If you homeschool your child, or your child needs some extra help getting caught up and ready for third grade, it can be difficult to know exactly where to start. How do you know what activities and assignments will ensure your child is proficient in any given English Language Arts skill based on those important Common Core State Standards?

This 8-week winter semester FLEX course for second graders easily takes off all the pressure. You can rest easy knowing that for the spring semester, your child is getting the EXACT lessons, application, reinforcement, and practice they need to thrive in second grade while ensuring they are properly prepared for third grade. The FLEX format allows you to feel in touch with the teacher while having the flexibility to suit your family's needs.

This FLEX class includes:
   ✏️ Fun daily activities, puzzles, games, riddles, etc. to keep your child engaged
   ✏️ Step-by-step video and text instructions for all assignments
   ✏️ An attentive & responsive teacher who checks in regularly
   ✏️ A teacher who keeps track of student's grades and progress
   ✏️ Consistent assessments weaved throughout 
   ✏️ Office hours for students/parents to ask questions in real-time
   ✏️ Personalized feedback on every assignment students submit
   ✏️ Opportunities for partner/group projects as available
   ✏️ Reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language CCSS topics
   ✏️ An engaging book club

📗Reading Common Core State Standards covered in the spring semester:
RL.2.2, RL.2.4, RL.2.7, RI.2.7, RI.2.5, RI.2.4, RF.2.3.D, RF.2.4.A, RF.2.4.B
📗Writing Common Core State Standards covered in the spring semester:
W.2.1, W.2.5, W.2.6, W.2.8
📗Speaking & Listening Common Core State Standards covered in the spring semester:
SL.2.1.A, SL.2.1.B, SL.2.1.C, SL.2.3, SL.2.6
📗Language Common Core State Standards covered in the spring semester:
L.2.1.B, L.2.2.A, L.2.2.B, L.2.2.D, L.2.3.A, L.2.4.B, L.2.6

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Fall semester classes are coming soon so you can have a full year of second-grade semester classes you can feel good about! The combined winter, spring, and fall semester classes include the complete Common Core State Standards for second grade.

SYLLABUS 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️

🗓️ Week 1 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️
✔️Teaching students to advocate for themselves and how to get help:
     ~~~video lessons on how to navigate the classroom and how to get help easily with confidence

✔️Introductions of the teacher and students:
     ~~~Meet the Teacher game

✔️Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate an understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

✔️Linking words
     ~~~Transition Words Task Cards

✔️Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, and speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

🗓️ Week 2 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️
✔️Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.

✔️ Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

✔️Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.

🗓️ Week 3 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️
✔️Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

✔️Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

✔️Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

🗓️ Week 4 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️
✔️Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

✔️Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

✔️Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.

✔️Compare formal and informal uses of English.

🗓️ Week 5 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️
✔️Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.

✔️Produce complete sentences when appropriate to the task and situation in order to provide the requested detail or clarification.

✔️Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).

🗓️ Week 6 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️
✔️Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

✔️With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

✔️Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.

🗓️ Week 7 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️
✔️Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.

✔️With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

✔️Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage -> badge; boy -> boil).

✔️Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).

🗓️ Week 8 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️
✔️ Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

✔️Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

✔️Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Additional activities and assignments may be added based on students who need additional help, or if there is something just so fun I need to share!

HOW WILL STUDENTS ENGAGE? 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️
❄️ Google-based digital activities
❄️ Posting audio, video, and image-based activities
❄️ Practice engaging with others with guided support
❄️ Kahoot, Escape Rooms, and other games
❄️ Respond to each other via video for a personalized touch

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Teacher Bethanie

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