Second
Grade
Second grade
at Holy Name School is a place where students can achieve excellence.
Throughout the first semester, the 2nd graders cover a variety of
topics in each subject. Here are just a few;
Religion
*Develop and understand prayer
*Discuss saints, disciples, Mary and Jesus
*Receive 2 sacraments (First Communion and First Reconciliation)
*Learn
more about Mass and take part
Reading
*Develop reading skills: Comprehension, story mapping, vocabulary and etc.
*Learn
language techniques to broaden students’ vocabulary
*Read a
variety of stories and use individual guided reading books to improve
students’ reading
English
*Develop sentence writing and use a variety of punctuation marks
*Learn
about nouns, verbs, contractions, and sentences that need to be combined
Writing
*Create
inventive stories or papers
*Learn
about persuasive, narrative, informative and expressive writing
Math
*Saxon
Math will cover a wide range of math concepts; addition, subtraction,
multiplication, base 10 blocks, problem solving, geometry and many more
topics
*Timed
tests
*Repetition of math topics
*Hands-on materials
Science
*Dinosaurs
*Animal
Groups
*Plants- we use a grow lab
*Solar
system
*Water
cycle
