Second Grade Curriculum

Orton and Reading

Read at grade level with fluency

Apply grade level phonics skills

Determine meaning of unknown words/phrases

Recognize grade level high frequency words

Retell stories with key details

Identify similarities and differences between texts (compare and contrast)

Identify the author's main purpose

Apply reading strategies

Demonstrate stamina during independent reading

Writing

Use pictures and words to express ideas

Apply grade-level phonics to spell words

Apply mechanics of writing to compose a sentence

Apply conventions of grammar and usage

Follow the structure of the genre

Strengthen writing by planning, revising and editing

Math

Add fluently within 20

Subtract fluently within 20

Understand the relationship between addition and subtraction

Recognize/understand patterns in numbers

Develop foundation of multiplication

Use place value to read, write and count numbers

Use strategies to add/subtract

Estimate and measure length

Read and write time to the nearest 5 minutes

Count and solve problems using money

Represent and interprets data

Social Studies

Describe how community services meet people's needs

Compare and contrast urban, suburban, and rural communities

Describe the history of the Twp. of Washington (Communities)

Compare and contrast types of maps

Identify the four cardinal directions

Explore the significance of American symbols

Science

Explore the relationship between solids and liquids

Describe matter

Explore the formation of rocks, landforms, and erosion

Explore our natural resources

Study insect life cycles

Study animals and plants in their habitats