Second Grade

Reading
The Student will:
  • Acquire decoding skills, including:
    -Long, short vowels
    -Digraphs and diphthongs
    -Beginning blends and ending blends
    -Vowel pairs
    (Spelling workbook also reinforces these skills.)
  • Be introduced to additional concepts:
    -Contractions
    -Compound words
    -Nouns, verbs, adjectives
    -Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
  • Use a variety of reading strategies
    (phonics, pictures, syntax, context)
  • Increase vocabulary skills and level of oral reading fluency and expression
  • Identify plot, characters and events in a story
  • Retell sequence and main idea of a story-- Identify beginning, middle, and end.
  • Learn dictionary skills
 Math
The Student will:
  • Master addition and subtraction facts up to 18
  • Read and write numerals to 999
  • Be familiar with 2 and 3-digit regrouping in addition and subtraction
  • Tell time to 5-minute intervals
  • Identify coins by name and value in problem solving
  • Use fractions of whole: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4
  • Identify shapes and solids
  • Use a various means of measurement
  • Understand multiplication as 'repeated addition'
Penmanship
The Student will:
  • Use the proper 'top to bottom, left to right' formation of letters and numbers in printing
Writing and Language Arts
The Student will:
  • Write to convey meaning
  • Create descriptive sentences
  • Use simple capitalization rules in writing
  • Use grammar rules in writing
  • Create an original story with a beginning, middle, and end.
  • Use correct spelling of common words in writing and in tests
  • Practice a variety of creative writing:
    -Friendly letter
    -Poetry
    -Personal narrative
    -Fiction
Social Studies
The Student will:
  • Learn about communities in the U.S.
  • Learn basic map skills
  • Learn about various holidays celebrated in the U.S.
  • Be introduced to some prominent U.S. historical figures
    Science/Themes
    The Student will learn appropriate concepts from the following curriculum areas:
  • Butterflies
  • Simple Machines
  • Solar System
  • From Seed to Plant
Computer
The Student will:
  • Continue to build upon keyboarding skills
  • Utilize the computer to reinforce language arts and math skills
 
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