Second Grade
August-September 2023
Welcome to 2023-2024 School Year!
ESL classes start the week of September 5th and 11th.
September: Week of September 18 and 25
Students use vocabulary related to the topic school/school around the world
to read about school around the words
to explain why school is important, why school is a community
to explain how students get to school
students create a graphic organizer and use it in speaking and writing activities
September: Week of September 5th and 11th
Students use nouns, verbs, and adjectives in simple and compound sentences
to tell interesting facts about themselves,
to describe themselves
to explain what they like to do and why
to write about themselves
with the support of student-created posters/All About Me Poster
Students work and create All About Me poster and use it to practice speaking and writing as they share information about themselves!
February 2023
Students take the ACCESS Test
January 2023
Students use test specific words in simple sentences
to discuss and explain how to take the ACCESS test
to take test practice sessions
to take a sample writing test
with the support of test visuals, group discussions, individual test practice sessions on paper and online.
December 2022-January, 2023
Students use content specific words (Topic Dinosaurs and how people learn about the past) in sentences
to define new words
to determine the main idea of the text Discovering Dinosaurs
with the support of vocabulary cards and graphic organizers
Students read a fiction story
and recount the events in the story
using student created story boards based on Stone Girl Bone Girl story
August 2022
Welcome to 2022-2023 School Year!
ESL teachers are currently working on identifying current and potential English Language Learners.
New students who show a need for Language Support services will receive the services.
The start of the ESL classes has not been determined.
You will receive an email from your child's ESL teacher the week of August 24th.
April-May 2020: All assignments are posted in Google Classroom!
March 2020
Students use content related words on the topics of plants and pollination in simple and complex sentences
to read a nonfiction text
to identify, know, and use text features to locate information in an nonfiction text
to determine main ideas of a text
to summarize a text
to determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text
to write an informative texts that include an introduction with a topic sentence, focus statement, detail sentences, and a conclusion
with the support of vocabulary work activities, main idea supporting details graphic organizer, nonfiction text features foldable, writing templates and shared writing experiences. Some activities are posted in Google classroom.
February 2020
Students take the ACCESS Test
January 2020
Students use test specific words in simple sentences
to discuss and explain how to take the ACCESS test
with the support of test visuals, group discussions, individual test practice sessions and assignments posted in Google Classroom
December 2019-January 2020
Students use content related words on the topics of studying fossils in simple and complex sentences
to read a nonfiction text
to identify, know, and use text features to locate information in an nonfiction text
to determine main ideas of a text
to summarize a text
to determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text
with the support of vocabulary work activities, main idea supporting details graphic organizer, nonfiction text features foldable, and shared writing experiences.
November 2019
Students use content related words on the topic of fossils and dinosaurs in simple and complex sentences
to read a story/narrative
to explore the overall structure of the narrative
to recount the events in the narrative
to describe challenges characters face and how they react
with the support of vocabulary work activities, narrative/story elements graphic organizer.
September-October 2019
Students use content related words on the topic of schools around the world in simple and complex sentences
to read about the schools around the words
to discuss and write about
what schools are and why schools are important
what students learn at school
how students get to school and the transportation they use
why school is a community
to compare and contrast the schools around the worlds to the school they attend
with the support of reading groups, read aloud, word banks, shared writing, sentence starters, and paragraph frames
September 2019
Students use words on the topic of school rules and expectations in simple sentences
to explain school rules and classroom expectations
to write about school rules and classroom expectations
with the support of sentence starters and classroom expectations SWIM chart.
Student use nouns, pronouns, and verbs in simple sentences
to write about themselves
to express their likes and dislikes
with the support of noun chart and verb lists.