Hickory Tree School second graders are presented with activities that foster building literacy, number sense, science and geography.

Areas of focus for this grade:

Language                                                                   

•        Building Sentences                                                    
•        Parts of Speech                                                          
•        Use Reference Sources                                              

Writing

•        Descriptive
•        Narrative                                                         
•        Explanatory                                                    
•        Persuasive                                                                                                                          

Reading                                                                      

•        Phonemic Awareness                                                                                                             
•        Fluency                                                                      
•        Vocabulary                                                                 
•        Target Reading Skills                                                   
•        Text Comprehension                                      
•        Recognizing Types of Literature                                                                                                   

Spelling                                                                                  

•        Spelling in Context                                                     
•        Dictionary Skills          

Science & Health

•        Life Science
•        Physical Science
•        Earth Science

Social Studies

•        Depending on others
•        Knowing your family
•        Living in our country
•        People who have made a difference

Art

•        Themed Projects
•        Scissor Skills

Physical Fitness

•        Daily Exercises                                                           

Math                                                                           

•        Place Value and Money                                                         
•        Adding and Subtracting Number Sense         
•        Multiplication and Division Concepts and Facts
•        Time, Data, and Graphs
•        Fractions and Measurement
•        Decimals

Music Appreciation

•        Listen and differentiation of music genres