English Language Arts
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Second Grade
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Throughout the year in second grade, students will learn:
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Grade Level Trick Words
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Reading and spelling words with 2 syllables
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Introduction of -le syllable
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Review of Closed, R-Controlled Vowel, Vowel Team, Open, V-e syllables
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Suffixes
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Fluency in reading
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Review of Glued Sounds
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Extensive study of Vowel Teams
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Syllabication division rules
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Second Grade-EL Education
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Module 1
Schools and Community
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Module 2
Fossils Tell of Earth’s Changes
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Module 3
The Secret World of Pollination
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Module 4
Providing for Pollinators
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Unit 1
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Write a short, constructed response to a text.
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Answer questions
about a literary text
using selected response and
short constructed response.
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Use strategies to read informational text and answer selected responses and complete short constructed response.
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Read, compare and
contrast, and create a videobook of stories.Answer questions using selected response and short constructed responses.
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Unit 2
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After doing a close reading, write
about schools around the world using a short constructed response
and an extended written response.
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Answer questions
about an informational text
using selected response and
short constructed response.
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Draft a new
informational paragraph in two parts using scaffolded writing
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Read and write
opinion text. Then answer selected response,
short constructed response,
and scaffolded writing.
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Unit 3
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Respond to text
through peaking and listening in small collaborative conversation groups.
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Write a narrative about a text using scaffolded writing.
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Complete oral presentations
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Compete an oral presentation on habits of character.
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Mathematics
Bridges Overview: Bridges in Mathematics is a comprehensive K-5 mathematics program that equips teachers to fully implement the common core state standards in a manner that is rigorous, coherent, engaging, and accessible to all learners. The curriculum focuses on developing students’ deep understanding of mathematical concepts, proficiency with key skills, and ability to solve complex and novel problems. Bridges blends direct instruction, structured investigation, and open exploration. The program taps into the intelligence and strengths of all students by presenting material that is as linguistically, visually, and kinesthetically rich as it is mathematically powerful.
Bridges Units
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Unit 1
Numbers All Around Us
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Unit 2
Developing Strategies with Dice and Dominoes
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Unit 3
Adding, Subtracting, Counting and Comparing
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Unit 4
Leapfrogs on the Number Line
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Unit 5
Geometry
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Unit 6
Figure the Facts with Penguins
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Unit 7
One Hundred & Beyond
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Unit 8
Changes, Changes
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Number Corner:
Number Corner is a program of skills practice as well as ongoing encounters with broader mathematical concepts. It features daily 20-minute workouts that introduce, reinforce, and extend skill and concepts related to the critical areas of study at each grade level.
First Grade workouts include: Calendar Grid, Calendar Collector, Days in School, Computational Fluency, and Number Line.
Science
Mystery Science Overview
Mystery Science is an innovative, standard-aligned, hands-on curriculum that teaches children how to think like scientists. Phenomena-driven instruction helps kids to better understand and communicate about the world around them through writing, discussion, and exploration.
Units of Study in First Grade include: Animal Traits & Survival, Plant Traits & Survival, Day and Night Patterns, and Light, Sound & Communication.
Social Studies
First grade students participate in embedded Social Studies lessons through our EL Education language arts curriculum and supplemental Scholastic News articles.
Second Grade Classroom Teachers
Mrs. Clados
Mrs. Sarnacki
Mrs. Dowson
Mrs. Dunn
Ms. Duval
Mrs. Engberg