🌟Join me as we we discover the wonders of the world through English, maths, and science in an ongoing class that covers the full Grade 2 curriculum.

🌟Explore fascinating topics such as gravity, money and time and how they apply to the real world by doing fun experiments and having interesting discussions.

🌟Dive into exciting stories and topics, and decrypt the magical code of phonics!

🌟By the end of the year learners will confidently achieve excellent grade 2 skills in writing, reading, spelling, phonics, and grammar, as well as counting, measuring, and calculating!

🌟Each learner will receive personalized feedback and continuous support in class and out. Beginners will be guided step-by-step and advanced students will be challenged so everyone feels included and engaged.

🌟This is an inclusive classroom environment and learners are welcome to participate in any way they feel most comfortable. All learners are unique and bring their strengths into the classroom.

🌟Students are welcome to join at any time during course. Lessons are modular. Learners will be provided with everything they need to thrive in class.



🌟 Lessons will typically entail a warm-up, pre-teaching, class discussion then practice. Some of the math and science classes might include experiments. If learners are required to bring materials to the lesson, I will let the class know on the class notice board ahead of time.



I have been teaching academic literacy for almost twenty years. Over the years I have had the opportunity to teach across the grade spectrum from kindergarten to university. I believe that an inclusive and supportive classroom environment is important for learning that makes a difference. 

I look forward to seeing you in the classroom!

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The weekly outline is as follows:

Monday - Reading and Phonics

Tuesday - Math
Wednesday - Writing and Grammar

Thursday - Math and Science

Friday - Reading Circle

English Curriculum

Writing

- Letter writing
- Sentence writing

- Descriptive writing

- Comparative writing

- Story writing
- Introduction to essay writing


Reading

- Non-fiction articles

- Biographies

- Myths

- Fables

- Realistic fiction
- Poetry

- Drama


Phonics
- Syllable identification and decoding practice

- Open and closed syllables

- Prefixes, suffixes and root words

- Silent letters

- Phonograms (consonant and vowel digraphs and trigraphs)

- Glued sounds

- Soft G and C

- Silent E

- inflectional endings


Math Curriculum
- Counting strategies (10s, 25s, 50s, 100s, 1000s)
Working with time
Measuring liquids and solids with the metric and imperial systems
Counting money
Working with calendars
Addition, subtraction, multiplication strategies
Fractions
Working with weight
Introduction to geometry and reading graphs


Science Curriculum
States of matter
Gravity, force, motion, electricity
Our solar system
Space
Machines
Cars, airplanes and trains
The water cycle and weather
Weather systems

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Week 1: Sept. 2: Welcome! 
Reading: Reading Logic
Phonics: QU
Math: Place Value to the Hundreds; Identifying and Writing Numbers to 1,000; Skip Counting by 50s
Writing: Writing Sentences and Getting Know You! 
Science: States of Matter
Reading Circle

Week 2: Sept. 9
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Biography 
Phonics: Open and Closed Syllables
Math: Counting Money; Doubles Addition to Sums of 18
Writing: Write with Description and a Touch of ZING
Grammar: Nouns in a Sentence
Science: Atoms and Molecules
Reading Circle 

Week 3: Sept. 16
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: Understanding Syllables; KN
Math: Counting Money; Zero as a Placeholder/Adding 2 Two-Digit Numbers; Subtraction Strategies
Writing: Writing "Thank You” Notes 
Grammar: Introduction to Predicates
Science: Force and Motion
Reading Circle

Week 4: Sept. 23
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: OR can say ER
Math: Subtraction Strategy; Counting by 25s; Doubles Addition Plus 1
Writing: Write with Description and a Touch of ZING 
Grammar: Introduction to Adjectives
Science: Gravity
Reading Circle

Week 5: Sept. 30 
Reading: Audio Description Comprehension 
Phonics: Sight Words
Math: Working with Calendars; Subtraction with Two-Digit Numbers
Writing: Write with Description and a Touch of ZING 
Grammar: Adjectives
Science: Electricity
Reading Circle

Week 6: Oct. 7
Reading: Reading Practice with Poetry
Phonics: OO
Math: Telling Time; Adding Two-Digit Numbers with Regrouping
Writing: Write your own Story! Story Logic
Science: Magnets
Reading Circle

Week 7: Oct. 14
Reading: Audio Description Comprehension
Phonics: EAR; Softy E
Math: Ordinal Positions 1 to 12; Greater Than, Less Than, Equal; Doubles in Subtraction
Writing: Write your own Story! Building a Character
Science: Space Travel, Satellites, and Rockets
Reading Circle

Week 8: Oct. 21
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: Phonics Labyrinth
Math: Counting Money; Creating Patterns
Writing: Writing Creatively with your 5 senses! 
Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns 
Science: The Sun
Reading Circle

Week 9: Oct. 28
Reading: Nature Journal Reading Comprehension 
Phonics: EY
Math: Telling Time
Writing: Writing “Thank you” Notes
Grammar: Introduction to Predicates
Science: Mercury
Reading Circle


*** Week of November 4: Fall Break - No Classes ***

Week 10: Nov. 11
Reading: Telling and Creating Stories 
Phonics: Softy E
Math: Counting Money and Working with Calendars; Rounding to the Nearest 10 
Writing: Using Complete Sentences to Write Answers
Grammar: Introduction to Sentences
Science: Venus
Reading Circle

Week 11: Nov. 18
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: S says Z
Math: Dozen, Half Dozen/One More and One Less; Add and Subtract 10 and 100; Expanded
Form to the Hundreds
Writing: Writing my First Essay! 
Grammar: Transition Words 
Science: Earth
Reading Circle

Week 12: Nov. 25
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World
Phonics: PH
Math: Inches, Feet, and Yards; Commutative Property/Checking Addition with
Subtraction; Adding Numbers with Three or More Digits
Writing: Writing my First Poem! Rhyme
Science: Mars
Reading Circle

Week 13: Dec. 2
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension
Phonics: TCH
Math: Telling Time and Counting Money
Writing: Let’s Write a Story Together
Grammar: Adjective and Adverbs
Science: Jupiter
Reading Circle

Week 14: Dec. 9
Reading: Audio Descriptive Comprehension
Phonics: O can say U
Math: Telling Time; Fact Families
Writing: Write with Description and a Touch of ZING; 
Grammar: Contractions
Science: Saturn
Reading Circle

Week 15: Dec. 16
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: UI and UE
Math: Measuring
Writing: Writing my First Poem! 
Grammar: The Subject of a Sentence
Science: Uranus
Reading Circle

*** December 22 - January 3: Winter Break - No Classes***

Week 16: Jan. 6
Reading: Reading Comprehension: Biography 
Phonics: Phonics Labyrinth
Math: Fractions; Subtraction with Money
Writing and grammar: Writing Logic 
Grammar: Verbs and Transition Words
Science: Neptune
Reading Circle

Week 17: Jan 13
Reading: Reading a Play
Phonics: IR and ER
Math: Addition: Regrouping Ones and Tens; Associative Property and Adding 3 One-Digit
Numbers; Counting Money
Writing: Writing my First Poem! 
Grammar: Prefixes and Suffixes
Science: Asteroids and Meteoroids
Reading Circle

Week 18: Jan 20
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World
Phonics: Phonics Games
Math: Telling Time and Counting Money
Writing: Writing about Me! 
Grammar: Personal Narrative using Conjunctions; Transition Words
Science: Comets
Reading Circle

Week 19: Jan 27
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Procedures 
Phonics: Sight Words
Math: Measuring; Rounding to the Nearest 10
Writing: Write with Description and a Touch of ZING
Grammar: Sentence Diagramming
Science: Thermometers; Stars
Reading Circle

Week 20: Feb. 3
Reading: Fiction and Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World	
Math: Telling Time; Counting and Writing in the Thousands; Subtraction with Regrouping
Writing: Writing: Describing a Process
Grammar: Sentence Diagramming
Science: The Moon
Reading Circle

Week 21: Feb 10
Reading: Realistic Fiction and Summarizing 
Phonics: DGE
Math: Place Value to the Thousands; Adding and Subtracting 10 and 100 in the Thousands;
Missing Numbers in Addition Problems
Writing: Writing my First Essay! Let’s Persuade our Readers!
Grammar: Sentence Structure
Science: Poles and Auroras
Reading Circle 

Week 22: Feb. 17
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: MB
Math: Expanded Form to the Thousands; Estimating with Subtraction; Counting Money
Writing: Comparison Writing 
Grammar: Commas in a Series
Science: Solar Power 
Reading Circle

Week 23: Feb 24
Reading: Audio Description Comprehension
Phonics: EIGH
Math: Subtraction with Regrouping; Dividing into Groups; Dividing into Two Equal Groups with and without One Left Over
Writing: Creative writing: Let’s Create Characters
Grammar: Adjectives
Science: Did You Hear That?
Reading Circle

Week 24: Mar. 3
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: IE
Math: Rounding with Addition; Adding 3 Two-Digit Numbers; Polygons
Writing: Creative Writing: Let’s Write a Story! 
Grammar: Sentence Diagramming
Science: Simple Machines
Reading Circle

Week 25: Mar. 10
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Biography 
Phonics: Silent Letters
Math: Fractions; Multiplication
Writing: Let’s write a “Thank you” Letter
Grammar: Verb Tenses
Science: Motors and Engines
Reading Circle

Week 26: Mar. 17
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: OUR and OUGH
Math: Multiplication; Weight
Writing: Write with Description and a Touch of ZING; 
Grammar: Subject/Verb Agreement
Science: Farm Machines
Reading Circle

Week 27: Mar. 24
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World
Phonics: Phonics Labyrinth
Math: Weight; Two-Step Story Problems
Writing: Let’s Write a Story! 
Grammar: Root Words
Science: Airplanes and Things That Fly
Reading Circle

Week 28: Mar. 31
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Biography
Phonics: TI can say SH
Math: Fractions; Multiplication Story Problems and Two-Step Story Problems
Writing: Let’s Write a Letter! 
Grammar: Commas in Dates and Greetings
Science: Cars and Trucks
Reading Circle

Week 29: Apr. 7
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: AIR
Math: Data: Creating a Venn Diagram; Tally Charts and Pictographs; Tables and Bar Graphs
Writing: Write with Description and a Touch of ZING
Grammar: Synonyms and Antonyms
Science: Trains
Reading Circle

*** Week of April 14: Spring Break - No Classes ***

Week 30: Apr. 21
Reading: Oral Narration: Storytelling 
Phonics: CI says SH
Math: Plotting and Interpreting Data; Finding the Median; Centimeters, Meters, and Kilometers
Writing: Writers Workshop: Writing about Me!
Science: Float or Sink
Reading Circle

Week 31: Apr. 28
Reading: Nature Journal Reading Comprehension 
Phonics: GN, ION, and AUGH
Math: Gallons, Quarts, Pints, and Cups; Cups, Half Cups, Tablespoons, Teaspoons, and Half Teaspoons; Comparing and Ordering Volumes in Liters and Milliliters
Grammar: Possessive Nouns; Compound Words
Science: What is a Meteorologist?
Reading Circle

Week 32: May 5
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: Phonics Labyrinth
Math: Addition and Subtraction Measurement Problems; Identifying Parts of a Set; Fractions
Writing: Let’s Write a Story! 
Grammar: Adjectives
Science: Weather Forecasting
Reading Circle

Week 33: May 12
Reading: Nature Journal Reading Comprehension 
Phonics: OR and IR
Math: Identifying and Writing Mixed Numbers; Representing a Given Fraction; Quadrilaterals
Writing: Preparing for a Presentation; Presentation structure
Science: Temperature
Reading Circle

Week 34: May 19
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Our Amazing World 
Phonics: Sight Words
Math: Vertical and Horizontal Lines and Angles; Symmetry; Drawing Congruent Line Segments
Writing: Giving a Presentation 
Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
Science: The Water Cycle
Reading Circle

Week 35: May 26
Reading: Reading Logic with Fables
Phonics: AL; CH can say K
Math: Congruent and Similar Shapes; Geometric Solids; Constructing and Deconstructing Geometric Shapes
Writing: Let’s Write a Descriptive Essay! Essay Structure
Science: Clouds
Reading Circle

Week 36: Jun. 2
Reading: American Folklore 
Phonics: AR and IR
Math: Identifying Transformations; Perimeter; Identifying Triangles
Writing: Let’s Write a Story! 
Grammar: Suffixes -ment, -ness
Science: Wind
Reading Circle

Week 37: Jun. 9
Reading: Non-fiction Reading Comprehension: Biography 
Phonics: EI
Math: Area; Subtraction: Making Change
Writing: Write a Comparative Essay 
Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
Science: Rain and Snow
Reading Circle

Week 38: Jun. 16
Reading: Introduction to Different types of Literature
Phonics: Y in the Middle of a Word
Math: Coordinate Graphs
Writing: Let’s write a letter! Letter Form and Structure
Science: Thunder, Lightning; Rainbows
Reading Circle

Week 39: Jun. 23
Reading: Myths and Summarizing
Phonics: Phonics Labyrinth
Science: Floods; Tornadoes and Hurricanes
Writing: Let’s Write Comparative Sentences 
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
Science: Lightning and Thunder; Light and Shadows
Reading Circle

Week 40: Jun. 30
Reading: Audio Description Comprehension
Science: Reflection and Refraction of light; Light and Color
Writing: Let’s Write a Poem! 
Grammar: Irregular Past Tense
Science: Water: Salt Water and Fresh Water
Reading Circle

*** July 7 - August 29: Summer Break - No Classes***

Classes will resume on September 1 with week 1.