2nd Grade – Academic Week 1

Handwriting Strategies: Sitting Position

Handwriting Strategies: Pencil Grip

Students need a six-sided pencil.*** This instruction is different than most of the others.

Handwriting Strategies: Analog Clock

Students need Spalding Clock Face Cards.

Handwriting Strategies: Top line, Baseline, Midpoint

Students need Spalding Clock Face Cards.

Handwriting Strategies: Purpose & Correct Directionality

Handwriting Strategies: Short and Tall Lines

Handwriting Strategies: 6 Feature Formations

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Phonogram Introduction_Purpose

Phonogram Introduction_Begin at 2 on the Clock

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Phonogram Introduction_Begin with Line (b,e,h,i,j, k,l,m,n)

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Phonogram Introduction_Begin with Line (p,r,t,u,v,w,x,y,z)

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Rule 1 Introduction

Phonogram Introduction: Multiletters (sh, ee,th, ow, ou, oo, ch, ar)

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Rule 4 Introduction

Marking System: Underline Vowel Rule 4 (example 1)

Marking System: Underline Vowel Rule 4 (example 2)

Marking System: Underline Vowel Rule 4 (example 3)

Manuscript Capital Letters: C,G,O,Q,S

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Phonogram Introduction: Multiletters (ay, ai, oy, oi, er, ir, ur, wor,ear)

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Rule 5 Introduction

Rule 6 Introduction

Manuscript Capital Letters: A,B,D,E,F

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Manuscript Capital Letters: H,I,J,K,L

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Phonogram Introduction: Multiletters (ng, ea, or, aw, au, ck, wh, ed)

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Marking System: Double Underlining (example 1)

Marking System: Double Underlining (example 2)

Rule 2 Introduction

Manuscript Capital Letters: M,N P,R

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Manuscript Capital Letters: T,U,Y

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Phonogram Introduction: Multiletters (ew, ui, oa, gu, ph, ough, oe, ey)

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.

Marking System: Multiletter Phonograms (example 1)

Marking System: Multiletter Phonograms (example 2)

Rule 13 Introduction

Manuscript Capital Letters: V,W,X,Z

Students need Spalding lined paper and a six-sided pencil.