Cash Elementary

Second grade is a time for your child to become independent and responsible learners. Parents can foster this by stepping back and keeping an eye on your child’s progress as they are gaining independence.

Over the summer, students should READ, READ, READ!!!  

Here are some other things you can encourage them to do:

• Fluently add and subtract
• Keep a journal using complete sentences / paragraphs
• Spelling of high frequency words
• Practice telling time:  - hour, half-hour, quarter-hour

Reading

• Nonfiction and Fiction Texts
• Informational Text
• Answer questions using evidence from the text

Writing

• Narrative Writing
• Opinion/Persuasive Writing
• Explanatory Writing

Mathematics

• Problem solving with addition and subtraction
• Place value
• Problem solving with time and money
• Measurement
• Number lines
• Graphing
• Addition and subtraction within 1,000
• Fractions
• Shapes

Science

• Life Cycles
• Plants
• Weather
• Matter
• Sound

Social Studies

• Citizenship
• Government
• Economics
• Geography
• Cultures/Communities
• History

High Frequency Words