Grade 2 Curriculum

We are using the newest edition of the Journeys Reading Program published by Houghton Mifflin. This is a comprehensive reading and writing series aligned with the Common Core State Standards that provides students with a full range of reading opportunities. Students have daily practice with phonics, phonemic awareness, spelling, vocabulary, grammar and comprehension activities.

Reading instruction is provided through whole group reading experiences as well as small group instruction. Small group instruction is referred to as guided reading. This guided reading experience allows each child the opportunity to read at his/her instructional level.

We will be using a brand new program this year - HMH Into Math. Please stay tuned for more information about this program.

In Second Grade, we continue to build upon skills learned in first grade such as addition, subtraction, telling time, counting money, geometry, graphing and measurement. New concepts are fractions, multi-digit addition and subtraction, multiplication, division and word problems.

In FUNdations, Students have daily practice with phonics, phonemic awareness, spelling, grammar and comprehension activities. FUNdations focuses on phonemic awareness, phonics-word study, high frequency words, spelling, vocabulary, and handwriting.

Themes covered over the year include Insects and Plants, Solids and Liquids, Pebbles, Sand and Silt, Mapping, Geography, Culture and Immigration.

This year we are implementing writing through the Lucy Calkins Writer's Workshop model. Students will learn how to write narrative, opinion/argument, and informational writing.

The Second Step program supports skills for learning, empathy, emotion management, and problem solving at Shaker Lane.