With our smaller class size and a twelve to one max student to teacher ratio, our dedicated staff is able to provide not only an accelerated curriculum for our students, but also more individualized instruction that benefits students who need additional help and support in an academic skill.
Our absolute commitment to daily experiences in music, art, foreign languages, and physical education, including yoga, distinguishes us from other schools, including other private schools. The indispensability of these learning opportunities is central to our educational philosophy of developing the whole child. It is our sincere belief that, along with highly responsive instructional practices in core academic subjects, cultural growth begets social and inner growth, and brings out the absolute best in each student.
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SECOND GRADE CURRICULUM
Reading
Fluency in oral reading
Keyword and Title
Independent reading and chapter books
Mental Imagery
Comprehension techniques
Rhythmic reading
Vocabulary development
Junior Book
Bluebird Book
Literature : The Story About Ping
Old Mother West Wind
Old Mother West Wind’s Children
Writing
Composition forms with illustrations
Creative writing
Brief narratives
Friendly letters
Summaries
Research reports
Multi-paragraph structure
Outlining
Editing
Cursive
Grammar
Distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences
Parts of speech – noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun
Nouns – singular, plural, common, proper
Verbs – regular, irregular, participles
Punctuation – capitalization, endings, commas, quotations, apostrophe
Sentence analysis
Spelling
18 – 24 words weekly
Vowel sounds
Blends
Pitch
Compound words
Multi-syllabic words
Dictation of 5 – 7 sentences
Math
Operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Addition: ones, tens, hundreds, carrying, pairs, money
Subtraction: ones, tens hundreds, borrowing, money
Multiplication: facts 1-12, one and two digit
Division: facts 1-12, without remainders
Word problems with proofs
Pattern recognition
Place value
Fractions
Time
Geometry
Measurement
Charting and graphing
Science
Earth – soil, rocks, fossils
Physical – motion
Life – plants, animals, life cycles
Investigation/Experimentation
Social Studies
Geography
Christopher Columbus
Family history
Resources
Government
People make a difference
