The children are learning how to create suspense and writing fully elaborated main events. They are also learning to write extended story endings. This program calls for much more work on adjectives and adverbs to enhance their stories. We are looking forward to our first scored writing prompt during the first week of February. In second grade, students read about current events in the Weekly Reader newspaper.
Topics range from the Olympics and presidential election to bike safety and the environment.
Math and reading skills are integrated as students interpret graphs and answer questions. Map skills are also covered as students locate places they are reading about. Students develop an awareness of community and culture as they discuss areas surrounding our school and national holidays. Many additional topics such as Native Americans are integrated within the language arts program. The four main sections are developing compelling beginnings, suspense, main event and satisfying story ending.