Kinder 2

Kinder 2 students deepen and refine their understanding of letters, sounds, words, and phrases. Predictable stories, poetry, simple non-fiction books, and picture books are part of each classroom’s library. K2 students follow the Writer’s Workshop curriculum, providing them with daily opportunities for writing across a wide variety of genres. They make signs for the block area, labels for different areas and items in the classroom, and short sentences for pictures and paintings. They offer thoughts, impressions, compose notes and messages, and write about their experiences. Writing may be a collaborative effort or a solitary pursuit. Invented spelling is encouraged. Students “write what they hear,” with the understanding that a story can be edited with the help of a teacher when they are ready to produce a completed work. Children look forward to publishing their own stories and proudly read their finished books to friends, teachers, and partners in other classes.

Like Kinder 1 students, Kinder 2 students push the boundaries of their conceptual thinking and challenge themselves in their monthly projects with forays into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art/Design, and Math) subject areas. Our project-based curriculum provides an interdisciplinary approach that exercises multiple areas of the brain and helps students understand that all learning is connected, linking the STEAM areas and the areas of language, literature, and the social sciences.