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2nd Grade Curriculum

Grade Two Curriculum

Grade Two Curriculum Objectives First Trimester

Language Arts
Many of these objectives will be worked on throughout the year. Students will be able to:
Phonics-
• Identify synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, items in a series,
plurals, compounds, prefixes, suffixes, possessives, and punctuation.
• Write sentences using capitals, punctuation, and appropriate
spelling of the daily generalization words.
• Write the generalization words using appropriate sound/spelling
combinations.
Reading-
• Read aloud, on his/her level for 15 minutes.
• Identify the title, author & illustrator of a story.
• Use text and pictures to predict new information.
• Read and follow "how to " directions.
• Make connections between literature and own experiences.
• Recognize rhyme and alliteration.
• Decode new words using various strategies.
• Identify different genres. (Poetry, fiction, non-fiction)
• Identify characters & setting
• Identify differences in dialect &/or language in stories.
• Present dramatic readings of stories.
• Identify beginning, middle and end of stories.
• Discuss and respond to open-ended questions.
Writing-
• Write complete sentences.
• Use capitals and punctuation.
• Critically think about and write poetry.
• Write up to 4 sentences on one topic.
• Write a story with a beginning, middle and end.
• Practice handwriting using the Zaner-Bloser system,
• Use standard spelling for commonly used words.
• Write friendly letters.

Mathematics
Students will be able to:
• Experience the role that math plays in everyday life.
• Explore and apply problem-solving strategies.
• Express and communicate mathematical thinking.
• Count by 2's & 10's from any given 2 or 3 digit number
• Identify place values in 3 digit numbers.
• Write 2 & 3 digit numbers from dictation.
• Find equivalent names for numbers.
• Write turn-arounds for addition facts.
• Construct fact families for addition and subtraction.
• Understand "What's My Rule" routine
• Complete Frames & Arrows patterns
• Show coins for a given amount, penny, nickel, dime, quarter.
• Solve number stories involving money.
• Tell time to 5 minute intervals

Social Studies
Maps and Globes
Students will:
• Describe how maps and globes depict geographical information in different ways.
• Read globes and maps and follow narrative directions using them.
• Identify cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) apply them to maps, locations in the classroom, school, playground, and community.
• Define and locate the North and South Poles and the equator.
• On a map of the world, locate all the continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica.
• Locate the present boundaries of the United Staes, Canada, and Mexico.
• Locate major oceans: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific.
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Social Skills to be addressed in Open Circle.
• Participate in discussions during Open Circle.
• Differentiate annoying behaviors from dangerous and destructive ones.
• Make eye contact when talking to others.
• Accurately decsribe bothersome behaviors.
• State what you need others to do.
• Role-play responsible behaviors.

Science: Matter
Students will:
• Recognize that solids and liquids are two states of matter.
• Recognize that solids have a definite shape.
• Recognize that liquids take the shape of their container.


Grade Two Curriculum Objectives Second Trimester

Mathematics
Students will be able to:

• Add and subtract multiples of ten.
• Know addition and subtraction facts to 20
• Draw line segments.
• Identify 2-dimensional shapes
• Add three 1-digit numbers mentally.
• Solve addition and subtraction number stories.
• Begin to identify 3-dimensional shapes
• Know complements of 10.
• Measure to the nearest inch and centimeter.
• Count by 2's, 5's, and 10's and describe the pattern
• Find missing addends for the next multiple of 10.
• Solve number grid puzzles.
• Plot data on a bar graph.
• Shade a specific fractional part of a region.
• Give the fraction name for the shaded part of a region.

Social Studies
Landforms
Students will:
Define and give examples of a continent, mountain, river, lake, and ocean.
Locate the five major rivers of the world: Mississippi, Amazon, Volga, Yangtze, and Nile.
Locate major mountain ranges in the world such as Andes, Alps, Himalayas, Mt Everst, Mt McKInley, and the Rockies.
On a map of the world, locate and name examples of a country and the continent it is on.

Science
Simple Machines
Student will to:
*Understand that the way to change the motion of an object is to give it a push or a pull. The harder the push or the pull, the greater the change in the motion of the object.
*Recognize that under some conditions, objects can be balanced.
*Describe the purpose and fuction of a variety of human-made objects.


Grade Two Curriculum Objectives Third Trimester

Mathematics
Students will be able to:
• Use a ruler, tape measure, and meter/yardstick correctly.
• Indentify equivalencies for inches, feet, and yards.
• Find perimeter and area concretely.
• Measure to the nearest half centimeter and half inch.
• Recognize sensible measurements.
• Read and write money amounts indecimal notation.
• Use equivalent coins to show money amounts in different ways.
• Use a calculator to compute money amounts.
• Know exchange values of U. S. coins.
• Know and express automatically the values of digits in 2-, 3-, and 4-digit numbers.
• Multiply numbers with 0 or 1 as a factor.
• Tell time to 5-minute intervals.
• Demonstrate claendar concepts and skills.
• Compare quantities from a bar graph.
• Multipy numbers with 2, 5, and 10 as a factor.
• Construct multiplication/division fact families.
• Begin to determine the median, maximum, minimun, and range of a data set.

Science: Frogs and Ponds
Students will be able to:
• Understand that frogs go through a predictable life cycle.
• Distinguish differences and similarities between frogs and toads.
• Give examples of frog adaptations to various environments.
• Illustrate a food chain involving frogs and pond life.
• Record and observe the changes in the classroom tadpole.
• Predict how changes in environment may affect frogs and pond life.





Social Studies: Franklin
Students will be able to:
• Understand when and how Franklin began.
• Recognize and locate various important historical landmarks in Franklin.
• Give a brief biographical sketch of individuals who contributed to Franklin's beginnings.
• Identify the various occupations of the early residents of Franklin.
• Identify major ethnic groups who have lived in Franklin.
Describe the difference between a contemporary map of Franklin and the map of Franklin in the 19th or 20th century.




Social Competency
Students will be able to:
• Continue practicing the six steps of problem solving.
• Submit real classroom problems to the problem solving box.
• Contribute to solutions of classroom problems.

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Updated: Sep 8, 2003  



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