Second Grade

Second Grade students will work on these skills and concepts.

READING AND LITERATURE

Maintain word recognition skills using phonics, structural analysis and contextual clues to read and understand vocabulary and word meaning

Summarize the literature

Use time order words for sequencing

Use antonyms, synonyms and homophones

Understand cause and effect

Make predictions

Identify main idea, topic sentence and details

Know the difference between reality and fantasy

Identify suffixes and prefixes in words

Recognize comparison and contrast

Recognize problem and solution

Interpret paraphrasing and drawing conclusions

Identify main character, character traits, goals, setting, plot, theme and topic

Use reference resources such as glossaries,

dictionaries, telephone directories & graphs

Recognize and use steps in a process

Recognize root words and inflected endings (s, as, ed, ing)

LANGUAGE ARTS

Use capital letters at the beginning of sentences and for proper names

Use periods and question marks in writing sentences

Arrange words in alphabetical order to the second letter

Form and identify compound words

Identify contractions

Start to write paragraphs consisting of one main idea, two details, a closing sentence, and correct indentation, capitalization and punctuation

SPELLING

Spell second grade high frequency word lists

Demonstrate understanding of spelling rules taught:

Short vowels, long vowels, consonant clusters, words with endings -ed and -ing, plurals, compounds, contractions and homophones

MATH

Recall basic addition and subtraction facts

Add and subtract two-digit numbers with and without regrouping

Solve simple addition and subtraction story problems

Read and write the time to the five minutes, hour and half hour

Count coins with the sums of greater and less than $1.00

Recite the days of the week and months of the year in order

Compare and measure using inches and centimeters

Recognize and read "greater than", "less than" and "equal to" equations

Identify simple symmetric and congruent shapes

Read and interpret data from bar and picture graphs and Venn Diagrams

Recognize continuing patterns

Identify geometric solids

Begin to learn multiplication of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10

Write numbers in expanded form with and without the use of pictures

Cover designs using tangram pieces

Identify parallel, horizontal, oblique, vertical, perpendicular and intersecting lines

Round numbers to the nearest ten

SCIENCE

Life Science: Name the four parts of a plant (flower, stem, leaf, root)

Name three things plants need to live (air, water, food)

Name four things animals need to live (air, water, food, shelter)

Earth Science: Understand the importance of clean air and water

Observe how weather can change

Know the difference between the sun, stars,

planets and the moon

Human Body: Recognize the importance of good health

Recognize the importance of good hygiene

Physical Science: Discuss freezing point and boiling point

Identify three forms of energy (heat, light, sound)

Recognize how machines and electricity are safely used

SOCIAL STUDIES

Name major land forms

Apply map and globe skills

Identify the contributions and costumes of various cultural groups

Demonstrate cooperation with others to achieve a goal

Understand the basic premise of local and national government

Recognize the need for conservation of natural resources

Use calendars, flow charts, time lines and bar graphs

Find alike and different

Understand family ties, ancestry and traditions

Recognize special people, places and holidays

Discuss our past and the impact it has on today’s society

TECHNOLOGY

Identify the function of components of a computer system (monitor, keyboard, disk drive, printer, mouse)

Turn computer on/off with correct start-up and shut-down

Load software and interact with it

Understand basic word processing

Use mouse to move and use keyboard to type spelling words and sentences

Introduce basic typing and keyboarding computer program

Type in a web site and access information

Use printers to print finished work

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH

Relate that basic physical exercise is essential for positive development and health of the human body

Understand that both mental and physical development are necessary to a healthy body

Understand that consumer health, safety, and environmental health are important

Develop an appreciation for basic physical fitness and leisure activities

Understand that basic physical fitness and health are essential to a sound body

Use basic skills to perform a variety of activities

Understand that life saving situations can be controlled by knowledge of basic skills and use of safety precautions

MUSIC

Demonstrate an understanding of rhythmic elements and patterns

Demonstrate an understanding of melodic concepts, including repeated tones and pentatonic scale patterns

Understand musical form including phrase, AB, ABA

Apply such musical terms as "introduction" and "accent"

ART

Demonstrate the basic skills necessary to participate in the creation and/or performance of one of the arts

Create own expressions through the use of crayons, scissors, glue and markers

Recognize their works of art as discoveries instead of mistakes

Understand that art is a universal means of communication