In the Second Grade classroom students learn to write daily through varied activities. Through these activities, Second Grade students are exposed to the organization and thought required to create a story or write about a favorite topic and develop it into an understandable narrative with a focus.
Second Grade students shift from using pictures as a fuel for their stories, as in Kindergarten and First grade, to writing for the activity itself. Since they are allowed to choose the topic, students are motivated to create and complete works. Throughout the year, students will work on entertaining beginnings, elaborative details, stretching out the middle events, and an ending that ties their story together.
Due to the fact that students are allowed to choose their topic, students explore different genres of writing including, but not limited to, poetry, journal writing, non-fiction, fiction, and autobiographies. Second Grade students differ from First Grade and Kindergarten students. They become more aware of the audience they are writing for, and they will put more thought into the topic they choose to write about. Teachers will notice that independence and fluency is increasing, but a student may become more concerned about the final product rather than the actual process. In the Second Grade classroom the goals are to challenge the students to expand their ideas, to create focus within a topic, and to foster confidence at a time when self-consciousness may appear. The student naturally becomes more aware of correct spelling and punctuation. Skills will still vary and progress at different rates, but most Second Grade students enjoy the activity of independent writing, the power of their words to express thoughts, and the opportunity to describe experiences to classmates.
Writing Websites
Tikatok - Imagine a Story, Create a Book!
(Your user name and password are the same as Reading Counts)
(Your user name and password are the same as Reading Counts)
Learning to Type Websites and Games
Dance Mat Typing From the BBC schools site, a fun typing tutor
Typing With Katie- Kindergarten Level Skills
A More Traditional Typing Tutor
Elmo’s Keyboard-O-Rama
Typing Tutor (Free, but requires registration & login)
Tutorials and Some Fun & Different Typing Games
Basic Online Typing Practice
Peter's Online Typing Course
Keyboarding for Kids
Online Touch Typing Program
Check Your Typing Speed Online
Tux Typing - Free (Open Source) Software for Mac & Windows
Type Faster Free Typing Tutor Program
Super Hyper Spider Typer *New*
Parminder the Plate Spinner Numeric Keypad Game
Gamequarium Typing Games
Save the Sailboats Typing Race
Outerspace Fleet Commander
Frog Diet Typing Game
Martian City Defender
Typing Monster- Beat the Monster by Typing in the Magic Spells
Easy Typing Games
Keyboard Triathalon
Free Keyboarding Software - Many Links
Free Typing Software- For Windows
Free Online Typing Test
Alien Space Invaders!
Air Typer at Squigley's Playhouse
All Typing Tutors
Cup Stacking Typing Game
Typing of the Ghosts
Typershark
Bubbles Game
GameQuarium Keyboarding Games
Keyboarding Games & Exercises
Typing With Katie- Kindergarten Level Skills
A More Traditional Typing Tutor
Elmo’s Keyboard-O-Rama
Typing Tutor (Free, but requires registration & login)
Tutorials and Some Fun & Different Typing Games
Basic Online Typing Practice
Peter's Online Typing Course
Keyboarding for Kids
Online Touch Typing Program
Check Your Typing Speed Online
Tux Typing - Free (Open Source) Software for Mac & Windows
Type Faster Free Typing Tutor Program
Super Hyper Spider Typer *New*
Parminder the Plate Spinner Numeric Keypad Game
Gamequarium Typing Games
Save the Sailboats Typing Race
Outerspace Fleet Commander
Frog Diet Typing Game
Martian City Defender
Typing Monster- Beat the Monster by Typing in the Magic Spells
Easy Typing Games
Keyboard Triathalon
Free Keyboarding Software - Many Links
Free Typing Software- For Windows
Free Online Typing Test
Alien Space Invaders!
Air Typer at Squigley's Playhouse
All Typing Tutors
Cup Stacking Typing Game
Typing of the Ghosts
Typershark
Bubbles Game
GameQuarium Keyboarding Games
Keyboarding Games & Exercises