Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2024

The last participant was the mom of a first grader there to share her keyboarding experiences (turns out, she was also the director of the early learning initiative at the New America Foundation, an author, and a prominent blogger). First graders l earn to put their hands on the correct side of the keyboard. Why learn keyboarding?

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 18, 2012

Dylan Hoffman, a 2nd grader from Wisconsin has won. Google has announced the winner of this year''s Doodle 4 Google competition. This year''s them was "If I could travel in time, I''d visit." Dylan drew a pirate scene with the Google logo in it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2020

9 Great Websites to Inpsire 2nd Graders. 9 Websites to Inspire 5th Graders. Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in August: Tech Tips. 21 Websites and 5 Posters to Teach Mouse Skills. Favorite Shortkeys for Special Needs. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

20 Great Websites to Inspire 2nd Graders. 19 Great Websites to Inspire 5th Graders. Teacher-Authors–Writing and Labor Day Go Well Together. 5 reasons why outdoor learning is vital for young children. Favorite Shortkeys for Special Needs. 5 (free) Shortkey Posters to Mainstream Tech Ed.

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SplashLearn

MARCH 5, 2024

Ever found yourself in front of a room full of 2nd graders, wondering how to capture their attention and keep it there? Teaching 2nd grade is an adventure—a mix of boundless energy, curiosity, and individual learning styles that can turn any classroom into a lively discovery hub. You’re not alone.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 12, 2023

My group of 2nd/3rd graders chose space. Agrinautica is designed for 4th and 5th graders learning mathematical expression-building and order of operations, important pre-algebra skills. It fit perfectly into this unit and helped teach the 2nd and 3rd graders some advanced math concepts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This app is a digital supplemental curriculum solution for K-2nd grade – aligned with standards it includes over 150 curated apps inside their one simple app to install. Now, that’s good stuff for every K-2nd grade iPad or Google Play enabled tablet! Today’s Sponsor: Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection. Read my review.)

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SplashLearn

MAY 9, 2023

We have an exciting opportunity for 2nd graders to showcase their creativity through our 100 creative 2nd Grade Writing Prompts. They can […] The post 100 Fun Writing Prompts for 2nd Grade: Journal Prompts first appeared on SplashLearn Blog.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2019

A critical skill for first graders is to not only understand the idea of a “digital citizen” but why it’s important to be one. Then, it’s called an avatar. Why is this important? Print the avatars and hang them around the classroom. Can students identify each other? 1st Grade.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In the heart of a 2nd-grade classroom, a simple writing exercise was transformed into a dynamic learning experience. When used innovatively: AI Fosters Critical Thinking : As demonstrated by the 2nd graders, students can be prompted to think critically and engage in discussions about the content produced by AI.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Woods 2nd graders use Twitter to bring the world to Bathurst. Well he invited their teacher to come to Microsoft''s Partners in Learning Global Forum in Prague where I had the good fortune to meet Ms. So, when someone asks you, "Why on earth would elementary students ever use Twitter?" just tell them the story of how Ms.

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SplashLearn

MARCH 16, 2023

Homeschooling a 3rd grader can be highly rewarding when using the right teaching strategies. You can also streamline the transition from 2nd grade to 3rd grade by checking for readiness through assessments. These can […] The post How to Homeschool Third Grade Students first appeared on SplashLearn Blog.

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SplashLearn

MARCH 17, 2023

Homeschooling a 2nd grader can be made much smoother with the right philosophy of teaching and routine setting. The second grade is a monumental stepping stone towards learning more advanced concepts, which is why it is important to provide the right learning infrastructure at this stage.

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Battelle for Kids

MARCH 2, 2016

Driving Question: What if 2nd graders learned significant reading content through meaningful project work and shared their learning with others? 2nd graders at Katherine Smith School, a Project Based Learning School, in San Jose, California recently finished a PBL about We read about whales. Volume 3, Issue 3, Number 2.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Jennifer Burgin (@ MrsJBurgin ) teaches amazing 2nd graders at Oakridge Elementary in Arlington, Virginia. Jennifer Burgin teaches the most amazing 2nd graders at Oakridge Elementary in Arlington, Virginia. She was named Oakridge Teacher of the Year and Arlington Public Schools Teacher of the Year in 2016.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2019

For kindergarteners and first graders, we use two products: LEGO’s STEAM Park and KinderLab’s KIBO. 2nd and 3rd grade. In 2nd and 3rd grade, we use WeDo 2.0 , also from LEGO. Our 3rd-graders work with the robots4STEM suite from RoboKind. Related: 11 educators share how they bring coding into the classroom.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Students in kindergarten and 1st grade demonstrated greater growth than those in 2nd grade, which could be because these 2nd-graders may have missed essential instructional opportunities connected to pandemic school closures or other disruptions. All four districts logged increased growth over the previous year.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Although the kits are recommended for grades 3 to 5, I’ve used them with 2nd graders and known teachers who use them with middle school students. Students start by coding simple circuits then are inspired to invent with open challenges. Teachers have access to a standards-aligned curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 11, 2016

The most difficult part was convincing colleagues that 2nd graders couldn’t write a book report in MS Word until they understood toolbars, keyboarding basics, enough digital citizenship to research effectively online, and how to solve the never-ending-but-repetitive tech problems they surely would face during their work.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Although the kits are recommended for grades 3 to 5, I’ve used them with 2nd graders and known teachers who use them with middle school students. Students start by coding simple circuits then are inspired to invent with open challenges. Teachers have access to a standards-aligned curriculum.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 5, 2019

Last year I tried a very basic and cheap green screen with my 2nd to 5th graders. .” – Albert Einstein. A green screen in the classroom helps spark student creativity and imagination for any subject!

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It was my first day with my group of Tier III 2nd-graders, and they were ready to go around the room and introduce themselves. This 2nd-grader had an impressive vocabulary, but he was having trouble decoding the simplest words. It was going fine until one student said something surprising. I’m Jacob, and I can’t read.”.

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User Generated Education

JULY 13, 2019

This past week I taught Toy Making and Hacking to 2nd through 6th graders. Being gifted, they’ve developed a school history of being able to quickly and successfully the tasks given to them so when given tasks they can’t do easily, they become distressed. I also teach summer camps with a maker education focus.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Gitanjali Rao- Bio as submitted Gitanjali Rao Gitanjali Rao is 13 years old and is an 8th grader at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Highlands Ranch, CO. The self-illustrated book, based on the story that won 2nd prize in the PBS national writing contest, described the world through her younger brother’s point of view.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

2nd Grade Trend #1: Project Based Learning. 2nd Grade Trend #2: Global Projects. 2nd Grade Trend #3: STEAM and MakerSpaces. The Biggest Heartbreak of 2nd Grade Teachers. Mistakes 2nd Grade Teachers are Making Right Now. Second graders are amazing in technology. Vicki: Oh, so much. OK, what other trends.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 18, 2015

Today’s activity for the 2nd and 3rd graders was to build a Lego alligator and have it chomp down when it sensed a finger or pencil in its mouth. Today’s activity for the 2nd and 3rd [.] Teresa Green is an innovative teacher who received a grant from the district last year to purchase various ‘maker’ resources.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 20, 2017

What do third graders in Pakistan and Arkansas have in common? Why is Empatico limited to third and fourth graders? We’re starting in English with 3rd and 4th graders, and will expand to other languages and ages from there. They’re about to find out. Empatico is in the early stages of development.

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Reading By Example

MARCH 16, 2020

The 2nd grader only liked chapter books. Not far from my seat in the school library, a 1st grader was upset that there were no more Dogman copies left. The 2nd and 1st grade classrooms were our last groups of students to check out books before they left for the weekend. “What type of chapter books? ” I asked.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 9, 2021

He and his 7th graders filmed themselves demonstrating their understanding of math concepts using trending songs on TikTok. Recommended for 2nd grade and up. Looking for a way to engage your students who love creating videos for social media? Try this interactive TikTok math project from middle school pre-algebra teacher Thom Gibson.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2022

Episode 783 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast 12 Ideas from the End of School That Work All Year Long Jillian DuBois, 2nd Grade Teacher. And so, now, I teach second graders, so they're seven, eight, or nine. Their little lights clicked on, and they were so interested in knowing what a seventh-grader is learning. Click Here.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

The Power of Personalizing Strategies Recently, I visited a 2nd grade classroom where the teacher integrated weekly reflection on nonfiction reading. Here are some examples of what real 2nd graders wrote (typos and all!): “I will use headings next week so I know what diffrent parts of the story are about.”. “I

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

Start in kindergarten with key placement; 1st and 2nd with hand placement as well as ‘special’ keys like the delete, arrows, space bar, shift, tab, and those sort; 3rd with finger placement; and 4th and up with speed and accuracy. That means knowing where keys are so their brains can organize ideas, not search for the right key.

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SpeechTechie

OCTOBER 25, 2018

You can use humor and lightness/darkness appropriate to your group in developing examples, so, a 5 for your HSers might be "your friend becomes a zombie" where with 2nd graders maybe "a ghost decides to live in your house." To use this template, please do not request access. That results in my getting emails.thanks.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2018

As one of the organizers of Edcamp After Hours, I gave this some serious thought and asked my class of 4th graders if this was a model they would be interested in trying out. Stacy Carela, a Kindergarten teacher, and I planned for a meetup of her kindergarteners and my 4th graders. Age or grade level doesn’t matter.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 6, 2018

At RHS students as young as 2nd graders work with their teachers to plan and design what they want to learn and how. We are transitioning from teacher-made groups to student-chosen groups and are developing personal learning plans. Students are involved in setting goals, monitoring progress and using digital portfolios.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 22, 2018

You can also download the card set, send it to your iPad and have the visual be displayed from iBooks as the students use a laptop or Chromebook. Here's a simple sample activity.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Every year our Barrow 2nd graders embark on a month-long project to research 4 people from history and decide which person is most deserving of a peace prize that we named after our school. Our 2nd graders want you to hear their voices. Our project begins with a Google Hangout with all 4 second grade classes.

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