Second Grade

SECOND GRADE CURRICULUM

Second grade is a wonderful year of new learning.  Children participate in a variety of fun and exciting programs allowing for optimum success and growth.  This year's curriculum includes the following:

Language Arts:

     Reading

• Readers' Workshop
• Fluency and Expression
• Enjoyment and appreciation of literature

    Writing

• Writers' Workshop
• Prompt Writing
• Research Report Writing
• Grammar

     Spelling

• Pattern based spelling
• Word work

Math:

• Math Workshop
• Problem Solving 
• Math Fact Practice

Social Studies:

• Map skills
• Comparing the past and present
• Family Heritage
• Historical Figures
• Government and Economics

Physical Education: 100 minutes per week

• 2nd Grade PE Rotation
• Morning stretch
• Class PE

Science:

• Processes that Shape the Earth
• Properties of Matter and Engineering
• Plants and Pollination
• Earth's Biomes and Diversity of Life

Specials: Music, Library, Science Lab, Innovation Hour

LPIE: Art