2nd grade readers focus on the Common Core State Standards for Reading and Language Arts. To help us to meet each of the standards in this area, we use McGraw Hill's Reading Wonders program. The program provides weekly instruction in reading, phonics, grammar, spelling, vocabulary and writing. Readers will use both fiction and nonfiction to:

• Build strong reading foundation skills

• Understand complex text

• Find and use text evidence

• Engage in collaborative conversations

• Write to a variety of sources

2nd grade mathematicians focus on the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. This year your 2nd grader will work on standards in these four main areas:

 Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.

• Add and subtract within 20.

• Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

• Understand place value.

• Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.

Measurement and Data

• Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.

• Relate addition and subtraction to length.

• Work with time and money.

• Represent and interpret data.

Geometry

• Reason with shapes and their attributes.

2nd grade explorers focus on these areas:

• Landforms and Aquidneck Island 

• Native Americans

• Deserts

• National Symbols and Landmarks

2nd grade scientists focus on these areas:

• Earth & Space Science

• Physical Science

• Life Science