2nd Grade

The arts offer students opportunities to explore ideas and express thoughts and emotions. In visual arts, music, and woodshop, second graders develop skills while working both independently and collaboratively. These experiences build creativity, confidence, and a sense of shared artistic community.

Literacy in second grade focuses on making meaning of both text and the world. Students build reading comprehension, fluency, and decoding skills while engaging with a variety of genres and reflecting on their reading preferences. Through daily writing, they develop their voice across narrative, opinion, and informational pieces, strengthening the connection between reading and writing.

Second graders become more flexible mathematicians, extending their understanding of numbers into the hundreds. They use multiple strategies to solve problems, explain their thinking, and build on the ideas of others. Hands-on exploration and discussion deepen conceptual understanding and confidence.

skills

• Addition and subtraction up to 1,000
• Representing data
• Making equal groups, even and odd numbers
• Measurement, time, halves, quarters, and thirds, and solid shapes

Students continue their study of either Mandarin Chinese or Spanish, building on foundational language skills. Through immersive experiences, they develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities. Cultural understanding remains central to language learning.

Students engage in hands-on inquiry, asking questions and exploring scientific concepts through observation and experimentation. Using NGSS practices, they study physical, life, and earth sciences, as well as engineering and technology. This approach fosters curiosity, problem-solving, and deeper understanding of the natural world.

A sense of place and community anchors the second grade experience. Students explore identity, relationships, and the natural environment on campus while building classroom community. They also examine how geography shapes culture and human experience, developing a broader, more connected worldview.

Students participate in wellness activities across indoor and outdoor spaces, building strength, coordination, and confidence. A holistic approach supports physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development. Through movement, games, and reflection, students develop skills for lifelong health and well-being.