SECOND GRADE

Our Second Grade curriculum includes the following elements:

The Pleasant Rowland Reading Program,
Adventures of the Super Kids
Cursive Handwriting
Scott-Foresman Social Studies
Sadlier-Oxford Mathematics
McGraw Hill Science
Physical Education
Art
Spanish Instruction

Second Grade at The Woods is a year of growing independence, deeper thinking, and building the academic skills students will carry with them into the upper elementary years.

SECOND GRADE CURRICULUM

LANGUAGE ARTS

In Second Grade, students at The Woods continue building the skills and confidence that help create strong, independent readers. Through The Pleasant Rowland Reading Program, Adventures of the Superkids, students strengthen their phonics, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills while engaging with stories designed specifically for developing readers.

As students move through the program, reading becomes more than learning how to recognize words on a page. They begin reading with greater fluency, thinking more deeply about what they read, discussing ideas, and making connections within a text.

SADLIER-OXFORD MATHEMATICS

In Math, students use Sadlier Math Connects to build strong number sense, computational fluency, and problem-solving skills. Students work with addition and subtraction, place value, measurement, time, money, geometry, and early concepts of multiplication while learning to explain their mathematical thinking. Through practice and real-world applications, students develop both accuracy and confidence as they prepare for more complex math in the grades ahead.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Using myWorld Social Studies, students learn about communities, geography, citizenship, history, and cultures around the world. Lessons help students understand how communities work, develop map and geography skills, and explore what it means to be a responsible citizen while making connections between the past and the world they live in today.

SCIENCE

Through Scott Foresman Science, Second Grade students explore the world around them through engaging lessons in life, earth, and physical science. Students learn about plants and animals, habitats, weather, matter, energy, and our changing Earth while developing important skills in observation, investigation, and scientific thinking.