1. SECOND GRADE Oakhill Day School

2. MORNING RESPONSIBILITIES Quiet, structured routines Independence Personal responsibility Spelling routines

3. COMMUNICATION ARTS Reading Workshop CAFÉ Guided Reading Groups Reading Skills Writing Workshop Genre Units Paragraph Development Grammar

4. SPELLING & PHONICS Phonics: digraphs and trigraphs r-controlled and irregular vowel sounds Individualized word study Assessments Word study groups

5. MATH Fact fluency Skip counting Double- and triple-digit regrouping Problem solving and critical thinking skills

6. SOCIAL STUDIES Historical Kansas City Figures Midwestern states Colonial time period Geography, history, culture of Europe

7. HANDWRITING D’Nealian print Cursive begins 3 rd quarter

8. FIELD TRIPS American Jazz & Negro Baseball League Museum Science: KU Natural History Museum Folly Theatre Performance Art: Nelson Art Gallery

9. HOMEWORK Math homework Monday, Wednesday, Friday Reflex Math Math computation and problem solving 20 minutes of reading every night Spelling practice every night

10. WHY 2 ND GRADE AT OAKHILL? DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION TO MEET EACH CHILD’S NEEDS BALANCE BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION CROSS-CURRICULAR UNITS TEACHER COLLABORATION IN MULTIPLE SUBJECTS