These are all websites I think you will find helpful if your child needs assistance with assignments or if you are just looking for something fun to do on the weekend.
I also uploaded a sample lesson plan so you can have an idea of what your child will be learning this year and how the class will be conducted.
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The PBS
website is a great resource for parents as well as their
children. It gives parents ideas for everything from crafts
and birthday party ideas to recipes and educational printouts.
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/
The
Scholastic webpage is a great place for parents to get
reading-level appropriate books for kids of all ages. It also
offers printouts to help supplement your child’s education.
The Parent
Teacher Association was formed in order to give the adults in
students’ lives an opportunity to have their voices be heard
on educational issues. The Association’s website is a great
resource for parents to learn more about their mission and how
to join.
As a
Special Education classroom many of our students have Autism
Spectrum Disorders and the website for the American Autism
Association is a great place for parents to go with any
questions they have about raising an autistic child.
For parents
of children with special needs other than Autism the National
Center for Learning Disabilities is a place to go for
information about treatment and the most effective learning
techniques.
Keeping
your children safe on the internet is becoming harder and
harder with the use of smart phones and tablets, but ikeepsafe
offers tricks and techniques to make sure your child is
staying on the sites they should be on.
Created and
run by Disney, this website encourages parents to spend more
time with their kids and offers activities and games for the
whole family to participate in.
Sample Lesson Plan
• Unit Topic or
Theme: Math
• Grade: 2
• Lesson Topic or
Theme: Money
• Lesson
Objectives:
1. Students will be
able to distinguish different coins.
2. Students will be
able to determine the value of coins.
3. Students will be
able to apply addition skills to find the value of different
combinations of coins.
• Instructional
Technique:
1.Group
Work
2.Discussion
3.Examples
on white board
• Instructional
Materials:
1.
http://www.smartygames.com/igre/math/learnMoney.html
2.
Coins
3.
Do you have enough money? Worksheet for in class completion
4.
Coin addition homework sheet.
• Theoretical
Perspective:
This is an
important lesson for children because it is applicable to
everyday life.
They will need an understanding of money and coins for the
rest of their lives to buy and sell items.
• Procedure:
A. Introductory
Activity
a. Hand out coins to
students.
b. Ask the students
if they recognize any of the coins or know the value of the
coins.
c. Explain the names
and value of coins.
d. Discuss what
coins are used for and why they are important in everyday
life.
B. Step-by-step
a. Handout worksheet
with online activity directions and have students log onto the
website.
b. Give students
time to explore the website and participate in the coin
addition activity.
c. Following the
time given to play the game, have students return to their
seats with any questions they have.
C. Review the problems they were
responsible for during the online activity on the board and
address any questions that students have.
D. Adaptations for different learners:
Students who are struggling will be allowed use of the real
coins while doing the online problems.
E. Homework: Worksheet of example coin
addition problems.
• Evaluation:
A. How/ when will you determine if you
have met your objectives?
1. Students will be
able to distinguish different coins.
After comparing
students knowledge of the names of coins prior to the online
lesson and their knowledge during the review at the end of
class I will be able to see if students can name a coin after
seeing it.
2. Students will be
able to determine the value of coins.
After comparing
students knowledge of the values of coins prior to the online
lesson and their knowledge during the review at the end of
class I will be able to see if students can name the value of
a coin after seeing it.
3. Students will be
able to apply addition skills to find the value of different
combinations of coins.
The students will
be required to complete a worksheet for homework with
additional coin problems. By reviewing the homework sheet the
following day in class I will be able to evaluate what
students are still confused about and what needs further
review.