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2nd Grade Curriculum
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LANGUAGE ARTS / READING
- Understand how English is written and printed
- Distinguish features of a sentence (e.g. capitalization of first word, ending punctuation, commas, quotation marks)
- Identify and read at least 300 high frequency words from a commonly used list
- Decode words with common spelling patterns
- Comprehend a variety of texts drawing on useful strategies
- Use ideas (illustrations, titles, topics, sentences, key words and foreshadowing) to make and confirm predictions
- Establish purpose for reading selected texts and monitor comprehension, making corrections and adjustments when that understanding breaks down (identifying clues, using background knowledge, generating questions, rereading a portion aloud)
- Read aloud grade level texts with fluency and understanding (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension.
- Understand new vocabulary when reading and writing
- Use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or multiple-meaning words
- Identify and use common words that are opposite (antonyms) or similar (synonyms) in meaning
- Alphabetize a series of words
- Use a dictionary or glossary to find words
- Describe main characters in works of fiction including the traits
- Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction
- Distinguish between biography and autobiography
- Read independently for sustained periods of time and produce evidence of the reading by paraphrasing what the reading was about while maintaining meaning
- Describe order of events or ideas in a text
- Follow multi-step directions
- Use common graphic features to assist in the interpretation of text (captions, illustrations)
- Recognize different purposes of media (informational, entertainment)
- Understand and identify main idea and topic of text or visual media
Written and Oral Communication- Use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing) to compose text
- Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing (brainstorming, drawing, sharing ideas, listing key ideas)
- Develop drafts by sequencing ideas through writing sentences
- Revise drafts by adding or deleting words, phrases or sentences
- Edit drafts for grammar, punctuation and spelling using a teacher developed rubric
- Publish and share writing with others
- Write brief stories that have a beginning, middle and end
- Speak in complete sentences with subject/verb agreement
- Ask questions with appropriate subject/verb conversion
- Form upper and lower case letters in text using basic conventions of print including spacing between words and sentences
- Begin to use cursive handwriting
Word Study- Spell grade level words accurately
- Alphabetize a series of words
- Recognize features of a sentence
- Recognize rhyming words and orally generate a series of rhyming words
- Capitalize letters for the first words in sentences, names of people and animals, months, days, holidays, places, personal titles, and titles of works
- Identify statements, questions, commands, and exclamatory sentences
- Recognize and use punctuation marks at the end of sentences (declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative)
- Identify and use nouns (singular/plural, common/proper)
- Identify and use verbs (actions, past, present, future)
- Identify and use adjectives
- Capitalize the pronoun I
- Identify and use pronouns (subject and predicate)
- Distinguish between long and short vowels
- Identify and read common compound words
- Spell simple contractions using apostrophes
- Identify parts of a letter
MATH
Numbers and Numeration- Identify mathematics in everyday situations
- Identify the place and value of the digits of a number up to 1,000
- Identify ordinals (first-thirtieth)
- Identify odd and even numbers
- Skip counting (2s, 5s, 10s to 100)
- Use models to compare fractions
Operations and Computation- Recall and apply basic addition and subtraction facts (to 18)
- Model addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers with objects, pictures, words and numbers
- Show equivalent representations for whole numbers by using addition and subtraction facts
- Select addition or subtraction to solve problems using two-digit numbers, whether or not regrouping is necessary
- Determine the value of a collection of coins up to one dollar
- Use various estimating techniques and rounding of whole numbers to the nearest 100
- Fact families (sums to 18)
Problem Solving- Solve problems with guidance that incorporate understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the solution for reasonableness (addition and subtraction)
- Select an appropriate problem solving plan or strategy (draw a picture, make a table, look for a pattern, systematic guess and check, act it out, work a simpler problem, work backwards, etc)
- Justify his/her thinking using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology
Data and Chance- Construct picture and bar-type graphs
- Generate questions, collect, and organize data to address questions and draw conclusions on both picture and bar-type graphs
- Read and interpret graphs and tables to identify main ideas, draw conclusions, and make predictions
- Use data to describe events as more likely or less likely such as drawing a certain color crayon from a bag of seven red crayons and three green crayons
Measurement and Reference Frames- Money (penny, nickel, dime,quarter, and dollar)
- Estimate and measure length using standard and nonstandard units
- Read a thermometer to gather data
- Tell time to the nearest one-minute interval on a digital clock and the nearest five-minute interval on an analog clock
- Describe activities that take approximately one second, on minute, and one hour
Geometry- Describe attributes (the number of vertices, faces, edges, sides) of two and three-dimensional geometric figures such as circles, polygons, spheres, cones, cylinders, prisms, and pyramids, etc…
- Use attributes to describe how 2 two-dimensional figures or 2 three-dimensional geometric figures are alike or different
- Predict what new shapes will be formed by combining or cutting apart existing shapes
Patterns- Functions and Algebra
- Find patterns in numbers such as in a 100’s chart
- Use patterns in place value to compare and order whole numbers through 999
- Use patterns and relationships to develop strategies to remember basic addition and subtraction facts. Determine patterns in related addition and subtraction number sentences (including fact families)
- Use patterns to predict (color, shape, size, etc)
- Sort, classify and order by two or more attributes
- Determine patterns in changes that are predictable
- Write equations using symbols (+, -,=, < and >)
SCIENCE
Matter and Interactions- Observe (firsthand or from media) different states of matter, and how many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature
- Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of heating or cooling a substance
- Identify and discuss how heating and cooling are important to everyday life
- Observe, describe, compare, and sort rocks by size, shape, color, and texture
- Observe, compare, describe, and sort components of soil by size,texture, and color
- Gather evidence of how rocks, soil, and water help make useful products
- Distinguish between natural and man-made resources
Plants and Animals- Living and Nonliving
- Parts of Plants:
- a.Observe changes that are part of a simple life cycle of a plant: seed, seedling, plant, flower, and fruit
- Plants grow and change:
- Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow
- Make observations to construct an evidence -based account of how plants depend on animals for pollination or to move their seeds around
- Classifying animals
- Animal survival
Earth and Space- Discuss how God calls us to be good stewards of the Earth and to shape the natural world wisely
- Observe and describe physical properties of natural sources of water including color and clarity
- Identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water including streams, lakes, and oceans
SOCIAL STUDIES
Going to School- Rules and Procedures
- School Workers
- School Maps
- Schools Long Ago and Today
- Learning Around the World
Citizenship- Rules and Laws
- Government
- Recognize important customs, symbols, and celebrations that represent American beliefs and principles contributing to our national identity such as: United States and State Pledges of Allegiance and patriotic songs
- Who Are Our Leaders?
- Our Country’s Presidents
- American Symbols
- Rights and Responsibilities
Geography- Locate places of significance on a map such as: Texas state capital, major cities in Texas, United States capital, and countries that border the United States
- Neighborhood
- Land and Water
- Globes and Maps
- Natural Resources
All About People- Families
- Culture: Describe the major contributions that important people made to shape the community, state, and nation
History- Understand the historical significance of landmarks and celebrations in the community, state, and nation
- Describe and explain the significance of national celebrations (Independence Day, Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Christmas, and Thanksgiving)
- Explain the significance of monuments and government buildings in the community, state, and nation
- Explain the concept of time and chronology by describing the order of events using historical and present time
- Understanding and applying the meaning of the words past, present, and future
- Creating and interpreting timelines
- Explore how various sources provide information about the past
- Understand how historical figures shaped our community, state, and nation
Jobs People Do- Understand the value of work as it relates to providing income to purchase needs/wants and goods/services