RELIGION

The Sadlier, We Believe series, is titled Jesus Shares God’s Life in Second Grade. Our text invites the children to develop a friendship with Jesus through prayer, stories, song, and scripture. This enables them to develop a deeper understanding of Jesus and prepares them to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist. Our second graders also attend the weekly school Mass.

READING

The reading program combines phonics skills, comprehension, writing skills and thing strategies. Student vocabulary is developed and enriched by exposure to good literature through stories, poetry and plays. Reading for pleasure is encouraged.

ENGLISH

Literary models are given as examples for specific types of writing. Also included are types of sentences, capitalization, common and proper nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and contractions.

HANDWRITING

Students are taught manuscript writing in Grade Two.

SPELLING

Spelling words are introduced each week and are taught in meaningful contexts. Spelling strategies are developed and tips are given for frequently misspelled words. Lessons with cross-curriculum words are also included.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Using the Horizon’s series, About My Community, a study is made of communities today and long ago, communities around the world and our country today. Students learn about maps, globes, bar graphs and how to use them.

SCIENCE

Our Scott Foresman Science book enables the second graders to strengthen their appreciation for the world around them with many “hands on” activities. Topics studied include: Plants, Animals, Fossils, Matter, Electricity, the Body, Health, and the Solar System.

MATH

The Math text in Second Grade is McGraw-Hill Mathematics. In Second Grade, we develop and begin to master many of the skills introduced in First Grade. We focus on instant recall of the basic addition and subtraction facts to 20. Other topics include: telling time, money, place value to 1,000, regrouping 2 and 3 digit numbers, geometry, measurement, graphs, fraction, and an introduction to multiplication and division.