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Second Grade 
          
Class Photo 2007

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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.
  • MONEYLearn 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

Goofy Class Photo 2007

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