Books & Class Work
Second Grade
English Language Arts
Week 1 Language Arts - Focus Book
Sea Life reveals a whole world of animals and plant life that lives under water. Which sea animal or plant was your favorite?
Find worksheets here to accompany the reading.
Family Literacy Activity / Actividades de lectoescritura para la familia
Extra reading: Snakes ; Things With Wings
Week 2 Language Arts - Focus Book
Eating Right is a nonfiction text about the best habits to form when trying to eat right. After reading, think of the foods you've eaten that day, how many of them were healthy?
Find worksheets here to accompany the reading.
Family Literacy Activity / Actividades de lectoescritura para la familia
Week 3 Language Arts - Focus Book
Earthquakes! is a nonfiction text about the natural phenomenon that affects the world. Have you ever felt an earthquake? What do you remember?
Find worksheets here to accompany the reading.
Family Literacy Activity / Actividades de lectoescritura para la familia
Extra reading: Earth ; Volcanoes!
Week 4 Language Arts - Focus Book
Looking For Shapes combines math and reading as this book explores all the shapes that show up every day. After reading see how many shapes you can find around the neighborhood.
Find worksheets here to accompany the reading.
Family Literacy Activity / Actividades de lectoescritura para la familia
Extra reading: Day At The Zoo / Our Trip To The City
Week 5 Language Arts - Focus Book
Make It: Chocolate shows the process behind making the very popular treat: chocolate. Before reading, make a guess how chocolate is made and read to see if you're right!
Find worksheets here to accompany the reading.
Family Literacy Activity / Actividades de lectoescritura para la familia
Extra reading: Build It: Skyscrapers / Craft It: Hand-Blown Glass
Science
Book #1 Science
Water Cycle explores all stages of the water cycle. When you're done reading, practice summarizing the whole water cycle!
Resources for practice can be found here.
Book #2 Science
Rocks And Minerals is about the different kinds of rocks and minerals and how they are formed with natural processes. After reading see how many different kinds of rocks you can find around the neighborhood.
Resources for practice can be found here.
Book #3 Science
Our Ever-Changing Environment leads a discovery of how everything around us changes all the time! Read to find out all the different ways our environment adapts and transforms.
Resources for practice can be found here.