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Gerald M. Parmenter Elementary School

Grade 2 Curriculum

Grade 2 Curriculum

Student Responsibilities
  • Follows classroom rules
  • Follows classroom routines
  • Practices self-control
  • Uses appropriate problem-solving strategies in social situations
  • Sustains attention to work over a period of time
  • Interacts and works cooperatively with peers
  • Demonstrates cooperative attitude with adults
  • Respects the rights and property of others
  • Completes and returns class work on time
  • Completes and returns homework on time
  • Follows oral directions
  • Follows written directions
  • Presents neat and careful work
  • Takes responsibility for own actions
  • Works well independently
  • Listens attentively
  • Demonstrates organizational skills
English Language Arts
Language
  • Follows rules for discussion
  • Uses strategies to identify word meaning

Reading and Literature
  • Sounds out words
  • Reads orally with fluency and expression
  • Reads with comprehension
  • Identifies characters, setting, and elements of plot
  • Makes predictions about text
  • Distinguishes cause and effect
  • Identifies differences between fiction and non-fiction

Composition
  • Writes a paragraph with topic sentence, details, and clincher
  • Writes stories and narratives with a beginning, middle, and end
  • Uses capitalization and punctuation appropriately
  • Applies spelling skills in writing
  • Prints upper and lowercase letters and numbers legibly


Mathematics

    Number Sense and Operations
    • Identifies the value of the digits in numbers to 1,000
    • Knows addition facts up to 20
    • Knows subtraction facts up to 20
    • Adds and subtracts three-digit numbers without regrouping
    • Identifies common fractions (1/2, 1/4, 1/3) on a number line

    Patterns, Functions, Algebra
    • Creates addition and subtraction patterns
    • Trades coins accurately
    • Constructs and solves number sentences

    Geometry
    • Describes attributes of two-dimensional shapes
    • Describes attributes of three-dimensional shapes

    Measurement
    • Tells time to the quarter-hour
    • Measures using inches and centimeters
    • Compares weight and volume of objects accurately

    Data Analysis, Statistics, Probability
    • Organizes and interprets graphs, charts, and tables

    Applies to All Standards
    • Applies problem-solving strategies
    • Communicates mathematical reasoning effectively


Science
Organizes, predicts, and communicates the concepts of:

  • Living Things: Pond Life
  • Properties of Matter
  • Simple Machines

History and Social Science

  • History of Franklin
  • Geography

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Updated: October 13, 2005  



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