SECOND GRADE

Welcome to P.S. 19’s Second Grade!

Ms. Blackstone

Ms. Hoffman

Ms. Melendez

Ms. Staszewski

Ms. Blackstone

lblackstone@schools.nyc.gov

Ms. Hoffman

shoffman5@schools.nyc.gov

Ms. Melendez

smelendez10@schools.nyc.gov

Ms. Staszewski

rstaszewski@schools.nyc.gov

Second Grade Supply List (2020-2021 School Year)

These supplies are suggested and not mandatory. We thank you in advance for the supplies!

6 composition notebooks (do not label, please)
2 packages of copy paper
1 package of pencils
3 folders
1 package of post-it notes
1 box each of crayons/markers/colored pencils

3 boxes of tissues
3 rolls of paper towels
1 package of Ziploc bags (gallon-sized)
1 hand sanitizer
1 bottle of soap
2 containers of disinfectant wipes

Second Grade Curriculum

Literacy

Changing the World

Seeds of Change
On Meadowview Street
A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt

Making Decisions

Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday
A Chair for My Mother
Do I Need it or Do I Want it?
I Wanna Iguana

Understanding Communities

Charlotte’s Web
Showshoe Hare’s Winter Home
On the Farm
The House on Maple Street
Mercy Watson

Building Ideas

Theodore Roosevelt
Marching with Aunt Susan
The Man Who Made Parks
City Green

Pioneering New Ideas and New Worlds

Seed by Seed
Johnny Appleseed
Pioneers to the West
Going West

Writing

Opinion pieces

Writing about main idea and main characters

Writing summaries and Narratives:

Create captions, write opinions to form a verbal debate

Additional writing assignments/features for second graders:

Dialogue, new scenes and endings for stories, informational writing
Timelines, ask and answer questions, shared research on historical figures
Compare and Contrast books, opinion, narrative

Mathematics

Number Concepts to 1,000
Problem Solving
Basic Facts & Relationships
2-Digit Addition with Money Concepts
2-Digit Subtraction
Problem Solving
3-Digit Addition and Subtraction
Problem Solving
Money, Time, Data