The Elementary School curriculum is accredited in the United States as well as with the Chilean Ministry of Education. Major emphasis is given to the development of communication skills in English including reading/writing and speaking/listening. The program of study also includes mathematics, science, social studies, music, art, physical education, computers, and daily lessons in Spanish for first and second language learners. With the exception of Spanish classes, all instruction is in English and students must demonstrate the ability to learn in English.

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Second graders are excited about sharing their thoughts with others so they are naturally motivated to develop their repertoire of communication skills. Instruction focuses on learning the tools that are the foundation for good communicators and applying them as students read, write, listen, and speak.

Second graders learn skills and strategies in order to facilitate communication and enjoy reading through a balanced reading program, that includes shared, guided and independent reading. Our reading skills and strategies focus on the ability to:
• Read aloud fluently and accurately with appropriate intonation and expression.
• Discuss the significance of the main idea, plot, setting, and characters in a story.
• Make predictions about the outcomes of a story.
• Identify the correct sequence of events in a story.
• Recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a text.
The learning skills and strategies for writing are modeled and expectations are clearly set. The writing process includes pre-writing, drafting, editing, and publishing. Through the use of this process, our writing skills and strategies focus on the ability to:
• Create written narrative stories, poems, and expository (factual) writing.
• Use commas correctly in letter greetings, closures, and items in a series.
• Capitalize all proper nouns.
• Identify and correctly write various parts of speech, specifically nouns and verbs.
• Distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences.
• Spell frequently used, irregular words correctly.

Second graders learn to be a good team member by sharing experiences of their own and listening to others. Our listening and speaking skills focus on the ability to:
• Distinguish between a question and a comment.
• Distinguishes between fact and opinion.
• Paraphrase information that has been shared orally by others.
• Give and follow three-step oral directions.
• Recount experiences in a logical sequence.
• Report on a topic with facts and details, drawing from several sources of information.




The goal of the second grade program is to bring out mathematically powerful thinkers and problem solvers, who are confident and feel comfortable using math in their every day lives. This is done through:
• Development of computations skills.
• Hands on practice.
• High level thinking.
• Discovery activities.
• Group projects.
• Family involvement.




Second graders are "emergent scientists. " Their inquisitiveness and natural curiosity make them outstanding investigators as well as protectors of their environment! The Science themes are the connecting thread in our second grade curriculum:
• Getting to know ourselves and our family group.
• Looking at the planet Earth, its continents, land shapes, and all its changes along time.
• Discovering wild animal life in their natural habitats, becoming expert zookeepers.
• Ecology takes us to look after our environment recycling and reusing, and reforesting.
• Finally, we study about a big group of people who were respectful of the environment and knew how to use things without abusing them -- the Natives of North America.