READING & LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA)
Reading is the MOST important subject in second grade. All subjects are integral, but if your child is unable to read a math story problem, a social studies activity sheet, or the life cycle of a butterfly, then the other subjects don’t hold much value.
In the classroom, reading will be taught in a variety of ways. I have a “Read Aloud” time each day where I will read short stories or chapter books. Students will have the opportunity to read aloud stories/parts of stories to the class or partners. During Daily 5, I will instruct small groups at their reading level while students interact with reading in creative ways.
Our ELA/reading blocks will focus on the scope and sequence found on the Dunlap website (as well as my classroom website under the Learning & Curriculum tab). We will focus on Content skills, Reading Anchor Standards, Foundational (phonics) skills & sight words, Language (grammar), and Writing genres all following the Common Core State Standards.
Reading is the MOST important subject in second grade. All subjects are integral, but if your child is unable to read a math story problem, a social studies activity sheet, or the life cycle of a butterfly, then the other subjects don’t hold much value.
In the classroom, reading will be taught in a variety of ways. I have a “Read Aloud” time each day where I will read short stories or chapter books. Students will have the opportunity to read aloud stories/parts of stories to the class or partners. During Daily 5, I will instruct small groups at their reading level while students interact with reading in creative ways.
Our ELA/reading blocks will focus on the scope and sequence found on the Dunlap website (as well as my classroom website under the Learning & Curriculum tab). We will focus on Content skills, Reading Anchor Standards, Foundational (phonics) skills & sight words, Language (grammar), and Writing genres all following the Common Core State Standards.
PHONICS
The Foundation (phonics) order and sight word list order was inspired by Orton-Gilingham and Dolch Sight Words. Each week your child will learn one phonics pattern plus 1-3 sight words. At the end of each week, students will complete a Dictation Sentence assessment to demonstrate the phonics pattern, sight words, and apply proper sentence structure.
The Foundation (phonics) order and sight word list order was inspired by Orton-Gilingham and Dolch Sight Words. Each week your child will learn one phonics pattern plus 1-3 sight words. At the end of each week, students will complete a Dictation Sentence assessment to demonstrate the phonics pattern, sight words, and apply proper sentence structure.
WRITING
Second graders will be writing a great deal this year. There will always be a rubric attached to the writing pieces that come home. Please read and discuss this with your child; I can assure you that your child worked really hard on what they wrote.
Other writing experiences will be teacher-assigned according to the ELA scope and sequence. These assignments are connected with our monthly standards, holidays, etc… Students will also respond to literature and math problems on a regular basis.
Second graders will be writing a great deal this year. There will always be a rubric attached to the writing pieces that come home. Please read and discuss this with your child; I can assure you that your child worked really hard on what they wrote.
Other writing experiences will be teacher-assigned according to the ELA scope and sequence. These assignments are connected with our monthly standards, holidays, etc… Students will also respond to literature and math problems on a regular basis.
MATH
We will be using Math in Focus along with our scope and sequence following the Common Core State Standards.
An important component of math is basic addition and subtraction facts through 20. We do our best to drill, drill, and drill. However, your one-on-one help at home with math facts can make a huge difference in your child’s success. Place value, problem solving, mental math, double-digit addition and subtraction, money, time, and measurement are some of the skills that will be covered this year. Xtra math will be a website we utilize and use fun incentives to help students learn their facts!
We will be using Math in Focus along with our scope and sequence following the Common Core State Standards.
An important component of math is basic addition and subtraction facts through 20. We do our best to drill, drill, and drill. However, your one-on-one help at home with math facts can make a huge difference in your child’s success. Place value, problem solving, mental math, double-digit addition and subtraction, money, time, and measurement are some of the skills that will be covered this year. Xtra math will be a website we utilize and use fun incentives to help students learn their facts!
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
In Science we will be implementing the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) with a new FOSS curriculum.
As a class, we cover our social studies textbook.
HANDWRITING
We also have a handwriting curriculum that will be taught throughout our K-2 grades. Students in 2nd grade will start with a review of basic formations of the letters in the alphabet. Students will be learning cursive this year! This is something they are ALWAYS anxious to learn!! Please do not introduce any cursive letters to your child before we begin cursive at school. Neatness of daily work will be taken into consideration when determining your child’s writing scores on the report card.