A multi-tasking classroom allows the teacher to share the responsibility for learning with student. This occurs within a literacy-rich environment , which includes a browsing box, trade books, big books, charts of songs and poems, student writing, and graphic organizers. These resources are used for reading aloud, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading as well as modeled writing, shared writing, and writing workshop. Computers provide opportunities for the practical application of listening, speaking, reading, writing, research, and learning. In Grade 2, students read and write independently.
Students have many opportunities to use spoken language.
Second grade students understand that there are different purposes for speaking and listening. Students know how to attract and hold the attention of their classmates when they make announcements or share a story. Second grade students recognize a large number of words automatically and use a variety of word identification strategies to figure out words they do not immediately recognize. Students read regularly for understanding and fluency in a variety of genres, including selections from classic and contemporary works. Students read texts from which they acquire new information.