We use a basal reader for direct instruction of skills. Our students are learning to write using the Six-Trait Writing Model. Their writing is based on their personal experiences. They also learn the fundamental elements of a research paper. They learn how to create a paragraph using a main idea, supporting details and a concluding sentence.
Spelling is instructed with an emphasis on mastery of basic sight words.
Students are moving from the invented spelling stage to the conventional spelling stage. Weekly spelling tests and dictation tests are given. Mathematics in second grade focuses on mastery of addition and subtraction facts to eighteen. Students learn time, money, measurement, geometry, graphing, problem solving, and multiplication. Our Science curriculum consists of hands-on kits using scientific processes of scientific inquiry, data collection, observation, hypothesis, experimentation, prediction and results.