Ms. Thorpe's class

Welcome to second grade! We have two sections of second grade with about 23 students in each class. Here is is an overview of life in second grade at Museum Magnet. For guided reading we use flexible grouping to meet the needs of each student.  Mr. Carlson, our ELL teacher, works closely with us for reading, to reduce group size.  We use leveled readers and multiple copies of chapter books as resources for our Balanced Literacy approach to teaching reading, Weekly spelling lists utilize high frequency words and phonics patterns.  Basic grammar skills are introduced. Grade 2 uses Everyday Math and we supplement this math program with multi-step problem solving work as well as timed fact tests.  In Writer's Workshop we focus on personal narratives, basic research projects utilizing the IIM Research Method,  procedural writing and poetry composition.  Our science units are Plants and Seeds, Insects, and also Solids and Liquids. Our Social Studies units focus is on maps, basic geography and communities. As part of our Museum Process, second graders will present a fall exhibit on Plants and Seeds.  The spring exhibit focuses on Procedural Writing and Demonstration Speeches. Music, Computer and Physical Education are taught by specialists.We have two sections of second grade with about 23 students in each class.

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