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Grade 2 Reading and Writing

Student Activity 1 Letter about Statue of Liberty Fieldtrip

In this activity the student will search the websites about the Statue of Liberty. After completing this virtual fieldtrip, they will write a letter to their grandmother. This letter will include the five parts of a friendly letter date, salutation, body, closing, and signature. (Writing Applications 2.2)

Statue of Liberty National Monument - URL: http://www.nps.gov/stli/
Comments: This site includes a picture of the Statue of Liberty and some basic information about its history.

Tubby Tabby and the Statue of Liberty - URL: http://www.tubbytabby.com/nfstatue.html
Comments: This is a grade level story about a cat who takes a visit to The Statue of Liberty. The children will read the story and find out who gave the statue to the United States.

Take a Look at the Statue of Liberty - URL: [broken link removed]
Comments: This site is made of historical pictures of the Statue of Liberty. The students will click on the images and record some of the details that they see.

Student Activity 2 English & Spanish Words

The children will go to this site and explore word meanings from English to Spanish. They will understand the purpose of various reference materials (Research: 1.3) as they experience the use of a this electronic bilingual dictionary. The student will be able to expand on the multicultural vocabulary experience introduced in the book Abuela. The students will list 3 nouns and 3 verbs in both English and Spanish. The will then identify and correctly use these words in a sentence (Sentence Structure 1.1) underlining the nouns and circling the verbs.

English - Spanish Dictionary - URL: http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/languages/Lettersspanish.html
Comments: This site is very user friendly for the primary student. The children simply click on a letter. They will then be given several English words with their Spanish translations. Some of the verbs are animated to assist the students in finding the action words.
 

Student Activity 3- The Family Tree Storyboard

Students create a storyboard of an experience that they had with their grandmother or any other family member. They will recount experiences in a logical sequence [Listening and Speaking Strategies 1.7] as they share the storyboards with the class.

Jane Beeman's Grandma - URL: http://www.cajon.k12.ca.us/schools/cuyamaca/grandma/familytr.htm
Comments: This is a simply written account of a grandmother that was designed especially for this activity.

One Family Tree - URL: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sfamtree.htm
Comments: This site is a blank family tree for your students to use to complete at home with their own families as a homework assignment.