
some pretty neat games.
- A+ MATH- Print
your own flashcards and improve your math skills interactively.
SCIENCE & HEALTH

Our science in second grade is very
"hands-on inquiry". Throughout the year we learn about Life Science
with plant and animal habitats, Weather, Sound, and Earth and Space. We are
learning about our feelings and family in Health. We also study teeth,
staying safe & fit, and nutrition.
- ANIMAL and
PLANT HABITATS – Discover nature and wildlife!
- SOLAR SYSTEM –
Learn about why we have seasons and day and night
- NASA
- Everything you wanted to know about space for kids.
- WEATHER - find out what makes weather, do cool
activities, and become a forecaster
- TEETH -
Join Colgate's Teeth Club and learn all about your teeth.
- NUTRITION - Play a neat nutrition game and find
out about the food pyramid.
SOCIAL
STUDIES

In
Social Studies we work a lot on citizenship and developing good traits as a
citizen. We learn about our state of Ohio
and discover a lot of neat things about our great state. Second graders also learn about maps and
different landforms. We learn about our
government and leaders along with important explorers, leaders, and inventors.
- WHITEHOUSE - Take a tour of the Whitehouse and
learn some things about our capital.
- WEEKLY READER
- Take a look at what we're reading about in our paper each week.
- CONTINENTS
- Learn about the seven continents!
- OHIO - Learn just about anything about our
great state.


Here
are some of our other favorite sites we like to visit!
- Crayon - Fun Fun Crayola Crayon fun!!
- Zoo Fun- Take a tour through
the zoo.
- Ben and Jerry - We love to look and
read about ice cream.
- Legoland - Get involved in all
the neat Lego activities.
- Smokey - Smokey the Bear
teaches us about fire safety.
- Magic
School Bus -
Visit everyone's favorite teacher, Ms. Frizzle and her class as they read,
play, and explore.
- 700 Plus
Great Sites -
American Library Association's list of great web sites for kids and
parents.
© 1999 Kristi Cropper
- North Canton City Schools - N. Canton, Ohio
I would like to
thank Pattie Knox for
all her help with my website.
Send e-mail to
Mrs. Cropper's class at:krc1nc@viking.stark.k12.oh.us

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