Below, I have briefly outlined the 2nd Grade State Core Curriculum. You can always look right here on my website to see what I am teaching each week under the "Language Arts" "Math" and "Science/Social Studies" tabs.
Language Arts
- Read words with long and short vowels, common vowel teams, two-syllable words, and understand the meaning of words formed when common suffixes and prefixes are added.
- Produce, expand and rearrange sentences to add interest and provide meaning to writing.
- Ask and answer questions about a text and pay close attention to details, including pictures and graphics, and in stories and books to answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions.
- Identify main ideas in informational text and use text features (e.g. captions, bold print, indexes) to locate key facts or information efficiently.
- Determine the lesson or moral of stories, fables and folktales.
- Retell key information or ideas from media or books read aloud.
- Write stories that include a clear beginning, middle and end and provide a short sequence of events.
- Participate in shared research projects using a variety of books on a single topic to produce a report.
- Take part in conversations by linking his or her comments to the remarks of others and asking and answering questions to gather information or deepen their understanding of a topic.
- Math
- Solve addition and subtraction problems, including the use of models, with 1,000.
- Calculate sums and differences mentally for numbers, with only 10's or only 100's.
- Use mental strategies to add and subtract problems quickly, flexibly, accurately and appropriately within 20.
- Know, from memory, all sums of two one-digit numbers (5+7=12, 4+9=13, etc.)
- Understand the value of each digit in a four-digit number.
- Science
- Apply scientific processes, communicate scientific ideas effectively and understand the nature of science.
- Understand Earth and space through the study of earth materials, the movement of earth, moon and weather.
- Study the forces of motion and the properties of materials.
- Study changes in organisms over time and the nature of living things.
Social Studies
- Identify and describe contributions from different cultural groups.
- Recognize civic responsibility and demonstrate good citizenship.
- Investigate how our communities, state and nation are united through various symbols, traditions and landmarks.
- Use geographic tools and skills to identify, locate, and describe places on earth, such as physical features, city, state, and country.
- Explain the difference between consumers and producers and the different types of goods and services that help people to meet their needs.