Second graders use their growing literacy skills to explore, to learn and to share what they know. Through songs, stories, hands-on centers activities, writing, and discussion students:

Read a second grade level text with fluency, accuracy and comprehension

Ask and answer questions about details in both read-aloud and independently-read text

Respond to open-ended interpretive questions about a read-aloud text and give evidence from the text

Write 3-4 sentence paragraphs that introduce a topic and give details

Recount personal experiences and creative stories using logical sequencing, descriptive details and colorful word choice

Research a topic, take notes and produce a multi-paragraph original report

Engage in the complete writing process including planning, drafting, editing, revising and publishing

Second grade math students build computation skills while strengthening their mathematical reasoning and ability to solve problems. Using a hands-on approach through the Singapore Math curriculum, students:

Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction

Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication

Demonstrate solid understanding of place value through the thousands

Measure and estimate lengths in standard units

Relate addition and subtraction to length

Tell time and count money

Represent and interpret data

Reason with shapes and their attributes

Second graders take great joy in their year-long study of geology and paleontology. Through hands-on exploration, field trips, reading, writing and discussion, students:

Build scientific information and thinking skills through the exploration of geology and paleontology

Learn about the layers of the earth, volcanoes, landforms, fossils, dinosaurs and more

Name, describe and compare some of Earth’s most common landforms

Show a beginning understanding of how scientists use clues from the earth to develop theories about the past

Read informational scientific text to collect information, learn processes and understand new concepts

Write about scientific processes, observations and information using precise vocabulary and specific evidence to support conclusions

Conduct independent research to learn in-depth about a specific dinosaur

In social studies second graders develop a solid understanding of geography and humans’ connection to the earth. Through reading, writing, hands-on activities, guest speakers and discussion, students:

Study different kinds of maps and describe their features and uses

Learn how humans organize time into units

Conduct in depth research on a landform of their choice

Learn how people work the land and take care of the earth

Develop a sense of responsibility for stewardship of the land

Participate in classroom community through weekly meetings and discussions