Grade 2 Big Ideas
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
Stories and other texts help us learn about ourselves, and our families, and our communities.
Everyone has a unique story to share.
Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.
Playing with language helps us discover how language works.
Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
MATHEMATICS
Numbers to 100 represent quantities that can be decomposed into 10s and 1s.
Development of computational fluency in addition and subtraction with numbers to 100 requires an understanding of place value.
The regular change in increasing patterns can be identified and used to make generalizations.
Objects and shapes have attributes that can be described, measured, and compared.
Concrete items can be represented, compared, and interpreted pictorially in graphs.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Local actions have global consequences, and global actions have local consequences.
Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities.
Individuals have rights and responsibilities as global citizens.
SCIENCE
Living things have life cycles adapted to their environment.
Materials can be changed through physical and chemical processes.
Forces influence the motion of an object.
Water is essential to all living things, and it cycles through the environment.
FINE ARTS EDUCATION
Creative expression develops our unique identity and voice.
Inquiry through the arts creates opportunities for risk taking.
Dance, drama, music, and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.
People connect to the hearts and minds of others in a variety of places and times through the arts.
PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
Daily participation in physical activity at moderate to vigorous intensity levels benefits all aspects of our well-being.
Learning how to participate and move our bodies in different physical activities helps us develop physical literacy.
Adopting healthy personal practices and safety strategies protects ourselves and others.
Having good communication skills and managing our emotions enables us to develop and maintain healthy relationships.
Our physical, emotional, and mental health are interconnected.
CAREER EDUCATION
Confidence develops through the process of self-discovery.
Strong communities are the result of being connected to family and community and working together toward common goals.
Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication.
Everything we learn helps us to develop skills.
Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills.
Learning is a lifelong enterprise.
APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES
Designs grow out of natural curiosity.
Skills can be developed through play.
Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities.