Second Grade

The Seven Year Old...

• Sometimes tense
• Many hurst, real and imagined
• Sometimes moody or shy
• Needs security, structure
• Doesn't like to make mistakes
• Needs constant reinforcements
• Likes one-to-one conversation
• Likes to work alone
• Likes to be read to
• Likes board games
• Not the time to introduce cursive
• Frequent friendship shifts

Some Favorite Books...

• All About Sam by Lois Lowry
• Babysitter's Club by Ann Martin
• 20,000 Baseball Cards Under the Sea by Bullet and Schade
• The BFG by Roald Dahl
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• The Boxcar Children Series by Warner