2nd Grade

2nd Grade Staff

• 602 Alicia Allen [email protected]
• 505 Diane Trigg [email protected] - Website
• 601 Julie Gillespie [email protected]

Classroom Links

School and Home

• Quizlet
• Clever ST (Math)

Computer Science

• Code

Math

• Xtra Math a free program that helps students master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.
• Tangrams

Science

• FOSSweb
• San Diego Zoo

Reading

• Epic
• National Geographic Kids
• BrainPOP Jr
• ReadWorks
• Highlights
• Magic Tree House
• Scholastic News

Vocabulary

• Dictionary/Thesaurus

Poetry

• Poetry4Kids
• Shel Silverstein

Music

• Chrome Music Lab

Spelling

• Look Cover Method

Homework

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Common Core State Standards

Language Arts

• Using phonics skills to read two-syllable words
• Answering who, what , where, when, why and how questions about fiction and non-fiction
• Writing opinion pieces that feature details and reasoning
• Determining the lessons or morals of stories
• Describe how characters respond to major events and challenges.
• Understand meaning and rhythm in a story, poem, or song.
• Describe overall structure of a story.
• Compare and contract two or more versions of the same story from different cultures.
• Distinguish long and short vowels.
• Understand common prefixes and suffixes.
• Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
• Write informative/explanatory texts introducing a topic, using facts and definitions, and providing a concluding statement or section.
• Write narratives in which the recount a well-elaborated event, or events, including details.
• Revise and edit writing.
• Participate in shared research and writing projects.
• Demonstrate command of standard English grammar and conventions when writing and speaking.

Math

• Quickly adding sums of 20 or less
• Understanding and comparing three-digit numbers
• Adding and subtracting three-digit numbers
• Solving one-step and two-step addition and subtraction word problems
• Telling time
• Counting different money combinations
• Gain foundations for multiplication
• Understand place value and how it helps you add and subtract
• Measure and estimate lengths
• Know shapes and their attributes