Is Your Child Ready for 2nd Grade at HEROES?

HEROES is offering a NEW Accelerated 2nd Grade Math and Language Arts class for the 2018 - 2019 Academic Year.  This two hour class covers both math and language arts.  Students must be at least 6 years of age by September 1st to enroll in this program.  If you think your child is ready (or almost ready) for our accelerated 2nd grade program, we recommend registering you child for our placement test.  Our placement test will help you discover your child's current reading, writing, and math levels.  We'll even provide you with some resources to help prepare your child for a September class!  

The checklist below is designed to provide parents with a general idea of the types of skills students must have to enroll in our Accelerated 2nd Grade program.  

Reading Skills Checklist

Our combined math and language arts program for 2nd grade requires students to demonstrate a reading level equivalent to about a 2nd/3rd grade level.  Students must be able to read and comprehend beginning chapter books such as: 

• Magic Tree House
• Rainbow Magic Fairies
• Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew
• Ivy & Bean
• Junie B Jones

Writing Skills Checklist

Students must be able to:

• Form capital and lowercase letters correctly.  
• Write familiar sight words such as the ones on this list.  
• Build simple word sentences.

Math Skills Checklist

Students must be able to:

• Form numbers correctly
• Write and name numerals 0 - 30
• Add and subtract single digit numbers
• Add and subtract numerals up to 20 with sums and differences between 0 and 20
• Solve simple addition and subtraction word problems
• Answer questions such as "how many more" and "how many fewer"