second Grade:
ThinkCentral Website: This website is provided by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It offers numerous resources that connect directly to the lessons being taught in the classroom using Journeys.First, sign-in as a student using the log-in information provided. Then, it will bring you to the student's page and click on "my library". Finally, to access the resources provided you must click on "Reading" in the left column.
Here are a few helpful resources on Think Central:
Student eBook: This is an electronic version your child's textbook. The "contents" tab on the left will help you navigate through the book. There are several other tools available within the left column.
Grammar Snap Videos: Journeys provides short grammar videos for most skills. They are organized by grade level and lesson.
Journey Reader's Notebook: This is your child's workbook.
**Teachers: In addition to Journeys, here are some resources that align to the units of study that may provide support.
Raz-Kids: Log into this site using the teacher username. This site provides interactive and leveled eBooks.
EPIC: This website is a digital library for kids 12 & under. It's free for educators!! Woo Hoo!
Storyline Online: This free website, provided by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, is an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's books aloud!
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Unit 1: "Neighborhood Visit" Take a Peek into Unit 1 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 1: Anchor Story: Henry and Mudge Paired Selection: All in the Family Target Skills: Sequence of Events and Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Alphabetical Order Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Complete Sentences Alphabetize Us: Alphabetize is a fun educational game for children to practice putting words in alphabetical order. Kids can enter words one at a time by typing them or all at once by copy and pasting. Alphabetize will only use ten words at a time. ABC Order Game: Room Recces Lesson 2: Anchor Story: My Family Paired Selection: Family Poetry Target Skills: Compare and Contrast & Genre:Informational Text Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Using a Glossary Grammar: Simple Sentences Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Lesson 3: Anchor Story: Dogs Paired Selection: Helping Paws Target Skills: Author's Purpose and Compare & Contrast Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-Meaning Words Grammar: Types of Sentences Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Kinds of Sentences: Telling and Asking Grammar Snap Video: Kinds of Sentences: Command and Exclamatory Lesson 4: Anchor Story: Diary of a Spider Paired Selection: A Swallow and a Spider Target Skills: Cause and Effect and Figurative Language Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues Grammar: What is a noun? Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Nouns Nouns and Verbs Games: Practice learning nouns and verbs in a fun and yummy way! Help the monkey collect 10 scoops of ice cream before the monster! To collect scoops of ice cream you must correctly identify the nouns and/or verbs in the sentences. Context Clues Quiz: Quia: Try to figure out what the bold word means and choose a correct word that means the same from the drop down menu with the arrow. Brain Pop Jr. Video (Teachers): Cause and Effect Lesson 5: Anchor Story: Teacher's Pets Paired Selection: See Westburg by Bus! Target Skills: Story Structure and Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Base Words and Endings -ed , -ing Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Singular and Plural Noun Game: Match the singular nouns with the correct plural nouns. Words include both regular and irregular nouns. Concentration Singular and Plural Game: Match the singular nouns with the correct plural nouns. Words include both regular and irregular nouns. Unit 2: "Nature Watch" Take a Peek into Unit 2 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 6: Anchor Story: Animals Building Homes Paired Selection: Whose Home is This? Target Skills: Text & Graphic Features and Using Context Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Base Words and Prefixes un- , re- Grammar: More Plural Nouns Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Plural Noun Game: Gulp the plurals is an intriguing game that let the students understand the concept of singular & plural nouns in a fun way. In this game, they have to compete with the computer chameleon and gobble as many insects as they can. Text and Graphic Features Activity: Many sources of information, such as newspapers, use text features to highlight important information. In this silly article, kids practice identifying text features such as a headline, caption, photo, bold text and italicized text. Lesson 7: Anchor Story: The Ugly Vegetables Paired Selection: They Really Are GIANT! Target Skills: Conclusions and Story Structure Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Homophones Grammar: Proper Nouns Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Common and Proper Nouns Proper Noun Game: The game and practice exercise will help kids differentiate between common and proper noun words. Lesson 8: Anchor Story: Super Storms Paired Selection: Weather Poems: "Night Drumming for Rain" , "Who Has Seen the Weather" Target Skills: Main Ideas & Details and Cause & Effect Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Compound Words Grammar: What is a Verb? Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Main Idea Game: Read the story in the storm cloud, then strike the tree that shows the main idea. Verb Game: Move the mouse so the cursor hovers over a balloon. A sentence will appear at the top of the page to give you a clue. Click every balloon that has a verb in it. Cause and Effect Game: Drag each cause (scoop of ice cream) to its effect (cone). Lesson 9: Anchor Story: How Chipmunk Go His Stripes Paired Selection: Why Rabbits Have Short Tails Target Skills: Understanding Characters and Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms Grammar: Verbs in the Present Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Lesson 10: Anchor Story: Jellies Paired Selection: Splash Photography Target Skills: Fact & Opinion and Author's Purpose Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Base Words and Suffixes -er, -est Grammar: Verbs in the Present Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Verb Tenses Prefix and Suffix Game: Check out this great prefix & suffix game for kids. Learn how to add letters to the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning. Unit 3: "Tell Me About It" Take a Peek into Unit 3 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 11: Anchor Story: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Paired Selection: Talk About Smart Animals! Target Skills: Conclusions and Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes pre- and mis- Grammar: Compound Sentences Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Prefix and Suffix Game: Check out this great prefix & suffix game for kids. Learn how to add letters to the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning. Lesson 12: Anchor Story: A, Music! Paired Selection: There's a Hole at the Bottom of the Sea Target Skills: Text and Graphic Features & Fact and Opinion Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Idioms Grammar: Expanding/Rearranging Compound Sentences Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Fact and Opinion Game: PBS Kids Game , Binky's Facts and Opinions Lesson 13: Anchor Story: Schools Around the World Paired Selection: An American School Target Skills: Main Idea and Details & Text and Graphic Features Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Using a Dictionary Grammar: Quotation Marks Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Quotation Mark Game: Quiz: Using Quotation Marks Correctly, be careful - one wrong answer and the game is over! Lesson 14: Anchor Story: Helen Keller Paired Selection: Talking Tools Target Skills: Author's Purpose and Genre: Biography Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Suffix -ly Grammar: Using Proper Nouns Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Prefix and Suffix Game: Check out this great prefix & suffix game for kids. Learn how to add letters to the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning. Lesson 15: Anchor Story: Officer Buckle and Gloria Paired Selection: Safety at Home Target Skills: Cause and Effect & Humor Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Root Words Grammar: Abbreviations Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Cause and Effect Game: Cause and Effect Jeopardy Game #1 Brain Pop Jr. Video (Teachers): Cause and Effect Unit 4: "Heroes and Helpers" Take a Peek into Unit 4 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 16: Anchor Story: Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble Paired Selection: The Jefferson Daily News Target Skills: Story Structure and Understanding Characters Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Homographs Grammar: Pronouns Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Pronouns Lesson 17: Anchor Story: Luke Goes to Bat Paired Selection: Jackie Robinson Target Skills: Sequence of Events and Formal & Informal Language Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Subject-Verb Agreement Brain Pop Jr. Video (Teachers): Sequence Lesson 18: Anchor Story: My Name is Gabriela Paired Selection: Poems About Reading and Writing Target Skills: Understanding Characters and Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes -y and -ful Grammar: The Verb be Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Prefix and Suffix Game: Check out this great prefix & suffix game for kids. Learn how to add letters to the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning. Lesson 19: Anchor Story: The Signmaker's Assistant Paired Selection: The Trouble with Signs Target Skills: Text and Graphic Features & Point of View Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Shades of Meaning Grammar: Commas in Dates and Places Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Lesson 20: Anchor Story: Dex: The Heart of a Hero Paired Selection: Heroes Then and Now Target Skills: Compare and Contrast & Figurative Language Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Prefix over- Grammar: Commas in a Series Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Commas in a Series Prefix and Suffix Game: Check out this great prefix & suffix game for kids. Learn how to add letters to the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning. Unit 5:"Changes, Changes, Everywhere" Take a Peek into Unit 5 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 21: Anchor Story: Penguin Chick Paired Selection: Emperor Penguins Target Skills: Main Ideas and Details & Cause and Effect Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Dictionary Entry Grammar: What is an Adjective? Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Adjectives Brain Pop Jr. Video (Teachers): Cause and Effect Lesson 22: Anchor Story: Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend Paired Selection: How to Make a Kite Target Skills: Understanding Characters and Figurative Language Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language/Idioms Grammar: Using Adjectives Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Idiom Game: Funbrain : Idioms add color to language. Help FunBrain.com's grand master, Salvabear Dali, finish his paintings by identifying the correct expression. Lesson 23: Anchor Story: The Goat in the Rug Paired Selection: Basket Weaving Target Skills: Conclusions and Sequence of Events Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Compound Words Grammar: Irregular Verbs Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Brain Pop Jr. Video (Teachers): Sequence Lesson 24: Anchor Story: Half-Chicken Paired Selection: The Lion and the Mouse Target Skills: Cause and Effect & Point of View Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms Grammar: Irregular Action Verbs Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Opposites Game: Drag the words on the right to where they belong. Brain Pop Jr. Video (Teachers): Cause and Effect Lesson 25: Anchor Story: From Seed to Plant Paired Selection: Super Soil Target Skills: Text and Graphic Features & Cause and Effect Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Using Context Grammar: More Irregular Action Verbs Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Contractions Brain Pop Jr. Video (Teachers): Cause and Effect |