Amazon River Hop

Amazon River Hop is an activity in JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade: Fundamentals. It is designed to teach math and language arts skills at a second grade level.

Description
A math or language arts question appears in a box at the bottom of the screen. There are four pieces of land near the top of the screen with four possible answers to the question. CJ must be maneuvered to the correct answer.

The player moves CJ left, right, up, and down by using the arrow keys. CJ must cross the river by hopping on logs, turtles, and crocodiles without falling into the water, and land on the correct answer. Then CJ will be able to progress further up the river.

The activity has five rounds. The player receives a gadget piece after completing the fifth round.

Digital manual description
Game Play Instructions

CJ needs your help to cross the Amazon River and retrieve the key to the agent's trunk. The trunk contains the gadget piece Hopsalot has sent you to find. Edison is up in the air, on the lookout for crocodiles and turtles that disappear. Edison will also help you with the questions that show the path to the key to the agent's trunk. Use the arrow keys to direct CJ to the correct answer.

Educational Skills


 * Addition with and without carryover
 * Subtraction with and without borrowing
 * Capitalization
 * Money
 * Time
 * Pre-Algebra
 * Estimation
 * Rounding
 * Compound Words
 * Contractions