2nd Grade Resources for Technology Integration

In many second grade classrooms, units of study include Force and Motion, Native Americans, Communities, plus place value, addition, and subtraction in math. Below, I've shared some resources that will hopefully be beneficial to your instruction.

Whole Class Activities and Teacher Resources

Force and Motion/Changes http://interactivesites.weebly.com/physics-and-motion.html or http://interactivesites.weebly.com/matter-chemical--physical.html These are sites with many digital activities that can be used with the whole class. Materials Needed: Teacher computer and projector	Native Americans http://interactivesites.weebly.com/native-americans.html Digital activities for the Native American units. Can be used with the whole class to learn about Culture/traditions/regions, etc. Materials Needed: Teacher computer and projector	Communities https://goo.gl/3iBiAI This is the Pinterest Board for communities. Not everything has to have something tech-related and there are some really cute activity ideas on this board for your second graders! Materials: Various

Math Learning Center Apps http://catalog.mathlearningcenter.org/apps These are great for whole class math instruction in any unit. Just click the "open web app" and you can use these with your projector to support student understanding. Materials: Teacher computer and projector	Smartboard Addition and Subtraction https://goo.gl/dFfJVO If you have a Smartboard or Smart Notebook Software, these are the collection of interactive lessons you can download for addition and subtraction.	2nd Grade Math Pinterest Board https://goo.gl/FjNVsP A great board for finding worksheets, activities, and digital learning tools for your second graders. Many of them are completely free or the images may spark some creative ideas!

Math Center Activities for the iPad

Math Center Learning Apps Yes! You can get them on the iPad as well and they are completely free. Give students a problem to work on and they can use the manipulatives on the iPads to help solve it! Or, just practice with the apps, take a picture, and put it into Seesaw explaining their math creation!	Math Facts Ninja An engaging free game that allows students to practice facts for addition and subtraction. They can choose their fact set and their ninja tool and slice at the correct answer.	Thinking Blocks: Addition and Subtraction This free app focuses on addition and subtraction and has various levels challenging students to create visual models of the problems. They can work with numbers 1-50 or 1-300 depending on their level.

Using Seesaw as a Center in Science and Social Studies

Are you a Seesaw user? There are many ways to use Seesaw in a center during our content area units:

• Take a picture of a page in a nonfiction book about a topic and use the audio feature to read it out loud or use the drawing feature to underline important vocabulary.
• After students finish an activity or project, have them take a photo of it and reflect on how they did or what they learned.
• Use the drawing option to create a picture of something they learned during the unit. They can add audio to explain their drawing.
• Create a digital poster using PicCollage Kids to show money amounts, geometrical figures, different communities, etc. Upload it to Seesaw to show what you know!