1st and 2nd Grade A-3 All- Stars!
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Scroll down to find links for education, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
School Links


*Carson Elementary School

*San Jose Unified School District

*The Elementary SJUSD Student Handbook;

--Instructional Calendar

--What you will need to learn about this year in Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and P.E.;

--California Content Standards-You have to dig a little on this page!

*Mrs. Mirassou's Teacher page



                            Education Resources
*K12 News Network. A parent designed page that helps readers understnd the effect of budget cuts on schools
The K-12 News Network: Local, National, and Global Education News

*826 Valencia.
Writing workshops for elementary through high school students
www.826national.org


*Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

*Once Upon A School
Volunteer organization promoting school-community partnership
www.onceuponaschool.org

http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school.html



Language Arts

*Scholastic Books
www.scholastic.com
If you like to order books online, my Class Activation Code is: GQ8LW 

**Find out if a book you are reading had an Accelerated Reader quiz, look up quiz numbers, find new books to read at www.arbookfinder.org

Please check the "A.R. and Homework" page to learn about the Accelerated Reader program, finding AR levels for your books, and checking your scores from home.

*Book Adventure
Book Adventure is like Accelerated Reader. Students can choose books by reading level, author, or title. After reading the books, students may take quizzes on them.
www.bookadventure.org
 
*Starfall
Reading games & phonics review
www.starfall.com

*Eduplace
Support for our second grade language arts curriculum. Extensions & activities
www.eduplace.com


*Visit the San Jose Public Library web site for links to reading sites for kids, including (and especially) Tumblebooks, which allows you to "Read or listen to animated, talking picture books in English, Chinese, French, or Spanish. " All you need is a San Jose Public Library card! They also offer live homework help; look for the navigation button that says, "Homework".

San Jose Public Library: Link to Services for Kids


*Questions about syllabication? This link takes you to a site with an easy to understand syllabication rules chart:

Education.com

* Additional Spelling Words for each story can be found here:
This link takes you to a page that allows you to choose activities and extensions for the Houghton-Mifflin reading program, as well as giving you the option of downloading a PDF of Spelling words for the entire year.

*Target's 2012 Read Across America Program

*Read Across America March 2nd, every year!


Special for First Grade: here are some links to online activities that tie in with your reading themes.

*Zoobooks Virtual Zoo

*Zoobooks Animal Games
Math

Here's a link to a page with first grade math  activities:
1st grade math!

These pages are great for both grades:

Dinosaur Place Value

Finding Place Value(2 Digits)

Finding Place value (3 digits)

Count Place Value Blocks (2 Digits)

Place Value Pirates

He next two pages provide a geometry refresher for children and parents:

Definition of "vertices" on Dictionary.com

Geometry and Vertices :
Introduction and Family Activity


Looking for an alternative online activity? The McGraw-Hill Math site has support activities that could help your child practice their addition and subtraction facts to 20. If you choose to use this tool, I suggest you start with Chapter 1: Addition and Subtraction Strategies and Facts to 12, and continue later with Chapter 2: Addition and Subtraction Strategies and facts to 20. FYI: These games use a pop up window and require plug-ins that you may have to download.


Social Studies

Social Studies links will focus on Second Grade standards,  holidays, and topics of interest from our class reading.

*Timeline of U.S. History

*Timelines of U.S. History-printable, many topics


Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech and text
  

*Groundhog Day:

Groundhog Game

About Groundhog Day


President's Day:

*Wikipedia list of U.S. Presidents

*Abraham Lincoln video on National Geographic Kids

*The Abraham Lincoln page at Social Studies for Kids

*Ben's Guide-Lincoln Memorial

*"Getting to KnowGgeorge Washington" video on YouTube

*"Washington's World" web site

*Ben's Guide-Washington Monument

*President Obama's Back to School Event; text
http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/

*Revolutionary War On Wednesday Unit links:

--Men's Clothing from the 1700's

--George Washington picture and short biography

--American Revolution reenactment photos
Science

-Science links are related to our district wide curriculum, our class projects, and topics that students become interested in during our readings.

*The Butterfly Website

*An advanced "butterfly directory"

*More butterfly links than you can use in one sitting!

*Ten Interesting facts About Thomas Edison

*Thomas Edison, Inventor

*Louis Pasteur-My Hero

*Gustave Eiffel

*Alexander Graham Bell

*Bell Science Experiments and Games

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