Second Grade
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 Mrs. Linda Miller has taught at Our Lady of Peace for more than 10 years. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Art. After 10 years, she went back to Walsh University to get her teaching degree. She loves to teach and says the third grade curriculum is a lot of fun!
Mrs. Miller lives with her husband Dave and her six children. The Millers belong to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Canton, where Mrs. Miller teaches Faith Formation for second grade. She is also a Eucharistic Minister, and part of the R.C.I.A. program. Mrs. Miller is in charge of the St. Mary’s Summer Bible School program that we do in conjunction with St. Benedict's Church. Mrs. Miller enjoys golfing, drawing, reading and just spending time with her husband, Dave and her children. |
Religion
This is our preparation year for the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist. We learn the Ten Commandments and seven sacraments, and how they help us to love God and others.
Math
This year we focus on the basic addition and subtraction facts to 18. We learn to regroup 2 and 3 digit numbers. We work on counting money and telling time. Multiplication facts to 5 are also learned.
Handwriting
The most fun thing about handwriting this year is learning to write in cursive.
Social Studies
We learn about rural and urban cities, consumers, producers and service people who work there. We also spend time learning about important figures in our nation’s history. Maps are important too. We learn to read and design maps.
Science
We spend a large amount of time in second grade on life sciences. We also have fun learning about the sun, moon and planets, properties of light and sound.
Language Arts
We are becoming more proficient in our writing through journaling, and learning about sentence and paragraph structures.
Reading
We are becoming more proficient in Reading by learning new vocabulary and strategies such as, comparing and contrasting characters and stories, main ideas and details, facts and opinions, and sequencing events. We enjoy many stories in our Reading book, as well as, many selections read independently.
Creative Curriculum
We have fun carving pumpkins, taking a nature hike, writing and sharing reports about places we have been and our family cultures, learning about animals that are extinct. We also look forward to those special celebrations of First Reconciliation and First Eucharist.
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