Curriculum - Grade 2

LANGUAGE ARTS

Learn to read independently - use before, during, and after reading strategies; phonics, picture and context clues, make and revise predictions
increase sight vocabulary
demonstrate fluency
develop comprehension skills and strategies
Read critically in all content areas - understand essential content in all academic areas
differentiate fact from opinion
make comparisons
Read, analyzing, and interpreting literature - identify characters, setting, and plot
identify literary devices in pattern books and predictable books
identify structure of poetry and drama
respond to nonfiction and fiction
Writing - write narrative and informational pieces; stories, poems, descriptions, and reports
write a series of related sentences
include a beginning, middle, and end
use descriptive adjectives and active verbs
revise writing
edit writing; spell most words correctly, use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly
use the writing process
Speaking and listening - listen to others and express themselves orally in group discussions
participate in giving reports and simple directions
Research - locate and use simple research tools for reports
learn to use table of contents, glossary

MATH

Utilize addition and subtraction strategies when solving one-digit, two-digit, and three-digit problems with and without regrouping
Apply problem-solving skills
Recognize, order, compare, and write whole numbers to 1000
Count and compare collections of money that include dollars, half dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies
Identify and match geometrical, plane, and solid figures
Identify and show fractions of a region
Identify and explore patterns
Telling time before and after the hour by counting five-minute intervals
Determine elapsed time
Complete, read and use a calendar
Use the terms for ordinal numbers first through thirty-first
Collect and analyze data from a table, survey, Venn-diagram, graph, and line plot
Estimate and measure length, height, perimeter, area, volume, capacity, mass, and temperature using customary and metric units
Use probability to record and analyze data
Understand concepts of multiplication and division

SOCIAL STUDIES

SCIENCE

HEALTH

VISUAL ARTS

Gain skill in art tool use
Use principles of design
Create visual and tactile textures in artwork
Look at similarities in symbols between cultures
Use basic shapes to create symbols
Create a three-dimensional form from a two-dimensional image
Examine various historical and cultural movements in art and begin to recognize their influences upon art making
Know that art can express a personal experience

MUSIC

Develop singing voice with repertory songs
Expand music vocabulary to include: staff, treble clef, measures, line/space notes
Introduce musical score reading emphasizing skips, steps, leaps, repeats, verse and refrain
Introduce solfegge syllable names (Do, Re, Mi, etc.)
Introduce half and whole notes and reinforce quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests and practice writing rhythm patterns
Identify different instrument family sounds (strings, winds, and percussion)
Create and perform movements with advanced gross motor skills
Study Native American culture through singing and dancing

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Enjoy a variety of exploratory movement skills using many kinds of equipment
Meet developmentally appropriate health related fitness standards
Treat others with respect during physical activity Understand simple offensive and defensive game strategies

LIBRARY

Increase awareness of various genres
Generate a list of possible sources to answer an information need
Utilize the library catalog to access materials through a title, author, and subject search
Use location tools such as table of contents and index to access information
Use information from source to write facts about a topic
Explain the rationale for citing sources