2nd Grade Curriculum

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Excellence Initiatives

Second Grade Program
Goals for the Future

Academics
*Creative Monthly Book Reports
*Public speaking for the presentations of book reports
*Leadership training through weekly classroom jobs
*Weekly reading centers with rotating academic stations to
include interactive reading centers, special projects,
targeted educational games, IPad game reinforcement,
experiments, and quiet centers for additional practice in
math and phonics
*Science experiments to include growing plants
*Math activities such as M&M math, symmetrical painting, Hershey fractions, and hands on manipulatives
*Engaging field trips to Reagan Library to Los Angeles Zoo to reinforce learning in Social Studies and Science.
*Cultural food festival to encourage social and cultural awareness
 

Arts
*Art class 
*Performing Arts/ Music classes 
*Christmas Musical
*Enrichment classes
*Special Crafts i.e. Christmas, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, and various crafts and art projects with a theme we are working on in class
 

Athletics
*Sports Performance Training 
*Physical Education classes 
*Field Day end of the year event
 

Servant Leadership
*Kids With Character program
*Student Council organization
*Classroom jobs and responsibilities
*Peer tutoring in the classroom
*Community Service at Children’s Hunger Fund
*Encouragement cards to deployed US Soldiers
*Student participation in Veteran’s Chapel with special activities to honor US Veterans.
*Buddy Bench
 

Spiritual Development
*Chapel skits
*Chapel Worship Leader
*Weekly scripture memorization and tests
*Daily classroom prayer
*Activities and projects to go with our weekly Bible lessons (for example: crayon resist Red Sea pictures)
 

Technology
*Interactive classroom board
*iPad with Apple TV
*V Tech and tablets for review
*Listening center
*Library Media room with access to 25+ computers
*IXL, eduplace.com, and Spelling City online interactive homework
*Ipad learning centers
*Student provided tablets for educational practice
*Acuity assessment program