Comprehension/ Vocabulary
Developing literacy skills continues to be a priority in the second grade. The student will be immersed in an environment filled with fiction and nonfiction texts, which relate to all content areas and personal interests. The student will expand vocabulary, use a combination of strategies when reading, and read familiar selections with fluency, accuracy, and expression. Students will identify story elements including plot, characters, setting, theme, conflict, and resolution. The student will demonstrate comprehension skills by identifying main ideas, making and confirming predictions, questioning, summarizing, and drawing conclusions. Students will learn and apply comprehension strategies while reading cross-content materials.
Process Writing/ Grammar
Students will continue to develop reading and writing together. They will be given daily opportunities to write and will be expected to revise selected pieces and share them with others. Students will begin to make the transition to cursive handwriting. The student will understand writing as a process and will write in a variety of form. Students will organize writing according to type and purpose and will elaborate to provide support and detail. They will also begin to apply written communication skills across all content areas.
Research
The student will conduct research by generating topics of interest, asking questions, identifying sources, and finding and organizing information. Students will complete an oral, written, or visual research product collaboratively or individually.