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Reading — Second Grade continues with the Open Court Reading Series that integrates reading, writing and grammar. Phonetic and spelling skills are continued and enhanced by the Saxon phonics program. First semester reading genre include fables, non-fiction animals, fairy tales, historical fiction and non-fiction . Second semester reading includes trade books (over 40 titles), used to support and enhance the American history curriculum. Writing activities include experience stories, essays, an ABC book, and original research
papers. We are excited to add the Junior Great Books, Accelerated Reader, and Power Hour to our day as well.
Second Grade students are required to read orally to a parent each night for 20 minutes. Research shows that repeated and monitored oral reading improves reading fluency and overall reading achievement. It also improves reading comprehension. Oral Reading improves the reading ability of all students through the elementary school years.
Math — Everyday Mathematics, developed by The University of
Chicago School of Mathematics Project, takes advantage of your children’s rich store of mathematical understanding, information, and creativity by integrating mathematics instruction into other curricular areas. We find that this curriculum challenges our students at the highest level and helps them develop good problem-solving skills, computation skills, and number relationship skills.
Social Studies — The heart of second grade social studies is found in a combination of American history and geography. Materials from the Nystrom Company include state-of-the-art maps, globes, teaching posters, and student maps. An exciting journey into the formation of the United States begins with the study of Native Americans and continues through Colonialization, Westward Expansion, the Civil War, and Immigration. Students conclude their learning with a celebration of American heroes from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Holidays and cultural celebrations, famous Kansans, and current events are also important units in the social studies curriculum.
Special Activities — Throughout the year, second graders travel to the One-Room School House at Cowtown, Kansas Humane Society, local theatre productions, and the Wichita State University Art Museum. Our recycling project is school wide and we collect aluminum cans year round. Funds raised in this service program in the past have benefited the Kansas Humane Society. Each May the students perform in costume in our “Salute to America” program to celebrate their yearlong study of U.S. history.