Oglethorpe Point Elementary School

Second Grade

Second grade students visit the library weekly with their whole class, but are also allowed to visit independently or in small groups throughout the week as needed. 

Second grade students are allowed to check out two books at a time. Their weekly checkouts are unlimited - as long as they only have two books out at a time. 

Your child’s class library day is:

Melvin - Tuesday
Fulp - Thursday
Mimbs - Friday

Second grade students participate in most of our independent reading incentives, including our quarterly reading cafés and reading store, our end of the year reading clubs, and our “I Put Reading on the Map” program.

Reading Cafés are held quarterly (Fall/October, Winter/December, Spring/March, and End of the Year/May). Second grade students read books and take comprehension quizzes (Accelerated Reader) in order to participate. However, beginning in second grade, they must meet an independent reading goal that is set for them each quarter. At the beginning of the year, our second grade students take a reading assessment that helps us determine their independent reading level. This level is largely based on vocabulary/word complexity and follows the ATOS readability measure. Once they have taken this reading measure, our Accelerated Reader program calculates a goal that is based on reading at your student’s independent reading level and for 20 minutes a school day (we do not count weekends and holidays since the students cannot take their comprehension quiz during those days). You can find your student’s reading zone and quarterly reading goal by logging in to Accelerated Reader (more information below).

Students may quiz on books they have read at home or books they have read in the classroom and with teachers. All quizzes should be taken at school. Parents can login to AR at home in order to check their child’s progress. The AR login is located under the Students tab on our school website. 

Reading Cafés are hosted during lunch by our fabulous PTA. Weather permitting, students eat their lunches outside in the courtyard and then participate in fun games and activities. 

Reading Stores are held in December, March, and May. Students get to “spend” their hard-earned reading points at the store. Points not used will roll-over to the next store, but must be used by our final store in May. Café and Club points are NOT deducted from store points. 

Reading Star Wall and Clubs

Once second graders accumulate 10 reading points, their star goes on the wall in the main hallway. Their star moves up according to their accumulated points. 

50 Point Club - if a second grader’s star reaches 50 points, he or she will be invited to our end of the year reading picnic in May. 

100 Point Club -  if a first grader’s star reaches 100 points, he or she will be invited to our end of the year Reading Club Field Trip in May. This is not a typical goal for second graders, but we do have a few second graders meet this goal each year. 

*Points are based on the amount of words in a book. Unlike in first grade, 2 books no longer equal 1 point, as second grade level books are longer and have more words than typical first grade books. 

Second graders DO participate in I Put Reading on the Map. 

I Put Reading on the Map

The best way for parents of second graders to help their children with I Put Reading on the Map is to read with them at home each night. Second graders keep their reading logs in their reading folders and these do not typically go home. At school, we are helping the students select the books they need to complete their logs.

Parents CAN login to their child’s AR account at home to see what books have been read. Also, I have attached a log to this page so you can see the different book genres your child will be reading to complete the log. But at school we are also checking that the books the child records on his/her log are in his/her reading zone. This is because this program is designed to challenge students to read books that help their reading skills, comprehension, and vocabulary grow. S0 - even though we are proud of your student for ALL of the books they read, no matter the level - only the books within their zone (and above as their reading levels grow throughout the year) will go on their log. 

I will make a “How to Navigate Accelerated Reader” clip that will show you where you can find your child’s quarterly goals, reading zone,  and all of the books they have read, etc..  

The last day to take Accelerated Reader quizzes is May 1, 2026. So all reading goals must be met by this date. 

*Please visit the Digital Literacy button on the library homepage in order to view the lessons covered by grade level.