2nd Grade Apps & Online Tools for Every READING/WRITING TEKS!

 

2^nd Grade Apps that Cover Miscellaneous Reading/Writing Skills:

Second Grade Learning Games

TeachMe: 2^nd Grade

2^nd Grade Galaxy

2^nd Grade Language Arts Common Core: Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation, and More!

Cowboy Kid Learning Games for Second Grade

Apps & Online Tools by 2nd Grade Standard:

2.1  Reading/Beginning Reading Skills/Print Awareness.

Students understand how English is written and printed. Students are expected to distinguish features of a sentence (e.g., capitalization of first word, ending punctuation, commas, quotation marks).

·         Sentence Builder

·         Jumbled Sentences 2

·         Jumbled Sentences 3

·         I Can Write 1

·         I Can Write 2

·         Grammar Jammers Primary Edition

·         Grammar Fun 2^nd Grade HD

·         Grammar Wonderland (Elementary)

·         http://www.quia.com/pop/4696.html

·         https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-2/is-it-a-complete-sentence-or-a-fragment

·         http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/games/sentence_structure/form_a_sentence/

·         http://www.abcya.com/nouns_and_verbs.htm

·         http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/ela-games/simple-sentences.html

2.2  Reading/Beginning Reading Skills/Phonics.

Students use the relationships between letters and sounds, spelling patterns, and morphological analysis to decode written English. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts.

·         Phonics 2^nd Grade

·         Phonics Silly Sentences 2

·         Letter Sounds 2 Pro

·         Phonics 2^nd Grade Reading HD

·         Spelling Bug 2^nd Grade Phonics

·         Abby Phonics – Second Grade

·         Phonics Genius

·         Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

·         Pocket Charts! Consonant Blends

·         Montessori Learn to Read with Phonics Digraphs, Blends, Long Vowels and More

·         Phonics Fun Vol. 3: Beginning Sounds; Consonant Blends and Digraphs

·         Phonograms by Spalding Education International

·         Bluster!

·         Sight Words Games & Flash Cars

·         Hangman Sight Words

·         Sight Words Flash Cards

·         Sight Words Bingo

·         Murky Reef

·         http://www.education.com/games/reading/phonics/

·         http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/

·         http://www.abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_spelling.html

·       http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/contractions/contractions_matching_game/

·         http://www.abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_bingo.html

·         http://www.abcya.com/sight_words_recognition.html

·         http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/words/games/word_scramble33.html

·         http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/ela-games/sight-words.html

·         http://www.education.com/games/reading/sight-words/

2.3  Reading/Beginning Reading/Strategies.

Students comprehend a variety of texts drawing on useful strategies as needed.

·         Main Idea – Short Texts

·         Inference Ace; Reading Comprehension Skills & Practice

·         Second Grade Reading Comprehension

·         Reading Comprehension – Animals: Second & Third Grade with Testing Prep

·         Robot Rescue Grades 2-3

·         Jungle Journey Grades 2-3

·         Reading Comprehension: Animals, Grades 2-3

2.4  Reading/Fluency.

Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. Students are expected to read aloud grade-level appropriate text with fluency (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension.

·         Fluency Level 2

·         One Minute Reader Level 2

·         Audio Memos

·         Sock Puppets

·         ChatterPix Kids

·         Tellagami

·         30 Hands

2.5  Reading/Vocabulary Development.

Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.

·         Bluster!

·         Murky Reef – English Language Arts for 2^nd Grade

·         First Grade and Second Grade Antonyms and Synonyms Free

·         Synonyms Photo Fun Deck

·         Antonyms

·         Second Grade Antonyms

·         Homophones Free

·         Homophones Photo Fun Deck

·         Homophones – English Language Art Grammar

·         Trading Cards

·         http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/ela-games/prefix.html

·         http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/ela-games/suffix.html

·         http://www.vocabulary.co.il/second-grade-vocabulary-games/

·         http://pbskids.org/lions/games/synsam.html

·         http://www.abcya.com/synonyms_antonyms.html

·         http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/ela-games/homophone-g2.html

·         http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/ela-games/find-a-homophone-of-the-given-word.html

·         http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/ela-games/suffix-space-war-game.html

·         http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/ela-games/write-the-meaning-of-homophones.html

2.6  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

·         Folktales & Fables Reading Pack: 2^nd and 3^rd Grade Common Core Language Arts

·         Venn Diagram

·         Compare Contrast Fun Deck

·         http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/

 2.7  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe how rhyme, rhythm, and repetition interact to create images in poetry.

·         Pocket Charts! Rhyming Words

·         ABC Phonics Rhyming Words

·         Rhyme-N-Time – Rhyming Words

·         Bluster!

2.8  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify the elements of dialogue and use them in informal plays.

·         Moo-O Storybooks

·         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmgLVHfaY4

2.9  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.

·         Second Grade Fiction Reading Comprehension

·         Inference Ace

·         Understanding Inferences Fun Deck

·         If … Then … Fun Deck

·         Robot Rescue Grades 2-3

·         Popplet

·         Trading Cards

2.10  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and respond by providing evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.

·         News-O-Matic

·         Nonfiction Reading Grade 2

·         National Geographic Kids

·         Weird But True

·         Reading Comprehension: Animals, Grades 2-3

·         Second Grade – Third Grade Non-Fiction

·         Trading Cards

 

2.11  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to recognize that some words and phrases have literal and non-literal meanings (e.g., take steps).

·         Inference Ace

·         Understanding Inferences Fun Deck

·         Robot Rescue Grades 2-3

·         If --- Then --- Fun Deck

2.12  Reading/Comprehension of Text/Independent Reading.

Students read independently for sustained periods of time and produce evidence of their reading. Students are expected to read independently for a sustained period of time and paraphrase what the reading was about, maintaining meaning.

·         Stori

·         Epic

·         Books on Wheels

·         Tumblebooks.com

2.13  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify the topic and explain the author's purpose in writing the text.

·         Aesop’s Quest

·         Inference Ace

·         Understanding Inferences Fun Deck

·         Robot Rescue Grades 2-3

·         If --- Then --- Fun Deck

·         One Globe Kids: children’s stories from around the world

·         Brain Quest Grades 2&3: Wisdom Islands & Mountain Trek

2.14  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about and understand expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.

·         Main Idea – Sentences

·         Main Idea by Keith Gardner

·         Space Voyage Grades 2-3

·         Sequencing Tasks – Life Skills

·         Hearbuilder Sequencing

·         Sequencing Post Office

·         ShowMe

·         Educreations

2.15  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Text.

Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents.

·         School of Multi-Step Directions

·         Following Directions from I Can Do Apps

·         Fun Deck Following Directions

·         Hearbuilder Following Directions

·         Food Frency: Following Directions

2.16  Reading/Media Literacy.

Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts.

·         Professor Garfield Forms of Media

·         http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/teachersguide.html

2.17  Writing/Writing Process.

Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.

·         Write about This

·         PhotoCard

·         Popplet

·         ShowMe

·         Educreations

2.18  Writing/Literary Texts.

Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas.

·         Puppet Pals

·         Toontastic Jr.

·         StoryKit

·         Felt Board

·         Write About This

·         Shadow Puppet Edu

·         Videolicious

·         iMovie

·         30 Hands

·         http://www.abcya.com/story_maker.htm

2.19  Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts.

Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes.

·         Write about This

·         PhotoCard

·         Popplet

·         ShowMe

·         Educreations

·         Snap Guide

·         http://www.abcya.com/friendly_letter_maker.htm

2.20  Writing/Persuasive Texts.

Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. Students are expected to write persuasive statements about issues that are important to the student for the appropriate audience in the school, home, or local community.

·         Write about This

·         Popplet

·         ShowMe

·         Educreations

2.21  Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions.

Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.

·         Bluster!

·         Grammar Fun 2^nd Grade HD

·         Grammar Quiz 2

·         Pirate Kids 2^nd Grade Math and English Educational Games School Edition

·         Cowboy Kid Learning Games for Second Grade

·         Murky Reef – English Language Arts for 2^nd Grade

·         Grammar Wonderland (Primary)

·         Grammar Jammers Primary Edition

·         Speech with Milo Prepositions

·         Sentence Builder

·         Sentence Maker

·         http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/ela-games.html

·         http://www.abcya.com/nouns_and_verbs.html

·         https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-2/is-the-sentence-a-statement-question-command-or-exclamation

2.22  Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation.

Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions.

·         Parts of Speech Machine

·         Bluster!

·         Grammar Fun 2^nd Grade HD

·         Grammar Quiz 2

·         Pirate Kids 2^nd Grade Math and English Educational Games School Edition

·         Cowboy Kid Learning Games for Second Grade

·         Murky Reef – English Language Arts for 2^nd Grade

·         Grammar Wonderland (Primary)

·         Grammar Jammers Primary Edition

·         ShowMe

·         Educreations

 

2.24  Research/Research Plan.

Students ask open-ended research questions and develop a plan for answering them.

·         Popplet

·         PebbleGo.com by Capstone

·         Write About This

2.25  Research/Gathering Sources.

Students determine, locate, and explore the full range of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they gather.

·         PebbleGo.com

·         National Geographic Kids

·         Write About This

·         ShowMe

·         Educreations

 

2.26  Research/Synthesizing Information.

Students clarify research questions and evaluate and synthesize collected information. Students are expected to revise the topic as a result of answers to initial research questions.

·         PebbleGo.com by Capstone

·         Write About This

2.27  Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas.

Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students (with adult assistance) are expected to create a visual display or dramatization to convey the results of the research.

·         ShowMe

·         Educreations

·         Shadow Puppet Edu

·         Videolicous

·         iMovie

·         ChatterPix Kids

·         3o Hands

·         Tellagami

·         Sock Puppets

2.28  Listening and Speaking/Listening.

Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.

·         School of Multi-Step Directions

·         Following Directions from I Can Do Apps

·         Fun Deck Following Directions

·         Popplet

·         Write About This

2.29  Listening and Speaking/Speaking.

Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to share information and ideas that focus on the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace, using the conventions of language.

·         ShowMe

·         Educreations

·         Shadow Puppet Edu

·         Videolicous

·         iMovie

·         ChatterPix Kids

·         Tellagami

·         30 Hands

·         Sock Puppets

·         Audio Memos

 

2.30  Listening and Speaking/Teamwork.

Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to follow agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions.

·         Teamwork E-Book

Heather Watson
Watson Works, LLC