Cursive writing is introduced. Speaking skills are encouraged through a class play presented to the entire school, V.I.P. sharing, sharing of student work, and class discussion. Two continue practicing singing and beat skills. Percussion instruments are added to instrument identification. Children also build their knowledge of fitness as they participate in Jump for Heart.
Some activities help develop creative thinking.
Students meet for PE three times a week for forty minutes each time. Areas studied are supported by miscellaneous, appropriate non-fiction titles. These readers direct students to study the Founding Fathers and important African Americans. The teachers have a certain amount of leeway to respond to their own and their class's interests. Therefore, one section of Grade Two studies early cultures with specific focus on Ancient Egypt.