Index Page for Erin King

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Instructional Activities: 

Web Link Bibliography – This is a set of links to sites having to do with 2nd grade online activities/centers. – http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/linkbib.htm

 

Search Engine Activity – This is a list of the best search engines for Kids, General Searches, Travel, News, and Maps/Directions. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/search.htm

 

Web Quest – Students take on the role of real estate agents helping a family move to our area as they do this web quest focusing on urban, rural and suburban communities.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/webquest.htm


More Second Grade Webquests – here are links to five more second grade webquests.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/morequests.htm

 

Web Drop-In #1 – After researching on the web, students are asked to complete the life cycle of a butterfly. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/dropin1.htm

 

Web Drop-In #2 – Students use a chart on the internet to learn the differences/similarities of butterflies and moths and then use that information to complete a table.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/dropin2.htm

 

Web Drop-In #3 – Students once again use a chart to gather information on butterflies and moths.  This time, they are using the chart on the web to help them answer true or false questions and then to make all of the statements true.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/dropin3.htm

 

Web Drop-In #4 – Students are taking on the role of a butterfly in this activity.  As butterflies who have just emerged from their chrysalis, students are asked to look at two butterfly habit web sites and decide which one they’d prefer to live in.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/dropin4.htm

 

Web Drop-In #5 – For a little switch during our final Butterfly drop-in, this time the students will be asked to compare and contrast butterflies and kids.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/dropin5.htm

 

Copyright Assignment – This is in response to a number of prompts from the assignment sheet dealing with teacher practices and whether or not the obey copy right laws.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/copyrt.htm

 

Course Module – This is an online course module, learning about how to store, organize, import and export favorites.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/favlist.htm

 

Elective Activities:

Instructional Activities and Worksheets on the Web – This is a compilation of some great web sites that provide worksheets for 2nd grade in both reading/language arts, and math.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/wkshtel.htm

 

Lesson Plans – This is a list of the top five sites that provide lesson plans for 2nd grade teachers.  All of the sites chosen provide free lesson plans.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/lessons.htm

 

Translations – This page provides links to translation web sites and examples of how using a translation service can be useful in school. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/translate.htm

 

Virtual Field Trips – As the second grade begins their study of urban, rural, and suburban communities, this brochure of available field trips of urban communities will be a big help.  Students can “visit” Paris, Baltimore, Sydney, or Washington D.C.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/urban.htm

 

Newsletters – Here are the reviews of two web newsletters that I have subscribed to.  One is from Teach-nology, the other is from About.com.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/newsltrs.htm

 

Email Tips – This is a top ten tips list designed for 2nd graders that are just starting out with using email.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/email.htm

 

Citing Internet Sources – This is a review of the best site to use with students when they need to cite resources found on the web.  There are also some examples of how to use these formats.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/citing.htm

 

Clip Art – Here is a list of the top five free clip art sites available.  They are in no particular order, they all have different strengths, so try them all!  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/clipart.htm

 

Web Cams – This is a list of 5 different activities that use web cams and the links to the camera sites that go with them.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/webcams.htm

 

Spam – What is spam?  Why is it a problem and how can that problem be stopped?  Find out all you need to know about spam right here.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/spam.htm

 

Safety Check List– The internet can be a dangerous place for kids to be.  This is a checklist for students that gives guidelines and rules for them to follow.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/safety.htm

 

Safety Letter to Parents – This is a letter to be sent home to parents explaining what Montgomery County does in order to insure online safety and what is being done in the classroom to do the same.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/521mcfl03/kinge/safeltr.htm