Grade 2

List of 11 items.

• A Sample Day in Grade 2

  Students can arrive as early as 7:30 a.m. and spend time with friends in the Dining Commons and the Gym. There is no charge for early arrival. 
  
  The school day starts promptly at 8:25 a.m. In Grade 2, the day begins with homeroom morning meeting time and a typical day might include:
  
  

  • Science
  • Physical Education
  • Snack & Recess - students bring their own snacks
  • Spanish
  • Mathematics
  • Lunch & Recess - the School provides lunch
  • Writing
  • Reading
  • Social Studies

  
  Second graders are dismissed at 3:15 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesdays.

  
  We offer a number of fee-based Extended Day activities, which allow students to stay as late as 5:45 p.m. 
  
  

• Language Arts in Grade 2

  Grade 2 Language Arts includes reading, writing, and grammar.
  
  As we journey through literature, what will we learn about ourselves and about the world around us?
  
  Topics of Study:
  Themes of kindness, courage and being yourself • Spelling patterns • Author Studies • Readers’ Theater • Poetry of our world • Writing (expository and narrative) • Multicultural and inclusive biography study
  
  Skills We Teach:
  Developing reading comprehension strategies • Developing reading fluency • Writing mechanics (grammar, punctuation, capitalization) • Writing in complete sentences • Beginning editing and revising • Mastering syllable patterns, spelling rules, and generalizations • Refining handwriting

• Technology in Grade 2

  At Nashoba Brooks School, educational technology is meaningfully integrated into all content areas to enhance student learning.
  
  

  Skills We Teach:
  

  Navigating apps to support skill development in language arts, social studies, mathematics and music • Expanding on problem-solving skills • Using technology-related vocabulary • Developing introductory-level computer skills • Managing a personal device • Developing a basic understanding of website navigation • Learning formal keyboarding skills • Continuing word processing development • Beginning block-based coding

• Social Studies in Grade 2

  What does learning about other communities teach us about our own?
  
  Topics of Study:
  Creation of a school community • Kindness and friendship • Geography • Japan • Local history
  
  Skills We Teach:
  Understanding map terms • Locating geographic features • Reading nonfiction and fiction texts about other cultures in our world • Comparing and contrasting our own society to other cultures • Presenting information

• Mathematics in Grade 2

  How can I begin to speak the language of Mathematics?
  
  Topics of Study:
  Addition and subtraction facts • Place value • Telling time • Money • Geometry • Beginning multiplication and division • Measurement • Fractions
  
  Skills We Teach:
  Modeling and solving addition and subtraction stories • Representing numbers and identifying place values to 1,000 • Composing and decomposing numbers • Completing number patterns • Identifying shapes • Improving fluency and accuracy of addition and subtraction math facts • Describing, writing, and comparing unit fractions up to fourths • Beginning multiplication and division • Using dollars and cents and writing money amounts • Reading and making picture graphs

• Science in Grade 2

  How do we, as scientists, learn about our world and ourselves?
  
  Topics of Study:
  Sun/Earth relationship • Seasons • Meteorology • Ornithology • Biomes • Animal adaptations • Aerospace engineering and force • Skeletal system • Architectural engineering
  
  Skills We Teach:
  Making models to explain natural phenomenon • Collecting, organizing, and analyzing data • Graphing data • Designing and building • Working together

• Spanish in Grade 2

  How do we use another language to communicate with others? What is Spanish immersion?
  
  Topics of Study:
  Greetings and introductions • Hispanic Heritage Month • Spanish poetry • Parts of the body • Animals and sentence building • Clothing
  
  Skills We Teach:
  Deriving understanding from context, gestures, and images • Speaking Spanish in words and short phrases • Experiencing cultural similarities and differences • Following commands • Asking and responding to simple questions • Pronunciation through song and chants

• Library in Grade 2

  How is the library organized? How do we locate books in the library?
  
  Topics of Study:
  Windows and mirrors • Japanese folktales• Immigration
  
  Skills We Teach:
  Navigating the library • Independently selecting appropriate books • Discerning an author’s purpose • Practicing empathy through character study • Identifying different genres. • Navigating an online database

• Music in Grade 2

  How is poetry used in music? What is musical expression? What is a musical theme?
  
  Topics of Study:
  Making a music video • Voice as an instrument • How does music tell a story? • How does music relate to poetry? • Instruments of the orchestra • Japanese folk tales • Part singing • Performing at the Grade 3 Graduation 
  
  Skills We Teach:
  The voice as an instrument • Developing singing techniques • Using rhythmic and melodic notation • Improvisation, movement coordination, and sequencing • Performing at the Grade 3 Graduation

• PE in Grade 2

  How can I move safely, skillfully, respectfully, and confidently?
  
  Topics of Study:
  Health and fitness • Teamwork • Collaboration • Poetry in motion • Sportsmanship • Core values • Cooperating • Friendship and kindness • Courage • Risk-taking • Mapping and orienteering
  
  Skills We Teach:
  Locomotor and non-locomotor skills in Spanish and English • Soccer • Gymnastics • Dribbling and shooting in basketball • Climbing • Floor hockey • Tennis • Bowling • Rock wall • Jumping rope • Kicking • Dodging • Throwing and catching • Balancing • Fitness • Striking with implement • Volleying • Cooperative and invasion games • Parachute

• Visual Arts in Grade 2

  How can we use art as a means for understanding ourselves and the world around us?
  
  Topics of Study:
  Free and observational drawing • Japanese brush painting • Map making • Self-portraits • Sculpture • Sketchbooks 
  
  Skills We Teach:
  Developing designs and drawings • Working independently, • Making observations • Exploring color mixing • Drawing • Sculpting with clay • Visual thinking strategies