In second grade, students continue to use many different resources as they become better readers. In addition to the Open Court program, the district has purchased anthologies that are filled with the best of children's literature grouped around themes. Leveled books are used to give students a balanced program and the children gain in confidence and expertise. Writing continues to be emphasized and students are expected to begin editing some of their work by the end of the year. Spelling begins to be more standardized as students build a fund of words that they are able to spell correctly.
Third grade poses many challenges as students' reading material becomes longer and more complex.
The anthologies are used routinely as are a selection of books around social studies and science themes. Students do much more writing and a lot of it centers around social studies and science. More types of writing are expected such as book reports, writing logs, research papers, letter writing of many types and writing in math. Computers Fox School is fortunate to have 12 new iMacs in the building. Eleven of them are in classrooms while 1 is in the computer lab along with thirteen other Macintosh computers.