The following five (5) PSIA Events are available for 2nd Graders:
Click HERE to sign up for the 2nd Grade PSIA Academic Events.
1. Creative Writing (Grades 1-2):
Contestants are given a writing prompt page with five captioned pictures. The students select from the captioned images and create an original story based on their selections.
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2. Mathematics (Grades 2-8):
This contest tests the contestant's ability to solve a variety of mathematical problems studied at and above grade level. Calculators are not permitted.
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3. Number Sense (Grades 2-8):
The contest presents 80 problems. Elementary (Grades 2 & 3 and Grades 4 & 5) problems requiring the applications of the four basic operations (+, –, ×, ÷) for their solution constitute the core of what is commonly thought of as number sense.
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4. Spelling (Grades 2-8):
Contestants learn by memory to write or print the spelling words found on the current's year's PSIA Spelling List. The spelling lists change every year, and the full list consists of 600 words for grades 2 & 3, 800 words for grades 4 & 5, and 900 words for grades 6 & 7/8.
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Click HERE for a copy of the Grades 2-3 Spelling List.
5. Storytelling (Grades 1-3):
Contestants hear a short story of about two-to-three 8.5 x 11 pages in length. Contestants then retell the story before a required audience and an odd number of judges (one or three) within about 6 minutes. The object is for students to demonstrate their ability to speak before an audience, organize detail, and creatively re-tell the story that they have just heard. The judges have not heard the original story.
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Contestants will be chosen based on the RCS Speech Meet.