2nd Grade

Teacher: Donna Behnken
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 3:00pm
Homework: Current Assignments

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Have a super summer break!

Overview

The basic goal in education at Grace Lutheran is to raise children who know that God is active in their daily lives and is their Savior. Then we want the children to become responsible young citizens of our world. Second grade is a year of developing independence and responsibility.

Class size limited to 25 students.

Curriculum

Religion
- LCMS "Voyages" 		Bible stories with application to daily life
Memorization of Bible verses that apply to the topic of discussion for that week
Social Studies
- Macmillan 		Study of local communities
Study of landforms
Simple history of United States
Native Americans
Other topics that are seasonal
Reading & Language Arts
- Open Court 		Phonics approach to reading; SRA Reading Lab for supplemental work
English - nouns, verbs, punctuation, types of sentences, ABC order
Spelling - HBJ Spelling
Handwriting - Palmer Method; cursive after Christmas
Science
-Scott Foresman 		Life science - animals & plants
Sound, light, heat energies
Earth science - solar system, weather, land, air, & water
Human body
Butterflies
Chicken hatching
Mathematics
-McGraw Hill 		Computation - memorization of addition & subtraction facts to 18
Telling time, counting money, geometry, fractions
Problem solving & story problems
Mental math computation
Computer Education Basic keyboarding
Word processing
Computer educational software
Use of Kid Pix (creativity)
PowerPoint and other publications
Art, Music, & P.E.