Reading Return to Unit List
, Book 2
Grade 2  
Unit 2: What's New
The Bremen Town Musicians: The Brothers Grimm Folktale
by Margaret H. Lippert

Internet Connection Activity
Farm Animals    Cross Curricular
Down on the Farm
Connect to this link:
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq43/shannon.htm


  1. Read the "Introduction" and "The Task." Click on Here and print the sheet that you see.

  2. Return to the main page. Read about the different animals that live on the farm.

  3. Follow the directions at the end of the website to fill out your sheet and complete the trip.

The Kid's Ag Page
Connect to this link:
http://www.agr.state.il.us/kidspage/


  1. Click ON THE FARM: Plants, Animals and More.

  2. Click each animal. Read, then click an answer.

  3. If you miss, click the back arrow and try another answer.

  4. Click other animals to learn more.


Internet Connection Activity
Origins of Different Kinds of Music    Find Out More
Jazz Music
Connect to this link:
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/kids/


  1. Click on Timeline and then click on a date to learn about the history of jazz music.

  2. Click Jazz Kids to go back to the main page. Click Now and Then and then Louis Armstrong to read about this great jazz musician. Go back and read the story written by a fellow student in the "Now" section.

  3. Do you play any kind of music? What kind of music do you like?

A Day at the Symphony
Connect to this link:
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp


  1. Click on Instruments of the Orchestra. Choose different "Instrument Families" to learn about them. Do you play an instrument? If so, which one? If not, which would you want to play most?

  2. Click on The Music Lab. Explore the different parts of the lab to learn about how to make music.

  3. Write down one thing you learned in the music lab


Internet Connection Activity
Folk Tales    Leveled Books
A Caterpillar's Voice
Connect to this link:
http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/stories/caterpillar_africa_masai.html


  1. Read the story from Africa.

  2. Why were the animals afraid?

  3. How is the story like other folk tales you have read?

Dreamtime Stories
Connect to this link:
http://www.e-village.jp/earth-c/22chip/indexchi.html


  1. Click on Nature Folktales on the bottom of the page.

  2. Click on one of the "Dreamtime Stories." Read the story and look at the pictures.

  3. Make a drawing of something that happens in the story you read.

  4. Tell a friend what happens in your story. Listen to what happens in theirs.