Second Grade

The life of a Second Grade student mainly focuses on Reading, Language, Math, Social Studies and Science, which is included throughout the day/week. Our school uses many programs. Accelerated Reading (A.R) helps assist students with their reading comprehension skills. Students check out books according to their reading level. They have the choice to either read the books independently, with a partner, or listen to the teacher read aloud. After reading the book, they are given the opportunity to take a reading comprehension test on the book they just read. Our classrooms also contain a tape assisted reading program, Leapfrog, listening centers, computers and other educational materials which help aid in their overall academics. Students also go to the computers labs to work on their reading and math skills weekly. They are using the Harcourt Trophies reading test based on their reading level in the classroom which focuses on phonics, grammar, reading skills, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. For Math we use Houghton Mifflin Harcourt series which focuses on the skills necessary for the Second Grade which includes Telling Time, Money, Number Sense, Concept and Operations (Addition Subtraction and Multiplication), Measurement, Geometry, Spatial Sense and Algebraic Thinking.

Our Favorite Links For Students

Starfall – http://www.starfall.com

Harcourt Publishers Learning Site http://www.harcourtschool.com/index.html

Literactive – http://www.literactive.com

Oswego Interactive Games – http://www.oswego.com

Scholastic School Learning Site http://www.scholastic.com

Our Favorite Links For Parents

Florida Department of Education http://www.fldoe.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1

Standards: http://www.fldoe.org/educators/standards.asp