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Onekama Elementary School
Syllabus/Course Outline for Second Grade
Instructor: Ben Mauntler
Phone Number: (231)889-5521
Second grade will be an exciting and exhilarating experience for you
and your child. A portion of each day is spent in collaborative
teamwork. Students often rely upon and support each other in the
small group setting. Guided Reading and Writer’s workshop provide
time for individual accountability. Both instructional strategies
lead to an environment that fosters individual growth and
citizenship within a learning community. Writer’s workshop will be
starting in October, Guided Reading will also start in October.
Academic foci: Reading, writing, mathematics, science, and
social studies
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Reading: Houghton-Mifflin: (basal) Invitations to
Literacy
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Wright Group: (guided reading) Story Box
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Math: Everyday Learning: Everyday Mathematics
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All other subjects are taught using a variety of
instructional techniques and materials
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September |
October |
November |
December |
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Reading |
Reading |
Reading |
Reading |
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Proper nouns |
Real/fantasy |
Main idea/details |
Cause/effect |
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Subject/predicate |
Plot and Compare/contrast |
Simile |
Contractions |
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Rhyming words |
Subject/predicate |
Compound words |
Summarization |
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Plot |
Sentence types |
Sentence types |
Generalization/judgements |
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Draw. Conclusions |
Main idea/details |
Plot and summarization |
Characterization |
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Math |
Math |
Math |
Math |
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Number patterns |
Addition/subtraction |
Money/coins/time |
Word problems |
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Addition |
Number patterns |
Place value |
Money/temperature |
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Money |
Word problems |
Addition/fact families |
Addition |
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Time |
Time |
Number patterns/word prob. |
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January |
February |
March |
April |
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Reading |
Reading |
Reading |
Reading |
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Word endings/prefixes |
Prefixes/endings |
Fact/opinion |
Word endings |
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Rhyming |
Sequencing and cause/effect |
Real/fantasy |
Sequencing |
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Plot/summarization |
Plot/summarization |
Word endings |
Predicting |
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Predicting and sequencing |
Details |
Main idea/details |
Sentence types |
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Cause/effect |
Real/fantasy |
Cause/effect |
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Math |
Math |
Math |
Math |
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Geometry |
Addition/sub.(double-digit) |
Division |
Measurement |
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Word problems |
Multiplication |
Fractions |
Word problems |
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Addition/subtraction |
Division |
Temperature |
Money/place value/# patterns |
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Addition/sub.(double-digit) |
Word problems |
Addition/sub.(double-digit) |
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Number patterns |
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May |
June |
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Reading |
Reading |
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Alliteration |
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Predicting |
Review |
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Plot/summarization |
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Tales |
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Math |
Math |
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Addition (decimals) |
Estimation |
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Multiplication/division |
Addition/subtraction(triple) |
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Word problems |
Time |
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Fact families |
Multiplication/division |
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Mr. Mauntler's Main Page for 2008-2009 |