Second Grade

Religion

Second Grade is a sacramental preparation year.

We focus on the Sacrament of the Eucharist as the true Body and Blood of Christ.

We study the Four Pillars of the Catholic faith.

What do we believe?

How do we worship?

How do we live like Christ?

How do we pray?

We attend weekly Mass. 

We visit the Blessed Sacrament on First Friday. 

We participate in meaningful service projects. 

We participate in various prayer services throughout the school year especially during the seasons of Advent and Lent when we pray the Stations of the Cross. 

Reading

Our goal is to produce grade-level readers and beyond by the end of the school year.

We focus on determining the reading level a student is at and charting a course of instruction for that student.

We use Developmental Reading Assessments, Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) and teacher observation to accomplish this.

We use a variety of resources to include, a grade level reading text, and an assortment of leveled readers for students below, on, and above grade level.

We use two phonics programs to help students navigate through the pronunciation of the English language.

Language Arts

We teach English Grammar focusing on the structure of the English language and how the language works.

We have a comprehensive spelling program that challenges students to spell words with a variety of vowel and consonant combinations.

We concentrate on writing skills beginning with sentence writing and then progressing to paragraph writing.

We also reinforce manuscript handwriting and introduce cursive handwriting.

Math

Our Math program is comprehensive.

Addition and subtraction are major areas of concentration progressing to calculations with three-digit numbers.

We also cover:

Place Value to 1000

Data and Graphs

Geometry

Money and Time

Fractions and Probability

Measurement

Multiplication as repeated addition

Division as repeated subtraction

Social Studies

Our Social Studies centers on six primary units.

We Belong to Many Groups

Where We Live

We All Work Together

People Make History

Being A Good Citizen

People in Time and Place

The program includes literature, poetry, songs, maps, and charts/ graphs/diagrams/tables, and timelines.

Science

Our Science program focuses on three major areas:

Life Science

Earth Science

Physical Science

Students learn the scientific method.

Students engage in a variety of scientific investigations.

Students experience working as a team as they conduct various experiments.