Second and Third Grade English Language Arts Full School Curriculum Classes

In this ongoing second-grade class, students will join the teacher five days a week (Monday through Friday PST) for a well-rounded language arts curriculum in phonics, sight words and spelling, grammar, reading comprehension, & opinion paragraph writing while having a blast! Running a 30-week cycle (two semesters/one academic year) of curriculum running year-round, your student will have a full school year of English Language Arts at any time throughout the school year. This class is designed for second-graders who need a challenge, and for third-graders who need to get caught up.

Each class begins with a short warm-up to get students in the mindset to engage in class in a friendly and fun way, and then the topic of the day will be announced:

🌞Monday: Phonics
🌞Tuesday: Reading Comprehension
🌞Wednesday: Sight words and spelling
🌞Thursday: Opinion Paragraph Writing 
🌞Friday: Grammar 

Every lesson is fully engaging and students will be encouraged to participate through fun games, puzzles, and group votes without being put in the spotlight (but with plenty of opportunities for independent responses). Students will feel confident by the end of each lesson that they have mastered the day's concepts and goals. 

Here is the upcoming lesson schedule (PST):																				

🌞 Week of November 18th-22nd (Lessons 7)	
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) syllables				
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Shepherd's Boy & the Wolf				
Wednesday: (Spelling): house, many, small, school, thank				
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) What is the best school subject?				
Friday: (Grammar) temporal words				

🌞 Week of November 25th-29th (Lessons 8)	
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) hard and soft C				
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Bear and the Travelers				
Wednesday: (Spelling): being, wrong, favorite, sure, usually				
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) NO CLASS			
Friday: (Grammar) NO CLASS	

🌞 Week of December 2nd-6th (Lessons 9)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) hard and soft G				
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Stag at the River				
Wednesday: (Spelling): went, girl, people, them, however				
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) Should pets be allowed at school?				
Friday: (Grammar) homophones: pray, prey, sum, some, great, grate				
	
🌞 Week of December 9th-13th (Lessons 10)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) long vowels with silent e				
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The City and Country Mouse				
Wednesday: (Spelling): other, talk, brother, phone, crash				
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) Should summer be longer or shorter?				
Friday: (Grammar) literally vs. figuratively				

🌞 Week of December 16th-20th (Lessons 11)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) r-family blends (digraphs)			
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Fox and the Goat			
Wednesday: (Spelling): young, junk, could, heard, drink			
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) When should bedtime be?			
Friday: (Grammar) four pronoun types			

🌞 Week of December 23rd-27th (Lessons 12)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) prefixes			
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Owl and the Grasshopper			
Wednesday: NO CLASS		
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) What is the best junk food?			
Friday: (Grammar) homophones: sale, sail, soul, sole, pause, paws			

🌞 Week of December 30th-January 3rd (Lessons 13)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) suffixes			
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Ants and the Grasshopper			
Wednesday: NO CLASS		
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) Where is the best field trip?			
Friday: (Grammar) inserting interjections													

If a student misses a class, there will be a recording available to view so your child won't miss any of the lessons. Ongoing classes are designed so that students may come and go as needed without missing anything - lessons do not build on one another. 

See you in the classroom!

Love,
Teacher Bethanie