Writing Workshop: Teacher’s College Units of Study for Teaching Writing

• Narrative Writing
• Informational Writing
• Opinion Writing 

Reading Workshop: Teacher’s College Units of Study for Teaching Reading

• Second Grade Reading Growth Spurt
• Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction
• Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power
• Series Book Clubs

Second Grade mathematics is about:

1. extending understanding of base-ten notation;
2. building fluency with addition and subtraction;
3. using standard units of measure; 
4. describing and analyzing shapes.
   
   Topics include: 

• Understanding place value
• Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract
• Measure and estimate lengths in standard units
• Relate addition and subtraction to length
• Representing and solving problems involving addition and subtraction
• Add and subtract fluently within 20
• Working with equal groups of objects to gain a foundation for multiplication
• Problem solving with length, money, and data

• Communities- School, Local, Global
• Using and Understanding Maps
• Character Education- Respect, Safety, Forgiveness, Citizenship, Cooperation, Honesty, Fairness, Responsibility, Relationships, and Caring

• Physical Science- States of Matter
• Life Science- Relationships and Ecosystems
• Earth Science- Processes that Shape the Earth

Science Lab -

Hands on investigations, experiments and field trips will allow students to discover and reinforce concepts and skills related to the following topics: structure and properties of matter, biodiversity and interdependent relationships in ecosystems – the needs of plants and animals, and processes that shape the Earth.