Second Grade Curriculum
The second grade curriculum will include these skills as recommended by the State Department of Education.
By the end of Second Grade students should know:
Decoding
· Recognizes base/root words (happy- happily, unhappy)
· Applies the following phonics skills: beginning, middle, and ending consonants; short (bed), long (hide), and r-controlled (car) vowels; blends (tr, pl), digraphs (wh, ch, gh), and diphthongs (oo, oi)
· Identifies suffixes and prefixes (-ful, re-)
· Identifies compound words (rainbow)
· Identifies rhyming words (cat, sat)
· Identifies homonyms(bear- animal, bear- without covering) , synonyms (big, large, huge), and antonyms (hot-cold, up-down)
· Identifies contractions (won’t- will not)
Written Communication
· Classifies words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)
· Recognizes simple word opposites (antonyms)
· Alphabetizes words to the second letter
· Uses notebook paper correctly--identifies the front and back
· Begins sentences with a capital letter and ends sentences with appropriate punctuation mark
· Uses correct rules of usage and expression
· Writes three to five sentences about a topic
· Uses correct spelling for frequently used sight words, spelling words, and vocabulary words
· Reads own writing aloud to the class or small groups
· Begins to use dictionaries
· Writes simple stories with a beginning, middle, and end
Literature
· Reads and follows directions independently
· Reads independently for pleasure
· Reads for extended periods of time
· Selects and reads different genre
· Uses title page, table of contents, and glossary
· Recognizes the following elements of a given reading selection: main idea, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships
· Identifies the beginning, middle, and end of a story
· Predicts what may happen in a story before and during a story using the pictures and vocabulary
· Uses a variety of strategies to read fiction and nonfiction
· Draws conclusions
· Compares/contrasts two things
· Distinguishes between reality and fantasy
· Reads different genre
· Self-corrects in oral reading by using context clues, prior knowledge, and by asking the following questions: Does it sound right? Does it make sense?
· Reads 90 words per minute
· Reads material on grade level
Handwriting
· Prints legibly
· Correctly forms letters and numbers
· Correctly spaces words and sentences
Math
· Memorized basic addition and subtraction facts to 20
· Knows the math symbols +, -, =, <, >, x.
· Adds and subtracts 2 digit numbers with and without regrouping
· Adds combinations of 1, 2, and 3 digit numbers with and without regrouping
· Subtracts 1 and 2 digit numbers from 2 and 3 digit numbers without regrouping
· Completes one-step and two-step addition and subtraction problems
· Uses problem solving strategies such as draw a picture, guess and check, and make a chart
· Writes a number sentence that represents a picture or an array for addition and subtraction
· Knows even and odd numbers
· Correctly uses the terms all, some, and none
· Determines ordinal numbers to 20th
· Translates words to numerals and numerals to words through 1000
· Knows place value through hundreds
· Understands different names for numerals, for example: 3 hundreds, 2 tens, 4 ones; three hundred twenty-four; and 300+20+4 are different names for 324
· Knows numerical sequence to 1000 including; the number before, number after, number between two givens, number closest to a given, which is the least, which is the greatest, a number 10 more or less
· Predicts and completes patterns with shapes and/or colors
· Counts by ones, twos, fives, and tens up to 100; threes to 36; and fours to 48
· Constructs and interprets simple bar graphs and pictographs with up to 5 columns, using whole unit data
· Interprets symbols on graphs
· Counts money up to $2 and counts change received
· Tells time to the nearest 5 minute interval
· Follows a schedule
· Determines appropriate units to measure time (minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years)
· Identifies a line of symmetry
· Knows which side of the ruler is inches and which side is centimeters
· Measures using inch, foot, pound, ounce, centimeter, meter, gram, and kilograms
· Identifies fractions: halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, and eighths
· Identifies spheres, cubes, cylinders, and cones
Science:
· Asks questions about the environment
· Understands life cycles of plants, insects, and animals
· Understands the causes of night and day
· Understands the states and properties of matter
· Identifies types of weather and seasons
· Understands producers, consumers, and decomposers
Social Studies:
· Identifies and follows rules
· Identifies city, state, country, continent, and planet we live on
· Develops and understanding of basic human rights
· Has a basic understanding of citizenship
· Identifies producers and consumers
Social
- learning to get along with other children and adults
- having the opportunity to share experiences with others
- developing responsibility for oneself
- learning to accept and follow rules
Emotional
- developing a good self-concept
- experiencing success in school work
- becoming more independent and self-confident
Physical
- practicing good health habits
- participating in games and activities
- developing large and small muscle coordination
Intellectual
- expanding language skills
- solving problems
- expressing creativity through art and music
- listening to stories
- developing age appropriate reading and writing skills
- exploring the world we live in
- using mathematical concepts in everyday experiences