By the third grade, students must make the transition from learning to read to reading to learn. If they do not, they cannot do their coursework. Each year, as the grade level demands go up, students tend to fall further behind and become outsiders inside the classroom. K-3 Reading is a program that implements the mastery of reading for third…

The Elementary Integrated Curriculum (EIC) Framework is the guiding curriculum document for the Elementary Integrated Curriculum and represents the elementary portion of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) Pre-K-12 Curriculum Frameworks. The EIC Framework contains the detailed indicators and objectives that describe what…

The supplement and ditto packet to the science/math strand of unit five contains materials to help the teacher carry out the instructional and assessment activities to kits 17-20. The two packets provide materials for both classroom activities and seatwork for individual students. Seatwork is intended for presentation under supervision rather than…

The supplement and ditto packet to the science-math strand of unit six for second graders features visual materials to help the teacher carry out the instructional and assessment activities for the unit's four kits. Illustrations are provided to help stimulate oral language and conceptual development. Some are designed to be cut out for…

Designed for use with unit four of the science/math strand for second graders, the supplement and ditto packet contain visuals, worksheets, and instructional aids referred to in the teacher's guide corresponding to this unit. The brief introductions to kits 13-16 are written in both English and Spanish; all classroom materials for students are in…

The teacher's guide for unit four of a Spanish science/math strand for second graders contains instructional and assessment activities for kits 13-16. Each designed for a two- to three-week teaching period, the kits' activities are geared toward guiding the child to discover correct answers through methods provided and, by putting materials in his…

One of a series of three K-6 guides developed under the K-6 Teacher and Counselor Competencies in Career Education Program, this guide contains a section for each of the K-2 levels (Readiness, First Experience Level, and Second Experience Level), each encompassing the two career education components: Subject Matter Areas (to reinforce science,…

Continuing the theme of the school as a community, the teacher's guide to the science/math strand of unit five presents both instructional and assessment activities for kits 17-20. Focus, materials and objective for each activity are in Spanish and English; teacher instructions are in Spanish only. In kit 17 the science activities deal with the…

This volume presents suggested curriculum guidelines for an effective bilingual program, with specific focus on instruction in health, science, social studies, New Mexico history, English as a second language, and multiculturalism, at the second grade level. The philosophy of the program views bilingual education as a vehicle and pedagogical tool…

This collection of teaching units is one of three volumes designed to assist teachers in bringing relevant, interdisciplinary, environmental learning experiences to elementary students. This first volume is aimed at the K-2 level and deals with the immediate environment of the student. Titles of the nine units presented are: Preparing for Seasonal…

Detailed lesson plans are provided in this teacher's guide for the SMSG text materials for grade 2. Included are chapters on sets and numbers (review), addition and subtraction (review), sets of points, addition and subtraction (extension), linear measurement, computing sums and differences, congruence of angles and triangles, arrays and…

This publication represents a model for the Natural Science Education Curriculum for grades two through four in Delaware's schools. This guide is meant to serve as a minimal standard for natural science education, but at the same time strives for maximum output of the natural science program. The guide is based on the processes of science…

This guide is designed to provide teachers (grade 2) with a ready resource for planning, organizing, and teaching science to the elementary child. Many suggested activities will provide an enriched science program. Each unit lists estimated time, content, concepts or "understandings," problems to deal with, activities, suggestions for…

This teacher's guide to a second-grade earth science unit provides a range of activities, suggestions for classroom discussion, and open-ended questions suitable for each of the concepts developed. One of the central purposes of the unit is to develop independence and self confidence by encouraging the student to think through a problem clearly.…

The guide, part of Project LET (Learning Experiences in Technology), is intended to be used as a working copy and consists of 28 integrated teaching units for grade K-2 students. The duration of each teaching unit varies to allow for flexibility, individuality, creativity, and fulfillment of the needs and interests of each child. Each unit evolves…