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This shows that when you hit 2nd grade you will start getting grades vs. just S's AND N's. The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as NG2.

This shows that when you hit 2nd grade you will start getting grades vs. just S's AND N's.

The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels. Mary Earick, project director for NG2, says the purpose of the program is to create more flexible learning pathways for students through “competency-based multiage schooling,” which allows students to move on to new objectives only after mastering others. “[NG2] tackles long-standing educational barriers to personalized learning . . . that of 'Grades,'” Earick writes in an upcoming report on the project. This is an navigation guide for teachers for IReady. Starfall.com is an interactive game to learn to Read with Phonics and learn Mathematics. Gamequarium is a great site to watch videos or even understand certain games.

This is a beginners quiz site with videos on how to take quizes. Different games for Science fun for outside play. This is a vocabulary resource for different page links. Diagram on the life cycle of a tadpole to a frog. Youtube video on Second Grade Social Studies on how to read a map. ABCya.com is a great website to start Elementary students off learnng about different basic skills. ABCya is the leader in free educational computer games and mobile apps for kids.

ABCya.com is a great website to start Elementary students off learnng about different basic skills.

The innovation of a grade school teacher, ABCya is an award-winning destination for elementary students that offers hundreds of fun, engaging learning activities. Millions of kids, parents, and teachers visit ABCya.com each month, playing over 1 billion games last year. Apple, The New York Times, USA Today, Parents Magazine and Scholastic, to name just a few, have featured ABCya’s popular educational games. ABCya’s award-winning Preschool computer games and apps are conceived and realized under the direction of a certified technology education teacher, and have been trusted by parents and teachers for ten years. Our educational games are easy to use and classroom friendly, with a focus on the alphabet, numbers, shapes, storybooks, art, music, holidays and much more!

This project is a good source of learning about the different colors. Computer Lab ideas for quick one-session activities you need to bring interactive learning and technology into your curriculum. each activity should only take 15-30 minutes a time. 25 classroom rules for students to know when they are in the classroom. This is a good chart to have to help children learn about the clock. This shows ways to help be organized for Teachers and students in your classroom. Theteacherchatterbox.com is a freebee site that you can get all of your printables for your classroom. *Please be patient as this page loads.* *Santa's Stuck* Click the picture for download!

Teacherclubhouse.com is a good website to get all your themed decorations and worksheets. Teachersclubhouse.com does have a fee. This circle game is a good math idea for kids to get together to learn any kinds of math from 1+1 to 12x12. Everyone in the class is given a card with a statement such as "I am 250, who is 12x12?

This circle game is a good math idea for kids to get together to learn any kinds of math from 1+1 to 12x12.

". The person who is 144 speaks up next by reading their own card. The game finishes when everyone has read out their card. This could be an exercise in making no errors or it could be a speed test. All About Literacy. Shows the four techniques 2nd grade uses in a classroom. Shared Reading is a link in helping students become independent readers.

All About Literacy. Shows the four techniques 2nd grade uses in a classroom.

It allows the teacher to model and support students using prediction and confirming skills. It allows less confident students the chance to share stories/articles/poetry in a non­threatening situation. It focuses on the meaning, fun, enjoyment, characters and sequence of a story and allows them to relate it back to their own experiences.