Grade 2 Web Sites

Websites Especially for Grade 2:

AAA Math provides second graders with opportunities to learn, practice, play and explore math.  

ABCya! Second Grade children's computer games & activities feature large and easy-to-use navigation buttons as well as voice instructions. Games and activities include: alphabetical order, upper-case and lower-case letters, counting numbers, connect the dots, numerical order, shapes, addition, e-storybooks and holiday games.  

A-Z Animals  Welcome to A-Z Animals, an online animal encyclopedia where you can learn about all your favorite animals, and even some you may have never heard of!

Common Core Standards - Mathematics: This site provides the National Core Standards for mathematics for Grade 2.  The standards for English/Language Arts - reading, speaking, writing, and listening are also available.

Cool Math 4 Kids is an amusement park of math, games, and more.

Cybrary Man's Educational Sites for Primary Grades

Edheads provides free, educational online games focused on science, math, and critical thinking.

Grade 2 Science and Technology:  Link to Learning offers multiple resources, including games, activities, and video clips for teachers to use with their second graders.

Intel Teach Elements Units for K-2 at Lesson Plans.com:  This site provides multiple units based on Understanding by Design and developed by teachers for Intel Teach.  You can search by grade level, title, subject, and more. Here are just a few:

    • Healthy Eating: Are We What We Eat?: Are we really what we eat?  Grade: K-2, Science, Math  Primary students investigate the age-old adage: You are what you eat. Students plan a healthy diet, create slideshow presentations to show how to make healthy food choices, learn about the food pyramid, interview classmates about food choices, and create a graph based on information gathered. Most importantly, students learn about how to make healthy food choices to live a long, healthy life.
    • Meet the Bears: Are we like other animals?  Grade: 2, Science, Mathematics   How many of ME would it take to outweigh a polar bear? Primary students look at bears from all angles and apply math and measurement skills to compare themselves with their furry friends.
    • Monster Swap: How can I communicate so others will understand?
      Grade: 1-3, Language Arts  Primary students give their imaginations a workout by creating unique monsters. They then hone their writing skills by writing descriptions for cyber pals who will try to re-create the students’ terrible beasts!
    • Multimedia Morning Mania: How do we make meaning with symbols?  Grade: K-2, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science  A multimedia slideshow focuses young students' attention on academics as they arrive at school. The interactive presentation offers an engaging and entertaining way to introduce and reinforce important concepts and skills.
    • My Family: Past, Present, and Future: How will I make a difference?  Grade: 2, Social Studies, Mathematics   Students in grade two explore the lives of actual people who make a difference in their everyday lives and differentiate between events that happened long ago and events that happened yesterday by studying their family histories.
    • Pondwater and Pollywogs: Why do people say, “There is no place like home”?  Grade: K-2, Life Science   Primary students rear frogs from eggs and share their expertise in an informative brochure for visitors at a new amphibian exhibit at the local zoo.
    • Seasoning the School Year: How does the world change during the year?  Grade: K-2, Science  Grade school botanists and climatologists investigate seasonal changes, and create class books for the National Arbor Day Foundation.
    • Teacher's Pet: Do animals and humans need each other?  Grade: 2-3, Science

Intel Unit Plans Integrating Technology:  Developed by teachers, this showcase includes a collection of exemplary unit and lesson plans that integrate technology into classroom projects. These plans aligns to standards and promotes higher-order thinking using curriculum-framing questions, authentic project tasks, effective instructional strategies, and performance assessment.

Internet4Classrooms – 2nd Grade Skills:  Interactive language arts and mathematics skill builders are provided for second graders.  

Iowa Core Contact Standards - Grade 2:  Please access the Iowa Core Standards for Grade 2 at this website.

IXL - Standards and Aligned Skills:  Check out these skills and sample problems that are aligned to the Common Core.

MathWire - Problem-Solving Activities for Grade 2:  This site was recommended to Iowa ASCD by Dr. Tim McNamera, a national math consultant involved with the PARCC assessment project.

 IXL Math – Grade 2:  Here is a list of all of the skills students learn in second grade! The skills are organized into categories, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to see a sample question. To start practicing, just click on any link. IXL will track your score, and the questions will even increase in difficulty as you improve! 

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. 

KidZone Grade 2 This site provides students opportunities in alphabet recognition and printing practice, math,

Mrs. Hicks’s 2nd Grade Classroom:  Mrs. Hicks retired June, 2011, but continues to share her web site for parents, students, and teachers.  The site also includes technology sites for second graders.

National Geographic for Kids  Explore kids’ games, animals, photos, stories, and more.

Online Geoboard  Students can create/manipulate shapes like they would on a real geoboard.

PT21  Developed through a year-long collaborative process, this map illustrates the integration of mathematics and 21st century skills.  It provides concrete examples of the 21st century skills and how they can be integrated into your math class.

 Spelling City:  The mission of this site is efficient learning of literacy skills and word study. 

StoryLine OnLine The Screen Actors Guild foundations brings you this web site, an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children’s books aloud.  Each book includes accompanying activities and lesson ideas. 

SumDog  www.sumdog.provides for free teacher sign-in. The program covers common core state standards from grades 1-6. Teachers can pick the level of practice and skills they want their students to be working on. Students can log in at home. 

Technology and Second Graders:  Check out this site for the skills in technology a second grader should develop - all aligned with the Common Core.

Word Girl:  PBS provides games, videos, and characters.

XtraMath  Free web-based program can be used at school and at home for practice of the basic facts to increase speed and accuracy. Teachers can individualize student fact practice program, track student progress and print flyers to go home.

This page was updated on February 20, 2022.  Please let Lou Howell at LouHowell@gmail.com know of additional URLs you would like parents and educators to have.