2nd grade

Entrepreneurial Design in 2nd Grade looks and sounds like....

Identify a problem they care about.

Develop a plan.

Execute the plan.

Assess the plan.

Share the plan and what was learned. 

Learning tools to create evidence of learning based on standards...


Quarter 1

Math

Unit 1 = building a mathematical community while working with numbers within 20

Unit 2 = adding and subtracting within 100

Science

relationships of sound and vibrating objects

-micro design challenge with problem of creating an instrument you can change pitch

-3D Print human ear canal

-create model of human ear canal with entire grade level in shared space

Social Studies


English Language Arts

EL Module 1 schools

-micro design challenge with a problem within our Conn Magnet learning community 

-Performance Task

Quarter 2

Math

Unit 3 = skip counting in multiple context

Unit 4 = place value to read, write, and compare numbers

Unit 5 = adding and subtracting within 1,000

Science

solids, liquids, & their changes

-micro design challenge with discovering what materials are

-Two Roosters Ice Cream (liquid to solid)

-Howling Cow Creamery at NC State

Social Studies

-podcasting historical figures in partners (beginning, middle, end)

English Language Arts


Quarter 3

Math

Unit 6 = working with linear measurement

Unit 7 = data and two step problem solving

-using our IDEAS cycle to solve two step problems

Science

weather patterns & tools

-WRAL 5, ABC 11, or NBC 17; Raleigh National Weather Service at NC State

Social Studies


English Language Arts

EL fossils

-3D print fossils

Quarter 4

Math

Unit 8 = problem solving with money

Unit 9 = reasoning with shapes

Science

animal life cycles

-bees (Ms. Humeniuk)

similarities & differences of organisms

-Raleigh City Farm

Social Studies


English Language Arts

Creations of learning (product or project) include...

-awareness campaign 

-create a game

-instructional resource 

-song

-skit

-podcast

-video

-brochure

-map

-survey & share results

-poem

-news article

-immersive experience

-and more