Academics - Second Grade

Language Arts

• Reading a variety of genres
• Story elements
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension strategies
• Phonological awareness
• Phonics/word study
• Writing process
• Young Authors (Students write individual books and publish them)
• Types of sentences
• Punctuation
• Spelling
• Capitalization
• Oral presentation
• Drama
• Poetry
• Claude Monet study
• Writing portfolios

Mathematics

• Place Value
• Calendar Skills
• Counting
• Equal parts of a Whole
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Story Problems
• Geometry
• Time
• Sequencing
• Money
• Standard and Non-standard measurement
• Graphing in computer lab (bar graphs, circle graphs)
• Spread sheets

Religious Education

• Seven Sacraments
• First Eucharist Preparation
• Rosary
• Stations of the Cross
• Act of Contrition
• Saints
• Student-planned masses
• Archdiocesan Good Touch/Bad Touch program

Science

• Solids, Liquids, Gases
• Animals and animal life cycles
• Habitats (Students make a habitat box for presentation)
• Living and Non-living things
• Plants and plant parts
• Amphibian unit
• Earth's natural resources (rocks, minerals, and fossils)
• Sun, moon, and earth
• Force and motion
• Machines and magnets
• Sound

Social Studies

• Living and Working in Groups
• Leaders, Rules, and Laws
• Native Americans (We have a Native American Museum in which the students present individual topics)
• Settlers and Pioneers
• Natural Resources and Conservation
• Family Traditions, Celebrations, and Ancestry
• Ancient Egyptian Unit focusing on King Tutankhamun (The students have individual presentations in our Ancient Egypt Museum)
• United States Unit (Students choose a state to research and make a state box for presentation)
• Mini Unit of Washington,D.C.

Technology

• Basic operations and concepts
• Use grade appropriate software to enhance curriculum
• Spreadsheets
• Graphs
• Word processing
• Internet Safety Program - I-Safe