Welcome to 2nd Grade 2008-2009. It will be a great year, full of exciting
events, lots of fun work, and lots of opportunities for you to be part of our
classroom.
Please make sure that your child has a school agenda so that you can write
down their school assignments each day.
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Monday is
Tuesday is
Wednesday is
Thursday is
Friday is MOVING DAY!!!! Christmas break.
Saturday is
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Below is a list of content that will be covered as part of 2nd Grade each
month in the different subject areas.
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August
Math: number patterns, measurement, data concepts, equivalent names for
numbers, money
LA: capitalization, punctuation
Reading: story elements, character, plot, setting
Writing: personal narrative
Social Studies: economics
Science: scientific method
September
Math: adding/subtracting whole numbers, fact families, problem solving,
mental
math
LA: complete/incomplete sentences, types of sentences, subject/verb agreement
Reading: making predictions, cause & effect
Writing: personal narrative
Social Studies: maps & globes
Science: GA Habitats
October
Math: measuring with customary/metric units,
area/diameter/circumference/perimeter
LA: nouns (singular, plural, possessive, common, proper)
Reading: compare & contrast, root words
Writing: personal narrative
Science: GA habitats
November
Math: multiplication/division concepts, problem solving with
multiplication/division, fact power/fact families
LA: personal and possessive pronouns, complex sentence structure, adjectives
Reading: making inferences, features of non-fiction text
November continued…
Writing: response to literature
Social Studies: ancient Greece, political roots of democracy
Science: pollution
December
Math: place value through ten thousands, place value with decimals through
tenths, comparing/ordering whole numbers & decimals
LA: using resources (encyclopedias, internet etc..)
Reading: reference books, research resources
Writing: response to literature
Social Studies: foundations of U.S. government
Science: pollution
January
Math: line segments/rays/lines, geometric figures, angles, parts of a circle
LA: using dictionary/thesaurus to support word choices, rules of spelling
Reading: fact & opinion
Writing: expository writing
Social Studies: government provisions
Science: magnets
February
Math: multiplication/division basic patterns, extending multiplication facts,
estimation, exploring ratios, problem solving
LA: capitalization & punctuation
Reading: author’s purpose, figurative language
Writing: expository writing
Social Studies: trade & interdependence
Science: Magnets
March
Math: fractional parts of regions/sets, fractions on a number line,
equivalent
fractions, problem solving
LA: formal & informal language (slang, colloquialisms, idioms)
Reading: recall of explicit/implicit facts
Writing: expository/persuasive writing
Social Studies: famous Americans (Susan B. Anthony, Cesar Chavez, Paul
Revere,
Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, LBJ, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary McLeod
Bethune), timelines/cultural/geographical systems associated with each
Science: rocks & minerals
April
Math: multiplying/dividing with multiples of 10, 100, 1000, finding products
of two digit numbers, using mental math in multiplication/division
LA: CRCT review
Reading: main idea/supporting details
Writing: persuasive writing
Social Studies: continuation from March
Science: rocks & minerals
May
Math: review units and tools of measurement, gather/organize/display data,
read & interpret graphs/tables
LA: review and extend
Reading: steps in a process
Writing: persuasive writing
Social Studies: review and extend
Science: review and extend
