Welcome to the Wonderful World of Second Grade!

You will be amazed at how much your child will grow this year. During first grade, your child had the "seeds" of reading and writing planted. And this year those seeds will grow and blossom, making your child an accomplished reader and writer! The loveliest flowers usually have the best gardener--and that's you! Your involvement is so valuable! Thank you!

CKLA Literacy:

Students will be utilizing the CKLA curriculum to gain reading knowledge and skills to help them become more confident readers. In the knowledge part of the day, we will be exposed to rich text above our grade level to help us build background knowledge and understand that reading helps us to learn new things. The teacher models the reading in this part of our day. The skills portion helps us to continue to learn more complex decoding skills and build multisyllabic words.

CKLA Knowledge Units:

Fairy Tales and Tall Tales

Early Asian Civilizations

The Ancient Greek Civilization

Greek Myths

The War of 1812

Cycles in Nature

Westward Expansion

Insects

The US Civil War

Human Body: Building Blocks and Nutrition

Immigration

Fighting for a Cause

We will concentrate on learning strategies to add and subtract quickly. We will start with concrete strategies, such as using manipulatives, but through practice will look for the most efficient methods to solve a problem.

Illustrative Math Units:

Science and social studies are alternated throughout the school year. Second graders love learning from Mystery Doug each week as he answers a question that we have voted on.

Mystery Doug Units:

Animal Biodiversity

Plant Adaptations

Erosion and the Earth’s Surface

Material Properties

Specials classes of library, technology, P.E., music, and classroom counseling continue our growth as learners.

We also have an ipad cart in the classroom, students have access to technology on a daily basis.