2nd Grade Curriculum

Weekly Newsletter

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 every week
*Performing Arts/ Music classes twice every week
*Christmas Musical
*Enrichment Summer Camp
*Performing Arts Camp
*Special Crafts i.e. Christmas parent present, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day presents, and various crafts and art projects that go with a theme we are working on in class

Athletics
*Elite Basketball
*Velocity Sports Performance Training Enrichment
*Physical Education classes twice every week
*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
*2 student computers in the classroom
*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