Welcome to 2nd grade’s H.O.Ps! Below you will find each content area with the units listed below. Click on the unit to learn about great ways to practice what your child is in learning in class, at home. If you are interested in learning more,  here is the research that inspired our new vision of homework.

Reading

• Unit 1: Fiction: Reading Growth Spurt
• Unit 2: Fiction Growing Word Solving Muscles
• Unit 3: Nonfiction: Becoming Experts
• Unit 4: Fiction: Studying Characters and Their Stories
• Unit  5: Fiction: Bigger Books Means Amping Up Reading Power
• Unit 6: Series
• Unit 7: Nonfiction Book Clubs

Writing

• Units 1 : Fiction: Revving Up Writing Muscles
• Unit 2 : Fiction: Lessons from the Masters (Small Moments)
• Unit 3: Informational Writing
• Unit 4: Poetry: Big Thoughts, Small Packages
• Unit 5: Fiction Writing – Gripping Stories
• Unit 5: Poetry: Big Thoughts, Small Packages
• Unit 6: Writing About Reading

Math

• Unit 1:Addition,​ ​Subtraction​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Number​ ​System​ ​1:​ ​Coins,​ ​Number​ ​Strings​ ​and​ ​Story​ ​Problems
• Unit 2: Geometry​ ​&​ ​Fractions:​ ​Attributes​ ​of​ ​Shapes​ ​and​ ​Parts​ ​of​ ​a​ ​Whole
• Unit 3: Addition,​ ​Subtraction,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Number​ ​System​ ​2:​ ​How​ ​Many​ ​Stickers?​ ​How​ ​Many​ ​Cents?
• Unit 4 Modeling​ ​with​ ​Data:​ ​Pockets,​ ​Teeth,​ ​and​ ​Guess​ ​My​ ​Rule
• Unit 5: Addition,​ ​Subtraction,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Number​ ​System 3
• Unit 6: ​Linear​ ​Measurement:​ ​How​ ​Far​ ​Can​ ​You​ ​Jump?
• Unit 7: Foundations​ ​of​ ​Multiplication
• Unit 8: Addition,​ ​Subtraction​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Number​ ​System​ ​4

Social Studies

• NYC Now and Then