2nd Grade | Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies - 1st Semester

This will be a semester-long full curriculum 2nd-grade class that includes English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. This class will utilize Nearpod in every class. Nearpod is an excellent resource that will allow for lessons with interactive slides, videos, games, and more. For ELA and Math, I teach using the I do, we do, you do method. I will teach the mini-lesson, show examples, and allow students to practice individually. We will also utilize the whiteboard. Activities/worksheets will also be assigned as practice between classes. For science, there will be mini-lessons, occasional hands-on activities, and science journals. Social Studies will have a combination of interactive lessons, worksheets, and hands-on activities. Homework is optional but is highly recommended. Students will have access to Zearn and Lalilo for math and reading assignments/practice (these are included in your enrollment cost). Once you enroll your child, a login will be created for them in both programs and sent to you via Outschool messaging. A mid-semester progress report will be issued in addition to an end-of-semester report card depending on assignments turned in. I will also issue the learners a fun certificate of completion!

——Class Breakdown——

Mon/Wed - ELA/Math
1. “Morning” work (5 min)
2. Math mini-lesson/I work examples (10 min)
3. We work examples (5 min)
4. Students work on a few problems independently (5 min)
5. Open class for questions (5 min)
6. ELA mini-lesson (10 min)
7. We work examples (5 min)
8. Students work independently (5 min)
9. Open class for questions (5 min)

Tues/Thurs - Science/Social Studies
1. “Morning” work (5 min)
2. Science mini-lesson (10 min)
3. Work on the daily activity together (5 min)
4. Explain project or homework/open class for questions (5 min)
5. Brain Break (10 min if time allows)
6. Social Studies mini-lesson (10)
7. Work on daily activity (5 min)
8. Explain project or homework/open class for questions (5 min)

——Weekly Lesson Schedule—

Week 1:
Math - Adding within 20 using place value blocks/Adding within 20 using 10 frames
ELA - Common and Collective Nouns/Proper Nouns
Science - Define Matter/Solid, Liquid, Gas
SS - Compare/contrast family/other people of past and today who have shaped the local community.

Week 2:
Math - Adding with arrays/Using arrays in word problems
ELA - Pronouns and verbs
Science - Liquid Experiment/Solid Experiment
SS - Rights, responsibilities, characteristics of good citizenship

Week 3:
Math - Subtract within 20 using a number line/Using place value blocks
ELA - Review nouns, pronouns, verbs
Science - Gas Experiment/Liquid to solid
SS - Mapping skills - Simple maps of familiar places: school, community

Week 4:
Math - Subtract within 20 using 10 frames/Review add & subtract within 20
ELA - Adjectives and adverbs
Science - Liquid to gas/Irreversible change
SS - Goods and services (local and other communities) and allocation

Week 5:
Math - Intro to place value/use place value blocks to show numbers within 1,000
ELA - Statements/Questions
Science - Reversible change/Disassemble change
SS - Historical figures/heroes such as Sally Ride, Marie Curie, etc.

Week 6:
Math - Place value tables within 1,000/Identifying value in digits/Creating the largest number
ELA - Exclamations/Commands
Science - Plants needs/Scientific process
SS - Symbols of American citizenship

Week 7:
Math - Expanded form of numbers/Number and word form of a number
ELA - Combing sentences (nouns)/Combining sentences (verbs)/Combining sentences (adjectives)
Science - Make and experiment plan/Plant needs experiment
SS - Mapping skills - Compass rose; read, locate: state, country, state and nation capitals

Week 8:
Math - Word form and expanded form/Regrouping whole numbers
ELA - Capitalizing the 1st word in a sentence/Capitalizing names of people, pets, and products
Science - Plant habitats/Parts of a plant
SS - Saving vs. Spending

Week 9:
Math - Greater than and less than symbols/Comparing whole numbers
ELA - Capitalizing titles/Capitalizing place names
Science - Plant roots experiment/Photosynthesis
SS - Past historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Sitting Bull, George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson

Week 10:
Math - Understanding even and odd numbers visually/Skip counting by 5’s
ELA - Capitalizing days, months, and holidays/Capitalization review
Science - Pollination/Dispersal of seeds
SS - National and state symbols: birds, flowers, patriotic symbols

Week 11:
Math - Skip counting by 10’s/Skip counting by 100’s
ELA - Periods/Question marks
Science - Discovering ecosystems/Level of ecosystems
SS - Mapping Skills - Read, locate: North America and other continents, Canada, Mexico, the equator, oceans

Week 12:
Math - Adding 2 digit numbers without regrouping/Understanding place value when adding ones
ELA - Exclamation points/Periods in abbreviations
Science - Biome classifications/Desert Organisms
SS - Market structure - Prices (local and elsewhere), buying, selling, trading; role of producer/consumer

Week 13:
Math - Understanding place value when adding 10’s/Adding with regrouping
ELA - Commas with dates, cities, and states/Commas in series and in letters
Science - Aquatic organisms/Forest organisms
SS - Past historical figures such as Louis Pasteur, Golda Meir, Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell

Week 14:
Math - Addition and subtraction with number lines/Breaking apart 2 digit addition problems
ELA - Commas in compound sentences/Apostrophes in possessives
Science - Grassland organisms/Tundra organisms
SS - Justice - Laws and rules in school and the community

Week 15:
Math - Adding 53+17 by making a group of 10/Adding by making a group of 10
ELA - Review commas and apostrophes/Quotation marks in dialogue
Science - Biome research
SS - Cultural and environmental characteristics of communities

*Students will need basic supplies for the school year. Crayons, colored pencils, pencils, a notebook and folder with brads for each subject, children’s scissors, and stick glue. I will provide a link each week to our Nearpod lessons. I will also provide any worksheet or list of supplies for projects and activities as a post in the classroom.