Online Math Supplements

Below is a collection of online math games and resources.  They are a fun way to engage your child while still supporting them as mathematical learners.  For more on the mathematical learning targets for second grade [link].  These links can also be found under the pages tab, in the right column of this blog.  Just click the Online Math Supplements [link].

Sumdog [link]

An online resource where students can play interactive games to help build Math and Language Arts Skills. Sumdog's learning engine adapts its questions to each student's ability helping teachers deliver Common Core State Standards. Aimed at grades 1-8 [Covers number operations through to simple algebra].

Math Playground [link]

This is a collection of math games, sorted by topic and content. They were designed to correlate with Common Core State Standards in Mathematics.

Free Math Worksheets for Grade 2 [link]
A collection of online, randomly generated worksheets that provide additional calculation practice for many second grade math topics (aligned with the Common Core standards). Use them as you need!

Additional Math Resource List
Online math resource lists, divided by math topic and level

Homework Supplements

       The internet has an amazing plethora of resources to help students learn and practice their academic skills.  Realizing that it is hard to find the right tool among so many options, I have decided to compile a list of online resources, and strategies that parents and students can use at home to supplement the learning done in the classroom.

       As the year progresses, there will be less and less homework being sent home.  It is my goal that the focus of work done in the home be the reading log and the daily writing response journal.  While these will be the only required pieces of homework, I felt it would be pertinent for me to provide avenues for independent study and academic support.

       Below are links to the various pages I have created to house different strategies and online resources.  The goal of these is to support and foster student's as learners.  These pages are also have tabs linking to them at the top of blog for easy access when this post is buried under the myriad of new and exciting posts yet to come.

1. Online math supplements (i.e. interactive games and worksheets) [link]
2. Online reading supplements and resources for: Fluency; Comprehension; Phonics and Word Recognition [link]
3. Reading Strategies [link]

Many of the strategies and online resources were adapted from:

        Vacca, J. A. L., R. T. Vacca, M. K. Gove, L. C. Burkey, L. A. Lenhart, and C. A. McKeon. Reading and learning to read. 8th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn , 2012. Print.