Religion

Religion is integrated into all aspects of curriculum. In Second Grade we focus on the following:

Reading and Writing

Second grade is a continuum of learning to read. In Third Grade, students will begin reading to learn. Therefore it is crucial that each child have the foundation of the five components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary as well as self monitoring. Children will be assessed periodically using the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) to evaluate reading levels. Children should be reading at a level 28, independently by the end of Second Grade.

Children write daily for a variety of purposes. Students write in different genres such as, letter writing, narrative writing, non-fiction writing, and poems. Vocabulary, grammar, mechanics, spelling and handwriting are always included.

Science and Social Studies

Science Units

• Earth and Space (i.e. planets, stars, moon phases)
• Life (i.e. food chain, five senses, environment, human body)
• Physical (i.e. simple machines, heat and light, groupings of matter)
• Nature (i.e. scientific method, experimentation, data collection)

Social Studies Units

• Geography
• Economics
• Civics
• History
• Social, Cultural, Religious, World Perspectives.