Curriculum Overview
Our curriculum has been carefully selected to meet the needs of our learners. The materials used are aligned with the Common Core Standards and promote critical thinking skills, while fostering a love for learning.
Penmanship
Math
enVisionMATH California is built on a strong research base and authored by the nation's top math experts and educators.It is centered around interactive and visual learning and differentiated instruction to address the specific needs of all student populations. In Grade 2, instructional time will focus on four critical areas: extending understanding of base-ten notation, building fluency with addition and subtraction, using standard units of measure, and describing and analyzing shapes. |
English |
Reading Street (authored by Pearson) meets the criteria for the California Reading/Language Arts Basic Program. |
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Writing
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Second grade students enter the school year with burgeoning writing skills, chomping at the bit to do something a bit new and very “cool.” Second grade writing at Hebrew Academy is centered on the Lucy Calkin’s Writer’s Workshop program. Each author (student) receives his/her own folder. Second grade writers will extend the basic skills they will have developed during the kindergarten and first-grade writing workshops. We will cover three main areas of writing: opinion, information, and narrative. |
Science and Social Studies
The second grade science curriculum includes units such as the water cycle, weather, the life cycle of a plant, and nutrition. Science lessons are centered around hands-on discovery and observation. |