Grade Two

LANGUAGE ARTS

Literature-based reading, phonics, grammar, spelling, writing, novels

MATHEMATICS

Numeration/counting, operations/relations, problem-solving, geometry, measures, money, time, rules/patterns

SOCIAL STUDIES

Colonial America, geography, global awareness, ancestry, map study

SCIENCE

Plants, animals, changes over time, earth & sky, forces/motion, magnets

COMPUTER

Computer skills, keyboarding, word processing, problem-solving, curriculum-based

ART

Drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, fibers, sculpture, art appreciation

MUSIC

Increase music reading skills, strengthen voice, rhythmic games, dramatizations, accompany singing with Orff instruments

RELIGION

Prayer, forgiveness, moral development, family life, belonging, Scripture, peace/justice, Salesian spirituality

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Lifetime skills, cooperative games, jump rope activities, games, ball handling, rhythms

LANGUAGE

Spanish

LIBRARY SKILLS

Literature tied into curriculum, research skills as part of class work

HEALTH

Growth and development, physical/mental/social