Mrs.

Parker’s
2nd Grade Syllabus

Grade Level Instructional Team:

Name Position Email

Caitlyn Elder Teacher crelder@jmcss.org
Amy Jacques Teacher alparsons@jmcss.org
Tiffany Metzer Teacher tmmetzer@jmcss.org
Erica Yarbro Teacher elyarbro@jmcss.org
Aimee Evans Guidance aievans@jmcss.org
Judy LaFont Guidance jslafont@jmcss.org
Thomas Gwara P.E. tggwara@jmcss.org
Crystal Lane Art cgslaughter@jmcss.org
Alyssa Jordan Music arjordan@jmcss.org
Gladis Foster Library gkfoster@jmcss.org
Kim Fowler SPED kjfowler@jmcss.org

Expectations For ALL Students:

I expect ALL students to come to class prepared to learn, participate, and have a great
attitude. I expect that students will not be disruptive in ways that will prevent other
students from receiving the high-quality education that ALL students deserve.

Curriculum:

Reading/Language Arts:

The Core Knowledge Language Arts Listening and Learning Strand is designed to help
students build the background knowledge and vocabulary critical to listening and
reading comprehension. The decoding skills needed for future independent reading are
taught separately in the Core Knowledge Language Arts Skills Strand. The two strands
complement each other, building the requisite decoding and comprehension skills that
comprise fluent, mature reading.

Domain 1 – Fairy Tales and Tall Tales

Domain 2 – Early Asian Civilizations
Domain 3 – The Ancient Greek Civilization
Domain 4 – Greek Myths
Domain 5 – The War of 1812
Domain 6 – Cycles in Nature
Domain 7 – Westward Expansion
Domain 8 – Insects
Domain 9 – The U.S. Civil War
Domain 10 – Human Body: Building Blocks and Nutrition
Domain 11 – Immigration
Domain 12 – Fighting for a Cause
Phonics:

Unit 1: Consonant sounds, one and two-syllable words

Unit 2: Vowel sounds, one and two-syllable words, quotation marks, writing narratives
and opinions
Unit 3: Spelling alternatives for vowel sounds, writing personal narratives, common and
proper nouns
Unit 4: Spelling alternatives for vowel sounds, writing friendly letters, irregular plural
nouns, action verbs, and to-be verbs
Unit 5: Spelling alternatives for vowel sounds and the schwa sound, chunking
phonemes to read multi-syllable words, adjectives, subjects and predicates
Unit 6: Adverbs, complete and incomplete sentences, run-on sentences

Math:

Eureka Math connects math to the real world in ways that take the fear out of math and
build student confidence—helping students achieve true understanding lesson by
lesson and year after year.

Module 1 – Sums and Differences to 100

Module 2 - Addition and Subtraction of Length Units
Module 3 - Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of Numbers to 1,000
Module 4 - Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to 100
Module 5 - Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000 with Word Problems to 100
Module 6 - Foundations of Multiplication and Division
Module 7 - Problem Solving with Length, Money, and Data
Module 8 - Time, Shapes, and Fractions as Equal Parts of Shapes

Science/Social Studies:

Science and Social Studies are embedded in our Reading Curriculum.

General Information:

Homework – Homework will be assigned Monday – Thursday. Homework may consist

of reading, math practice, unfinished classroom assignments, and preparation for
assessments. Reading should be done every evening. At this stage of your child’s
reading development, it is imperative that your child practice reading, both aloud to an
adult, as well as silently.

Agenda – Behavior and homework will be recorded in your child’s agenda each day.
Please sign (initial) planners each evening.
Websites – If you would like to see what curriculum we are using, you can check out
the following sites.

(Reading) https://www.coreknowledge.org/curriculum/download-
curriculum/?subject_filter%5B0%5D=30&grade_filter%5B0%5D=35

(math) https://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-2-mathematics