Montessori Homeschoolers 2nd Grade! Full Curriculum-Math, Science, ELA (5x/Week)

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Shooting Star Academy’s full curriculum Second Grade class gives learners a complete classroom experience with writing, STEM science, storytime, beginning linguistics in Spanish, intermediate English Language Arts, and Montessori math. Our teachers work hard to ensure each student’s needs are met, and we love helping children improve all of their scholastic skills!

Each lesson begins with calendar time, charting the weather, sharing time, and warm-up songs. 

English days consist of Montessori handwriting with word building mats, Montessori Grammar symbols, Animal Alphabet Phonics, beginning Spanish concepts (like “what day of the week is it?”, or “what is the most common weather type in class?”), and/or story time. 

Science days incorporate STEM projects or experimental worksheets that will be based on our monthly themes. Projects will be completed several times per month (we supply monthly schedules upon enrolling), and we will work on matching, identifying, and classifying the other weeks. 

Math days use a variety of techniques between Montessori and Reggio Emilia. This age group will have topics that range from counting to counting to 1,000 all the way to money proficiency. We will use several manipulatives over the course of the year which will be posted as necessary over the course of the year. 

All manipulatives will be provided weekly to the student and parents in the classroom tab by the assigned teacher the Sunday before scheduled classes to give families time to prepare.

The monthly themes are:

January - Birthdays/Human Body
February - Friendship/States of Matter
March - Farm/All About Plants
April - Weather/Types of Weather
May - Rainforest Exploration/Insects
(Summer classes run from June-August)
September - Camping/Forest 
October - Professions/The Five Senses
November - Space/Outer Space
December - Winter!/Arctic and Polar Animals

**WE TAKE OFF ONE WEEK IN NOVEMBER, TWO WEEKS AT THE END OF DECEMBER, AND ONE WEEK IN APRIL. WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE CLASS ON US NATIONAL HOLIDAYS. THESE WEEKS ARE SKIPPED AND THE DAYS ARE REFUNDED.**

One scheduled week is taught as follows:

Monday: Science Exploration
Tuesday: Math Concepts
Wednesday: Storytime, Phonics, spelling words, 
Thursday: Math Concepts
Friday: Challenge Sentences, intermediate grammar, and literature worksheets


Here is a sample of the curriculum for the first week:

Week of July 25: Travel To Brazil!
Monday: Science “Climate Types” presentation
Tuesday: Math - Multiplication with 1’s and 10’s
Wednesday: Storytime “A Ticket Around The World”,* Animal Alphabet Phonics “Digraphs week 1”
Thursday: Multiplication with 1’s and 10’s
Friday: Challenge Sentences “Prepositions”, advanced grammar, and literature worksheet, Spanish - weather



*A full book schedule is included in the Supply list section.
**TEACHERS WILL BE READING THESE BOOKS IN CLASS, YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE THEM. THEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.