Welcome to Mrs. Harber’s class!  Second grade is an exciting year!  It means making new friends, taking part in activities, and learning new skills.  Second graders will develop greater responsibility and independence while stressing acceptable academic and social behavior.  Throughout the year, we will be covering many topics in all academic areas.  Here are just a few things you can look forward to learning:

 

English: sentence structure, nouns, verbs, adjectives, capitalization, and punctuation

 

Reading: using the reading basal texts, S.R.A. reading lab

 

Spelling: weekly lists of exciting new words

 

Math: addition and subtraction facts, telling time, counting money, fractions, measuring, and many hands on activities

 

Science: sound, consellations, simple machines , weather, and oceans

 

Social Studies: people and communities, our place on earth, people at work, our nation’s story, America’s people, and our government– We also study Japan for

Geography Night.

 

Handwriting: review manuscript and learn cursive

Wolf Branch School

                               To contact me:

Wolf Branch School: 277-2100

Email: mharber@stclair.k12.il.us