2nd grade lesson plans, slideshows, and other resources for the EL Education curriculum
Math resources, lesson plans and curricular support for 2nd grade
Early Literacy Central (assessment materials and supports)
EL Education is the provider of the OUSD ELA curriculum for grades K-5.* The curriculum is standards-based, and relies heavily on fiction and nonfiction trade books. OUSD teachers can find EL Education materials and lesson plans at EL Ed Central.
* OUSD Dual Language schools use the Benchmark Education curriculum for language instruction.
Eureka Math2 (Eureka Math "Squared") is the adopted OUSD curriculum for elementary schools. The curriculum is aligned to California Common Core standards, which describe what students should know and be able to do in each subject in each grade.
Module 1
Place Value Concepts Through Metric Measurement and Data • Place Value, Counting, and Comparing Within 1,000
Module 2
Addition and Subtraction
Within 200s
Module 3
Shapes and Time with Fraction Concepts
Module 4
Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000
Module 5
Money, Data, and Customary Measurement
Module 6
Multiplication and Division Foundations
For elementary science instruction, OUSD uses FOSS (Full Option Science System), a research-based science curriculum developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley. This curriculum emphasizes hands-on activities and is aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The order of the three modules varies from school to school, depending on the rotation of physical science kits at each school site.
Solids and Liquids
How are solid and liquid materials similar and different?
How do the properties of solid and liquid materials relate to how they can be used and how they can change?
Investigations:
Solids
Liquids
Bits and Pieces
Solids, Liquids, and Water
Pebbles, Sand & Silt
What are the properties of rocks and how do they change?
How are small pieces of rock made and moved to change landforms?
How are different sizes of rocks used as resources to make useful objects?
Investigations:
First Rocks
River Rocks
Using Rocks
Soil and Water
Insects and Plants
How do organisms live, grow, respond to their environment, and reproduce?
How and why do organisms interact with their environment and what are the effects of those interactions?
Investigations:
Mealworms
Brassica Seeds
Milkweed Bugs