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 August 12th-16th (Lessons 26)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) "t, ed' and d" ending sounds			
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Eagle and the Beetle			
Wednesday: (Spelling): their, those, off, use, us			
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) Bath time: how often?			
Friday: (Grammar) Compound sent. & conjunctions			

🌞 Week of August 19th-23rd (Lessons 27)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) voiced and voiceless "s"				
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Man and the Satyr				
Wednesday: (Spelling): does, would, its, or, why				
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) What is the best place for families to visit?				
Friday: (Grammar) their, they're, there, too, to, two				

🌞 Week of August 26th-30th (Lessons 28)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) "ie" sounds				
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Fisherman & the Little Fish				
Wednesday: (Spelling): which, sit, seed, tree, duck				
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) How much screen time is ok?				
Friday: (Grammar) Positive and Negative Terms				

🌞 Week of September 2nd-6th (Lessons 29)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) "ch" can also say "k" & "sh"			
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Bundle of Sticks			
Wednesday: (Spelling): bird, sister, grass, wind, fish			
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) Which sport is the best?			
Friday: (Grammar) Anagrams	

🌞 Week of September 9th-13th (Lessons 30)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) n-family blends (nd, ng, nk, nt)				
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Rat and the Elephant				
Wednesday: (Spelling): flower, box, corn, stick, ring				
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) What is the best drink?				
Friday: (Grammar) homophones: flower, flour, scene, seen, you're, your				

🌞 Week of September 16th-20th (Lessons 1)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) H-Siblings (ch, wh, th, sh, ph)			
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Cat and the Rooster			
Wednesday: (Spelling): always, around, because, before, early			
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) What is the best snack?			
Friday: (Grammar) collective nouns			

🌞 Week of September 23rd-27th NO CLASSES
🌞 Week of September 30th-October 4th NO CLASSES	
🌞 Week of October 7th-11th NO CLASSES

🌞 Week of October 14th-18th (Lessons 2)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) aw, au, al, augh, ough diphthongs				
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Clown and the Countryman				
Wednesday: (Spelling): easy, first, enough, second, since				
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) What wild animals would make a good pet?				
Friday: (Grammar) common and proper nouns				

🌞 Week of October 21st-25th (Lessons 3)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) ill, ell, oll, ull, all blends			
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Cat and the House Mice			
Wednesday: (Spelling): make, thing, they, above, sometimes			
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) What is the best game?			
Friday: (Grammar) homophones: ate, eight, cell, sell, ferry, fairy			

🌞 Week of October 28th-November 1st (Lessons 4)
Monday: (Phonics and Sight Words) 3 letter "r" consonant blends			
Tuesday: (Reading Comprehension) The Lion and the Mouse			
Wednesday: (Spelling): right, made, listen, answer, another			
Thursday: (Opinion Paragraph Writing) What is the best book?			
Friday: (Grammar) plural s, es, and ies endings			 			

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Please note that there will be no class the week of September 23rd-October 11th as I will be traveling abroad with my family. You can enroll or stay enrolled and you will not be charged during this time ⚠️⚠️⚠️													

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