Literacy
In an effort to meet the goal of all students meeting National Standards and Grade Level Expectations, readers and writers workshops are used district wide to direct and guide student learning.
For more information on Grade Level Expectation visit: http://www.ridoe.com/standards/gle/default.htm
Second grade readers’ workshop mini lessons, guided and independent reading focus on:
- Strategies for: phonemic awareness, accuracy, fluency, word identification and decoding.
- Analysis and Interpretation of Literary Texts such as: character, setting, problem, solution and major events, sequencing events and authors message
- Comprehension strategies such as: generating questions before, during and after reading to enhance recall.
Second grade writers’ workshop mini lessons and writing pieces focus on:
- Using the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and critiquing.
- Making analytical judgments about text.
- Response to literacy
- Narrative writing
- Informational writing
- Independent writing
Math:
Using Investigations math skills, concepts and problem solving are reviewed, introduced, and developed. Instruction varies from whole group, small cooperative groups, partners, and independent work. Math is taught in a hands-on and minds-on approach. Subject matter is made as relevant as possible to students’ lives.
Math Units include:
Coins, Coupons, and Combinations (The Number System);
Does It Walk, Crawl, or Swim? (Sorting and Classifying);
Shapes, Halves, and Symmetry (Geometry and Fractions);
Putting Together and Taking Apart (Addition and Subtraction);
How Long? How Far? (Measuring);
How Many Pockets? How Many Teeth? (Collecting and Representing Data); Timelines and Rhythm Patterns (Representing Time).
In each unit, students explore the central topics in depth through a series of investigations, gradually encountering and using many important mathematical ideas. Rather than working through a textbook or workbook, doing page-by-page exercises, students are actively engaged in working with materials and with their peers to solve larger mathematical problems.
For More information, visit: * http://investigations.terc.edu/
Science:
Although science, social studies and health are integrated throughout each day’s schedule through literature and various activities, we spend time focused on thinking and skill development in each specific area. A hands-on approach is implemented to teach and develop skills in this area. Using KITES, the second grade science themes are Pebbles, Sand, and Silt, Simple Machines, and Insects.
For more information on KITES visit: * http://ebecri.equat.net/custom/cmatrix.html
Social Studies:
The second grade curriculum for Social Studies has us learning about Native Americans, National Symbols and Landmarks, the desert and Aquidneck Island.
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NPS Second Grade Curriculum
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