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Second Grade Curriculum
Curriculum Overview
The second grade curriculum is
based on Tennessee State Board of Education Curriculum Standards.
Our social curriculum is based on the Responsive Classroom
approach to learning. For mathematics we use Growing with
Mathematics by Wright Group McGraw-Hill. Our language arts program
is individualized for each student and based on Guided Reading by
Scholastic and work by Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, Lester Lamanac,
Sharon Taberski, and Katie Wood Ray. Social Studies and Science
curriculum is taught using a thematic approach with strong ties in
mathematics and language arts.
Second Grade Thematic Units:
- All About Me
- Working Together
- Communities & Community
Helpers
- Maps & Globes
- News
- Insects & Spiders
- Water & Aquatic Habitats
- Magnets
- Long Ago
- Rocks & Soil
- Government & Citizenship
- Folktales & Fairytales
- Balance & Weight
- Flight
- Rhymes & Poetry
- Native Americans (focus on
Sioux, Iroquois, and Cherokee tribes)
- Weather
- Tennessee
- The 50 States
- World Cultures
- Diversity
- Space
- Life Cycles (primary focus on
Painted Lady Butterfly)
Student Assessment
Second graders
at University School are not assigned letter grades, however assessment
is an integral part of our curriculum in order to assure student
success. Students are continually assessed to assure that they
meet performance expectations and to provide information on how best to
help each student grow as an individual learner. Student
assessment comes in many forms including pre and post authentic
assessments, anecdotal notes, digital photo documentations, reflective
writings, individual interviews, rubrics, observations,
self-assessments, peer evaluations, running records, and tests.
Each quarter parents will receive a summary report outlining classroom
goals and student progress in relation to these goals.
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