Second Grade with Ms. Reinhardt

Second grade students at Pikes Peak Prep in Ms. Reinhardt's class are learning a lot this month.

Reading
During the first week of June students will review reading strategies that allow good readers to retell both fiction and nonfiction text. They will then practice inferential thinking by making connections to a text and end the year reviewing text features and structures that allow us to be good readers.

Math
Students are studying word problems. These word problems will require students to use their knowledge of previous as well as new mathematics concepts and arithmetic.

Science
Students will study magnetism. They will discover that magnets can both attract and repel objects. During the last two weeks they will learn all about insects. They will study their body parts, what they eat, and how they interact with their habitats.

Social Studies
Students are beginning a study of economics. They will be introduced to the concept of scarcity and how people in a community manage scare resources. Students will also continue to review their basic math skills of using legends, keys, and a compass rose.

Writing
Students will focus on descriptive writing. They will be required to use more precise language and vocabulary in their writing while maintaining structure and organization of a paragraph.