Second Grade

Teacher:  Ms. Sasha Friedman

Cognitive Development

* Children will understand concepts of and will be able to develop the ability to:

Mathematics

  • Compute accurately
  • Work with estimation
  • Make and use graphs
  • Understand regrouping and concepts of trading
  • Work with money
  • Add and subtract 2-digit numbers
  • Work with shapes and fractions
  • Work with measurements
  • Write numbers to 999
  • Add and subtract 3-digit numbers
  • Explore multiplication and division
  • Apply skills in problem solving

Reading

Decoding and Phonics Skills

  • Consonants and clusters (initial, medial and final)
  • Short and long vowels
  • Inflectional endings
  • Plurals (regular and irregular)
  • Possessives

 

Comprehension

  • Cause of an event with signal words
  • Recall details
  • Main ideas
  • Identify motives and feelings
  • Sequence events
  • Compare and contrast

 

Comprehensive Strategies

  • Build background
  • Predict and preview
  • Form questions
  • Form categories

 

Vocabulary

  • Multiple meanings
  • Instructional
  • Content
  • Context clues
  • Antonyms, Synonyms
  • Compounds

 

Study Skills

  • Follow directions
  • Alphabetical order (by first and second letter)
  • Parts of a book
  • Select titles
  • Interpret graphic aids

Language and Literature Skills

Language

  • Story mapping
  • Listening skills
  • Sentence structure
  • Capitalization, punctuation
  • Parts of speech
  • Composition
  • First person narrative

 

Literature

  • Character, plot and theme development
  • Identification of literary forms
  • Creative writing

 

Science

 

Earth Science

  • Air and weather
  • Changes on Earth
  • Earth long ago
  • Our Environment
  • Earth in Space

 

Physical Science

  • Measurement
  • Sound
  • Heat

 

Life Science

  • Animals and Plants

Human Body

  • Growing
  • Keeping healthy and safe

 

Social Studies

  • Using time lines, calendars and maps
  • Making choices
  • Living in a neighborhood
  • Working together
  • Working for wants and needs
  • Living on Earth
  • America long ago
  • Celebrating America

Handwriting

  • Write neatly
  • Form letters and numbers correctly
  • Recognize cursive
  • Begin to form and use cursive letters