Second Grade Curriculum

COMMUNICATION ARTS

Comprehension

(M) main characters

(M) setting

(M) name the beginning, middle, and end of the story

(M) draw conclusions

(M) predict outcomes

(M) sequence

(P) problem and resolution

(P) authors purpose

(P) topic and main idea

(P) recall details

(P) cause and effect

(P) categorize items into groups

(P) point of view

(P) father meaning from context

(P) apply information

(P) analyze information

(P) make judgments and evaluations

(P) make comparisons

Decoding

(M) consonant blends

(M) consonant idiographs - ch, sh, tch, th, wh

(M) diphthongs - oi, oy, ou, ow, oo

(M) R controlled

(M) short and long vowels

(M) base words, word endings - ing, ed, er, est

1. add es if the word ends in ch, sh, s or x

2. if it ends in e you drop the e

3. consonant y changes to i

(M) contractions (decoding)

(M) silent letters wr, kn

(M) letter combinations ind, ight, ph, ne, nk

(P) plurals-s, es

1. add es if the word ends in ch, sh, s or x

2. consonant y changes to i

3. if a word ends in f it changes to c and add es

4. some words changes (woman to women, man to men, child to children)

(P) hard and soft g/d

(P) synonyms/antonyms/homonyms

(P) multiple meanings

(P) picture clues

(P) pronoun referents

(P) curriculum based vocabulary

(P) affixes

(P) possessives

Capitalization and Punctuation

(M) write a five or more senence story using beginning capital letter, periods and question marks

(M) Capitalize days of the week

(M) Capitalize months of the year

(M) capitalize proper names of people

(M) capitalize hilidays

(M) comma in a date

(M) apostrophe in contractions

(M) pronoun I

(P) capitalize titles of stories

(P) capitalize proper names of places and things

(P) capitalize titles of stories

(P) capitalize titles of people (Dr. Mr.)

(P) capitalize titles of books

(P) commas in a series

(P) commas of address

(P) apostrophe in possession

(P) find commas of opposition in text

Grammar

(M) use nouns (person, place or thing) in a sentence

(M) use verb in a sentence

(M) use adjectives (describer, color, size, shape, texture, and numbers) i a sentence

(M) use nouns and verbs that agree with each other in a sentence

Writing Process

(M) use writing to write process (planner, first draft, and published work; equivalent to writing process stage, prewriting, draft, edit, and published work)

(P) use the five steps in the writing process (pre-writing, draft, revise, edit, and publish)

(P) forms letters and words using cursive writing

(P) use proper keyboarding skills

(P) use Children's Writing and Publishing

Letter

(M) identify the five parts of a friendly letter (date, greeting, body, closing, and name)

(M) use the five parts to write a friendly letter including blocking, capitals, and punctuation

(P) capitalize a two word closing (your friend, yours truly, etc.)

Speaking and Listening

(M) listen attentively

(M) write a summary of a story they have heard

(M) listen and follow three step oral directions

(M) present reports orally

(M) actively volunteer

(P) repeat information

(P) show an interest

(P) listen respectively

(P) speak loudly enough for others to hear

(P) speak clearly and distinctly

(P) use good posture

Study Skills

(M) ABC order to the second letter

(M) use the title page, table of contents, and index of a book

(M) understand that a dictionary contains words and their meaning in alphabetical order

(M) understand that an encyclopedia contains topics arranged in alphabetical order

(M) understand that a thesaurus contains synonyms and antonyms for words

(M) understand the an atlas is a book of maps

(M) identify symbols as representations of real things

(M) identify the compass rose as the symbol for directions

(M) determine locations by using north, south, east and west

(M) locate the north pole, south pole, and equator on a globe

(P) ABC order to the third letter

(P) identify the title page, table of contents, index and glossary of a book

(P) use the dictionary properly

(P) use a thesaurus in their writing

(P) use an atlas to find places of interest

(P) use coordinates to locate places on a map

SCIENCE

weather

magnetism

planets

plants - optional

SOCIAL STUDIES

identified as part of a community

physical characteristics of the environment

events and technologies in America's history

roles and responsibilities of American citizens

MATH

Concepts:

count by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's

use ordinal words

use <, >, and =

write number words to 1000

place value to the thousands

Geometry and Fractions:

identify the names of 2 dimensional shapes

identify 3 dimensional shapes

verbally describe and compare shapes

identify equal parts of a whole figure

identify and write the name of the fractional part of the whole, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, etc.

add or subtract fractions with like denominators

problem solving strategy to demonstrate knowledge of fractions

identify lines of symmetry to make symmetrical figures

Multiplication

express the multiplication concept through illustration

recite multiplication facts

multiply 2 digit numbers without regrouping

problem solving skills to demonstrate their knowledge of the multiplication concept

express the division process

Measurement, Time, Calendar, Money, Probability

use equal units to measure the length of an object

measure the mass of an object in grams, kilograms, ounces, and pounds

measure the perimeter of a square, rectangle and triangle

coins and bills

convert coins up to $1.99

calculate money amounts up to and including the hundreds place value

tell time

days, weeks and moths

determine outcomes of events the are equally likely to occur (probability)

Addition

associative and cumulative properties of addition

addition facts to 18

sum of 2 digit numbers without regrouping

sum of 3 digit numbers without regrouping

sum of 2 digit numbers with regrouping

sum of 3 digit numbers with regrouping

sum of 3 or more numbers

Subtraction

facts to 18

difference of 2 digit numbers without regrouping

difference of 3 digit numbers without regrouping

difference of 2 digit numbers with regrouping

difference if 3 digit numbers with regrouping

problem solving strategies in addition and subtraction

evaluate their work

mental computation

estimate the sum or difference