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Second Grade

Education

2nd Grade

Students in Second Grade transition from reading smaller units, such as sound-by-sound, to word-by-word or sentence-by sentence. Students spend some time on foundational skills, such as phonics and word analysis, but spend a substantial amount of the reading block on developing vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and inquiry skills. Students expand their writing, spelling, and grammar skills. Students deepen their comprehension by enabling them to apply the skills they are learning through texts and hands on projects.

Curriculum

Literacy

Foundational Skills focuses on phonics and decoding as well as word analysis.

Reading and Responding addresses comprehension strategies, vocabulary, fluency, and Inquiry. Language Arts contains the writing process; penmanship; grammar, usage, and mechanics; and spelling.

Mathematics

  • Place Value to 1,000

  • Lengths

  • Measurement: Money and Time

  • Strategies to Add/Subtract 3-Digit Numbers

  • Strategies to Subtract 3-Digit Numbers

  • Data Analysis

  • Geometric Shapes and Equal Shares

  • Strategies to Fluently Add/ Subtract within 100

  • Measure and Compare

Science

Twig Science Next Gen has been designed to drive students learning by progressively building students’ skills and knowledge. This process takes place through a series of investigations that allow students to make sense of phenomena and solve real-world problems.

  • Reading and engaging with texts

  • Planning and carrying out investigations

  • Developing and using models

  • Designing solutions

  • Exploring a data driven interactive

  • Research (e.g. obtaining information from texts and/or videos)

  • Analyzing data

  • Designing models (e.g. creating graphs or charts)

 

Social Studies

Impact social studies helps students gain building blocks for critical thinking, develop strong reading and writing foundation and teaches what it means to be a responsible and active citizen. There are 3 resources for the students to utilize while going through the social studies curriculum such as the inquiry journal which allows students to analyze images, use closed reading strategies to evaluate sources, and write opinions citing evidence siting their investigations, the research companions that allows students to deepen their knowledge and understand the chapter content guided by essential questions and the explorer magazine which helps students dig deeper into chapter content.

Specials

Art
Students use elements and principles of art, observation and prior knowledge, art
vocabulary, ideas from culture and history, learn about artists and their famous
artwork, to convey meaning and awareness in their own works of art.

Robotics
Students explore robotics using Dash robots. Coding, movement, obstacles,
constructing, teamwork.
 
Physical Education:
Movement, safety rules and procedures, protecting body, warm-up and cool-down techniques, hydration importance, offensive and defensive tactics, muscle strength during specific movements, stretching, service size, physical goals and accomplishments, technology, mental/emotional, physical, and social health.

Library
Provide access to a broad range of literature and informational reading
materials. Strategies and skills are reinforced to meet the needs of learners at
each developmental stage. Skills and concepts taught in the classroom are
reinforced during this time. Students select accelerated reader books to read at
home and read during library time.

Media
Students gain access to computer skills. Practice using a keyboard, mouse, and
learn to navigate computer resources. Students in 4th grade are also introduced
to creating a yearbook, learn design and photography skills.

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