Mrs. Lisa Koski
 
Earobocs
Only for students with passwords
 
Authors
Read this author spotlight which includes a biography, an interview, book summaries, and more!
Learn about Arthur and the characters in Marc Brown's books!
Read about Marc Brown's life and writing. See a list of books he has written.
Click here to learn more about Patricia Polacco and her books!
Visit to learn more about Robert Munsch and his stories and poems!
 
Endangered Animals
Use this Slide Show to find pictures and text about your endangered animal. Not all endangered animals included.
 
Holidays
 
Homophone
 
Homophones
Lots of homophone games to choose from...mostly conplete the sentence and vocabulary building. Challenging...high level options!
Look at the picture and choose the correct word to go with it.
Pears in pairs and breaking brakes and bears going bare. It’s all in their….. I mean there!
 
Language Arts
Interactive proofreading passages. Select a grade level (2-8) and a passage focused on a particular skill. Skills include spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Self checking so students can complete independently.
 
Language Arts
Games focus on a short or long vowel sound.
Interactive guide to writing a diamante poem.
 
Literacy
Read current news stories and comment for others in our class to see! Remember to stop and think about what you have read...then react to the text!
 
Math - Addition
Add two digit plus two digit numbers; one or two players
Four numeral cards are shown. Arrange them to make an addition sentence.
 
Math - Data and Probability
Students can create a game spinner with variable sized sectors to look at experimental and theoretical probabilities.
Students can create a game spinner with one to twelve sectors to look at experimental and theoretical probabilities.
This dice game allows you to experiment with how increasing or decreasing the number of rolls can effect the outcome. So give it a try, choose the number of rolls you would like to make… and roll the dice!
 
Math - Facts - Division
Wash windows to earn your way up to the penthouse. Earn upgrades to your rig by getting your answers correct.
 
Math - Facts - Multiplication
The faster you answer, the faster your car will go.
Choose a number, then count by multiples of that number.
 
Math - Fractions
Students represents fractions by coloring in the appropriate portions of either a circle or a square, then order those fractions from least to greatest.
Visualize different fractional amounts. Try the different graphics to see fractional amounts in different ways.
 
Math - Geometry and Spatial Sense
Help Captain Calamity free the princess by answering questions about symmetry, angles, fractions, and rotation of shapes.
Copy the given shape by combining smaller shapes.
Interactive website. Folding shapes to show line symmetry.
Play this online game and identify lines of symmetry.
Interactive tangrams. Choose a picture and use tangram pieces to fill in outline.
 
Math - Manipulatives Online
This site has solid figures which can be rotated and manipulated. Can be used to count faces, edges, and vertices. Teacher lesson plans and questions are also available.
See problems that you create solved step by step, or solve them yourself!
Thinking about numbers using frames of 10 can be a helpful way to learn basic number facts. The four games that can be played with this applet help to develop counting and addition skills.
Online library of interactive math applets suitable for grades K-12. Includes geoboards, base ten blocks, and many more.
 
Math - Measurement
Students are shown shapes on a grid after setting the perimeter and asked to calculate areas of the shapes.
Use an online ruler to measure objects in centimeters.
Help Jack the Builder measure...challenging for all levels!
Design areas with a given area and perimeter.
Students are shown shapes on a grid and asked to calculate areas and perimeters of the shapes.
A challenging math activity that requires measurement and calculation!
 
Math - Money
Choose the coins to make the amount shown.
Pay the little farmer the exact change and he will say thank you. If you do not pay the little farmer with exact change, he will say uh-oh and you will have to try again.
Find the correct change. Two levels of difficulty. Use American Money! It also helps to have coins or a one hundred chart with you to play.
Interactive game. Select coins which make the amount of money needed.
Drag coins into a container to create the amount of money shown. Amounts can be over $1.00.
Concentration type game to match amounts of money. Grades 3-4.
Memory game with coins and written amounts.
 
Math - Number Sense
A tic-tac-toe style game in which players pratice arithmetic facts while trying to get five markers in a row.
Drag and drop the number tiles to their correct position on the Venn diagram.
Locate the ones, called units on this site, tens and hundreds that make up a given number. Grades 1-2.
The goal of the Place Value Game is to create the largest possible number from the digits the computer gives you.
 
Math - Odd or Even
Choose a range of numbers. Sort the numbers into odd or even.
 
Math - Place Value
Place the beads in the correct place to match the question asked. Need to know place value, odd and even, largest, smallest, etc.
Create numbers with base ten pieces.
 
Math - solid shapes
see properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes
Hunt for "buried treasures!"
This takes a little time to load...it's a memory game with 3D shape cards.
 
Math - Structuring
Combining 2 sets to find total. Choose dice patterns, bead rack, finger patterns, or several others.
Subtract from 10 or 20.
 
Math - Time
Read the time in words, then stop the clock hands when they match the time.
Practice finding elapsed time given a starting time and an ending time.
Drag the 5 digital times to the correct analogue clock, the press STOP THE CLOCK to record your time.
 
Math = Place Value
Order the numbers correctly to find your way out of a haunted house. The harder level uses negative numbers!
Matchbase ten blocks to the number. Choose numbers up to 29 or up to 59.
 
Math- Multiply/Divide
Practice multiplication and division word problems
 
Scholastic Book Orders
Order books from the flyers that have been sent home here. Our class user name is mrskoskigrade2 and our password is superstar.
 
Science
See what happens if a part of the food chain is broken...
Learn about nutrition guidelines and get healthy tips form the USDA.
See how the earth rotates to make day and night.
Learn facts about the Earth, our moon, and the sun!!!
Enjoy exploring the different species of the world...find some that live near us!
Play the Food Chain game to see how energy is transferred in nature!
Play with a car that goes down a ramp. Change the weight and the air resistance to see how the distance it will travel changes with these two variables.
Use this website to check out the phases of the moon. You can also find out the times of moon rises and moon sets.
Categorize these living things.
 
Science - Earth and Space
The primary component of this content resource is an online activity in which students "drag" moons to their correct places in lunar cycles.
 
Science - Energy
Learn about wind, solar, geothermal, and renewable energy sources. Interested in wind energy? See how a wind turbine works.
 
Science - Rocks - Formation
Discussion of rock types found in Ohio.
 
Science - Rocks - Properties
Contains pictures and brief staements about many kinds of rocks by classification. Also includes minerals. (Foss site)
 
Science - Soil
Look around the scene and find things made of sand, clay, gravel, pebbles, etc.
 
Social Studies
Use this site to learn about different cultures of the world...it's an interactive site which means you can click to learn about the parts of culture that you want to know more about, food, religion, art, language....
Choose "CONTINENTS" as your assignment!
Click and drag continent name to the correct place on the map! Quick!
Click on Continents and Oceans...or another for a challenge!
Learn more about U.S. Symbols and Monuments
Find out about items that were used long ago.
This is a kid-friendly site for searching for information on the web. It is Yahoo for kids!
 
Social Studies - Immigration
Site had a map of Greater Cleveland area and shows where different ethnic groups have settled, where they came from and why.
 
Teacher Resources
Use this site to locate instructional activities aligned to the Ohio diagnostic Tests.
 
Various
Be creative! If you enjoy contests you may find one on this site that gets your creative juices flowing! You may even win a prize!
 
Word Study
This website gives a new analogy each day for students to try. Dont forget to check back tomorrow for a new analogy!
Large selection of words and categories in this classic game to develop vocabulary.
Students choose the corret homonym to complete the sentence.
 
Word Study - Letter Name
Word Maker provides a simple, engaging way for students to generate dozens of different words by first choosing an ending (for example -an, -ed, -at, -op) and then adding a beginning letter or blend. When a correct word is created, the word is stored in a Word Bank where students can read and review their words.
 
Word Study - Within Word
Choose the correct vowel pattern which goes between the beginning and ending consonants to complete a word. Two levels of play. Has adjustable speed.
Look carefully at the cards to see if they match. When you see a pair click Snap! But dont get Snap happy - if you get it wrong, you lose a point. Use the slow/fast slider to increase the challenge. Faster is harder but you get more Snaps!