Second Grade
Reading The second grade reading curriculum is designed to develop skill, confidence, independence and enjoyment while reading. Through a variety of reading experiences, students engage with and practice reading strategies to help them analyze and understand fiction and informational text. Second graders read decodable texts, leveled readers, and books of choice independently and with the teacher with the goal of building their comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and stamina. Curriculum related non-fiction materials (books, internet resources, magazine articles) are also used as students read for information related to project-based work in the classroom. Phonemic Awareness In second grade, phonemic awareness involves isolating, identifying, blending, and segmenting sounds. Word Work Second grade students build on the basic skills that they learned in kindergarten and first grade and progress further into the study of word structure. Students practice decoding and encoding through phonics studies. Skills focused on at this level are reading, spelling, and identifying CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words with blends and digraphs, one syllable and multisyllabic words that include closed syllables, consonant vowel “e” syllables, r-controlled syllables, open syllables,and double
vowel syllables. Students also continue their study of the first 200 high frequency words. Writing There are numerous opportunities for creative and expository writing, documentation of research writing, as well as frequent journal writing. Second graders continue to develop their use of sentence structure, language, vocabulary, and punctuation. Handwriting and building writing stamina are also emphasized. Mathematics In second grade, the Singapore Math approach is utilized through the Math in Focus curriculum. The concrete-pictorial-abstract methodology of introducing topics and skills allows students to gain an understanding of concepts through researched based discovery with an emphasis on fact fluency, place value, mental math and geometry concepts. Topics studied include place value in base ten, addition and subtraction with regrouping to 1,000, introduction to multiplication and division, measurement, representing data using charts and graphs, and utilizing concepts learned by solving real-world problems. In addition to the Math in Focus curriculum, number talks and games are incorporated regularly to help second grade mathematicians to become flexible thinkers and problem solvers.
2024-2025 ULS Curriculum Guide
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