Welcome to 2nd Grade

About Second Grade:

Second grade is an exciting year where students reinforce, master and build upon the knowledge and skills they acquired in first grade.

With the Saxon Math Program, we master addition and subtraction facts 0-18, multiplication facts 0-5 and even begin division.  We work on mixed fractions, telling time to the minute, and word problem solving.  We use manipulative in our daily lessons which include out math meeting board, tiles, geometric shapes, flash cards, wrap-ups, money, clocks, base ten blocks, thermometers and more.

Language Arts skills continue to develop our writing skills and learning many of the parts of speech.  We use the writing process to write a variety of sentences, paragraphs, stories, friendly letters, book reports, and a variety of forms of poetry.  The Spelling curriculum follows phonic based weekly lessons.  Reading skills are assessed early in the year to provide each child with appropriate level of materials and challenges.

During Science lessons students participate in a variety of activities and experiments.  The many units of study include animals, weather, measurement, our environment, sound, matter and force,  changes on earth, solar system, growth and changes in people and plants.

The Social Studies curriculum is focused on learning about communities.  Children learn about what makes neighborhoods and communities of different sizes, how people celebrate community special events, the earning and spending, making rules and laws, communities of the past and communities around the world.  Maps, globes, charts and graphs are utilized throughout the Social Studies units.