2nd Grade Lesson Plans

I student taught in 2nd grade and really just assumed that is where I would end up.  They are still loving yet independent to a certain extent, which I love!!  Although I only have them for an hour a day, I love being with my second graders!

My goal for second graders is to learn how to type.  Throughout the year we will focus on typing, and take small breaks after each level.  After our break we will go back to typing and add a few letters.  The kids have been doing great keeping their fingers on the home row!

Week 1 we watched Click, Clack, Moo; Cows that Type, and wrote the letters on a blank keyboard.  We learned the vocabulary term "Home row" and colored it on our keyboard.  The next week, we talked about correct posture for typing and then used Dance Mat Typing to practice the home row.  Once they practiced a couple of times and I could tell their fingers were staying in the correct location (at least for the most part), I allowed them to get on Cool-math.com (My kids will be required to go to IXL.com from now on, since we have that license.)  On Week 3, they practiced Home Row on Dance Mat Typing once again, but only had to go through it 1 time.  After that, they got on Kid Pix (a program our district purchased) and made a picture of the Statue of Liberty.  (They spent the first few weeks, in their class, talking about different US symbols.)  Once they drew their picture, they had to type one sentence telling about the Statue of Liberty.