Second Grade Syllabus

 Reading 

A Reader’s Workshop model is used to teach Reading.  This approach allows children to read and work in small groups at a comfortable instructional level as well as participate in shared reading experiences using various pieces of literature.  The small groups are flexible and children are never locked into a specific group.  The units of study are:  Becoming a Big Kid Reader, Becoming Experts, Tackling Longer Words and Longer Books, Growing Knowledge Together and Stepping Into the World of Story.

 Language Arts 

Our grammar work will focus on the following parts of speech:  nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.  We will be composing stories across pages that include powerful beginnings, detailed middles and strong endings using the

Writer’s Workshop format.  We will focus on the following genres of writing:  narrative, opinion, and informational.  The units of study are:  Making Small Moments Big, Chapter Books:  Writing Nonfiction From the Heart, Finding

Awesome Everywhere:  Celebrating Through Opinion Writing, Writing Gripping Fictional Stories, and Writing Research-Based Nonfiction.

 Mathematics

The major goal of this year is to know all addition and subtraction facts from 1 – 20 without hesitation.  We use the i-Ready mathematical program.  The units of study are:  Numbers Within 20:  Addition, Subtraction, and Data,

Numbers Within 100: Addition, Subtraction, Time, and Money, Numbers Within 1,000: Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction, Length:  Measurement, Addition and Subtraction, and Line Plots and Shapes and Arrays: Partitioning and Tiling Shapes, Arrays, Evens and Odds.

Word Study

We use a combination of the Phonics Units of Study and a district created word study program aligned to the Science of Reading that focuses on both decoding and encoding words.  These units are researched-based and student centered.  This approach to phonics is very much tied to our reading and writing programs for a seamless

connection across multiple content areas.  Snap words for the unit will be sent home quarterly for continual practice.  For mastery of snap words, your child needs to be able to read and spell them.  Throughout the units, students are assessments to see the progress in the skills that are taught.  At the end of each unit, unit assessments will be given assessing the skills from that unit.  Please make time for your child to practice spelling the unit’s snap words.