Second Grade Curriculum Guide

Arts

Elements of Art:

 Shape, and Line.

Principles of Art:

Pattern and Movement.

Art Mediums:

Drawings, Coloring, and Mixed Media.

Cultures: 

Scandinavian,  and African Cultures

Artist/Illustrator:

Faith Ringgold, Jan Brett, and Henri Mattise.

Health

Emotional Awareness:

Identifying and managing emotions and feelings.

The Five Senses:

In depth study of sight, blindness. In depth study of hearing and deafness

Nutrition:

Food Pyramid, healthy habits, bike safety, drugs and alcohol.

Math

Numeration:

Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's

Computation:

Addition Basic Facts

Turn Around Facts

Fact Families

Computation:

Addition Basic Facts

Subtraction Fact Strategies

Addition and Subtraction:

(with and without  regrouping)

Numeration:

Place Value of 3 Digit Number

Write 3 Digit Numbers

Read 3 Digit Numbers

Use <,>,= to compare numbers

Measurement:

Counting Money

Telling Time

Calendar Concepts

Geometry:

Lines of Symmetry

Identify 2-D and 3-D Shapes

Addition and Subtraction Number Stories

Problem Solving:

What’s My Rule Puzzles

Frame and Arrow Paths

Measurement:

Bar Graph Skills:

(compare quantities, plot data, and identify patterns and extend)

Linear: (customary and metric)

Weight

Capacity

Perimeter

Area

Numeration:

Fractions:

(shade and name fractional parts)

Reading

Phonics:

Short and Long Vowels

Vocabulary:

Homophones      Synonyms               Multiple Meaning Words

Fluency:

Word Wall Words Build Reading Fluency

Comprehension:

Story Structure, Fantasy and Realism, Predicting Outcomes

Phonics:

Long Vowels

Consonant Clusters

Double Consonant

Diagraphs

Base words with -er, -est,       -tion, and -ture

Vowel pairs (ai,ay,ea,ee,oa,ow,ou)

Vocabulary:

Phonics:

R-Controlled Vowels

Base Words Ending -s, -es, and -ies

Contractions

Sounds for "y"

Prefixes

Vocabulary

Science

Solar Systems

Balance and Motion: Balance and Spinners

Balance and Motion:  Rollers

Air and Weather:             Observing Weather, Air Explorations, Using Air, Wind Catchers

Life Cycles: Study of interactions, Begin study of life cycles of animals and animals characteristics.

      Life Cycles:                                      Study animal habitats.

Identify and classify the animals into animal groups.

Life cycles of the frog, butterfly, waxmoths, etc.

Understand the relationship between humans, the environment, and Earth's resources.

Fossils:  

     Prehistoric Animals      i.e. Dinosaurs

Social Studies

Communities:

laws, wants, needs, how communities change, being a citizen of many communities.

Government:

Community, State and Country Governments, citizen pride, and being a good citizen.

Looking At the Earth:

geographical features, using maps and globes, natural resources.

Learn  About People:

Our diverse country, Family Heritage, Celebrations, Culture.

Past and Present:

Timelines, Community History, Our County’s History, Heroes of the Past, World History.

People At Work:

Goods and Services, Producers and Consumers, work and income (savings, sharing, spending).

Grammar

Identifying Sentences

Naming and Action Parts-(Subject and Predicate)

 Nouns

Irregular Plurals

Types of Sentences:

Telling

Question

Command

Exclamation

Common Nouns

Proper Nouns

Pronouns

Editting Skills 

Verbs

Adjectives

Editting Skills

Writing

Capitalization rules, end punctuation, writing complete sentences, paragraph writing 

Fictional story writing (with a clear beginning, middle, and end), friendly letter, paragraph includes main idea, four or more details, and a closing sentence

Fictional story writing, poetry, exact nouns, capitalization, end punctuation, titles capitalized and underlined, taking notes, research report writing