Second Grade
- Mrs.Wendy Daniel, Teacher, Early Childhood Division Coordinator
- Mrs. Tammy Hill, First and Second Grade Assistant Teacher
What Makes Our Classroom Special?
- Warm and inviting environment
- Reading Loft with pillows and lamps for relaxed independent reading
- Writing Center
- Classroom library with a variety of genres
- Multiple literature listening stations
- Independent projects matched to special interests
- Reading program individualized to students’ reading levels
Curriculum:
Language Arts
- Writing Mechanics and Process
- Writer’s Workshop
- Reading (individualized to students’ reading levels)
- Accelerated Reader Program
- Phonics/Spelling (Intensive instruction on one sound family each week)
- Comprehension skills
- Handwriting (Modern/D’Nealian Manuscript and Cursive)
- Vocabulary Development
- Journaling
- Dictionary and Research
- Poetry and Drama
- Author Studies (Cynthia Rylant, Chris Van Allsburg, Bernard Waber, Bill Peet, Patricia Polacco, Steven Kellogg)
- Analogies
- Required Reading (The Relatives Came, Two Bad Ants, Polar Express, Ira Sleeps Over, Amazing Grace, Josefina Story Quilt, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears, selections from the Magic Tree House series, The Mouse and the Motorcycle)
Math
- Number Sense (counts by 2, 3, 5…, odd/even, comparing #’s, tallying, ordinals)
- Addition and Subtraction Facts to 18 (Timed daily drills)
- Geometry
- Place Value
- Money
- Time
- Measurement (standard and metric)
- Fractions
- Regrouping in addition and subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Graphing
- Estimation
- Problem Solving
- Calculator skills
- Logic and Reasoning
- Probability
- Sadlier-Oxford Curriculum
Science/Health
- Rocks
- Air and Weather/Water Cycle
- PlantsAnts
- Dental Health and Nutrition
- Earth Awareness
Social Studies
- Map and Globe
- My World
- American History (general overview and time line of major events)
- Tall Tales
- African-American Achievers
- Japan
- China
These skills and units are taught incorporating all learning styles through the use of centers, small and large group instruction, art, music, poetry, drama, games, computer, field trips, and written work.
Field Trips:
- Jerrell Plantation
- Florida Rock Quarry
