Second Grade
Ms. Amanda Johnson
Mrs. Ivy Leahy
Curriculum
Reading
Text: Treasures. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2011; Leveled Readers; Novels
Primary Units: Fluency; Comprehension; Genres; Phonics; Vocabulary
Skills taught: Reading strategies – decoding/phonics; word bits; parts; self-correcting
Comprehension strategies – predicting; context clues; visualization; sequencing; synthesizing inference; rereading; story mapping; non-fiction reading/writing
Skills – Cause effect; details homophones; synonyms; antonyms; following directions; time lines abc order; fantasy; poetry; prefixes; suffixes.
Teaching methods and resources used: Leveled Readers (F-P); shared reading; shared writing; shared literature; read alouds; teacher read alouds; word wall activities; guided Reading groups; Book Clubs; literacy centers; choral reading; phonics series; oral language presentations; DEAR time; books on tape/CD; reading response notebooks ; STAR Reading Assessment; novels; poetry; newspapaer/magazine articles; music; storytelling
Language Arts
Text: Treasures. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2011
Primary Units: ABC order; action verbs; adding ed; adjectives; antonyms; book reports; centers; commas; comparing adjectives; compound words; editing marks; following directions; friendly letter; helping verbs; homophones; how-to sentences; interactive writing; listening; main idea; months of the year; naming parts of a sentence; nouns; parts of a story; poetry; punctuation; quotation marks; retelling; sentences; subject and predicate; synonyms/antonyms; thank you 
notes; troublesome words; verbs; writing a complete sentence; writing paragraphs; word wall
Spelling
Text: Treasures. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2011 and Phonetic Connections Benchmark Education Company 2011
Primary Units: Short vowels; long vowels; consonant digraphs; consonant clusters; words with silent consonants; words with /j/, ist, /kl/ and /kw/; plurals with es; contractions; words that end in –s, -es and -ies
Skills taught: Looking for patterns; word bits or parts; base or root words; alphabetical order
Teaching methods and resources used: Alphabet letters; word wall; computers; dictionaries; pocket chart; and computers
Mathematics
Text: Scott Foresman Addison Wesley Mathematics 2006
Primary Units: Addition and subtraction to 18; place value to 1000; money and time; adding/subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers; shapes; fractions; geometry; probability; measurement; exploring multiplication and division; patterns
Skills taught: Calendar; graphing; problem solving and critical thinking skills
Teaching methods and resources used: Manipulatives; base ten blocks; pattern blocks; plastic and paper money; rulers; unifix cubes; geoboards; tiles; calendar; computers; clocks; math games; 3-dimensional shapes; and overhead transparencies.
Social Studies
Text: People We Know Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. 2009
Primary Units: Living in a Community; Our Government; Looking at the Earth; Learn about People; Past and Present; People at Work
Skills Taught: map keys; directions; continents; oceans; goods; services; needs; wants; voyage of Columbus; cities; suburbs and country; landforms; celebrations of other cultures; American symbols; black history, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks; women’s history; biographical information; chart and graph skills; citizenship skills; map and globe skills
Teaching methods and resources used: Make gloves; use clay to form landforms; field trips to places in the community; maps; globe; peer tutoring; public library and school library books; video tapes; guest speakers; songs; non-fiction books and magazines
Science
Text: MacMillan McGraw Hill Science 2005
Primary Units: Life Science: Plants and Animals; Life Science: Homes for Plants and Animals; Earth Science: Changes on Earth; Earth Science: The Sun and Its Family; Physical Science: Matter and Energy; Physical Science: Watch It Move
Skills taught: Parts of a plant; how seeds are scattered; magnet poles; attract and repel; food chain; evaporation; food pyramid; habitats; conservation; rocks and minerals; fossils; sun, moon and earth; day and night; seasons; earth and moon movement; force and motion; sound; volume; pitch; light and heat; senses; caring for your teeth; how your body uses food; why you need water; a healthful diet.
Teaching methods and resources used: experiments; manipulatives; videos; science book; worksheets that reinforce topics and skills.
Religion
Text: Faith First Legacy Edition. RCL Benziger: 2010.
Primary units: We gather as believers; We ask God’s forgiveness; We celebrate the Word of God; We celebrate the gift of Eucharist; We go in peace
