2^nd  Grade Curriculum:

Writing:

*descriptive paragraph

*story

*narrative retell

*how-to paragraph

*compare & contrast

*6-Traits: ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency

 

Grammar

*sentences

*statements & questions

*commands & exclamations

*naming parts of sentences (subject)

*telling parts of sentences (predicate)

*nouns

*plural nouns

*proper nouns

*abbreviations

*pronouns

*adjectives

*verbs

 

Reading/Focus Skills:

*main idea

*author's purpose

*narrative elements

*compare and contrast

*sequence of events

*predict outcomes

*synonyms

*details

*reading diagrams

*inferences

*cause and effect

*antonyms

*fact & opinion

 

Handwriting:

Manuscript.

 

 

Math:

*addition strategies: count on, doubles, make a ten

*add 3 numbers

*problem-solving: draw a picture

*subtraction strategies: counting back, fact families, think addition to

subtraction, missing addends

*place value: ones, tens, hundreds

*expanded form

*different ways of showing numbers

*ordinal numbers

*comparing numbers

*rounding to the nearest 10

*even and odd numbers

*number patterns

*addition of 2-digit numbers with and without regrouping

*subtraction of 2-digit numbers with and without regrouping

*graphs: picto & bar

*line plots

*locate points on a grid

*probability

*money

*time

*solid figures

*plane shapes

 

Geography:

*maps

*globes

*world map

 *map symbols

 

 

Social Studies:

*bus safety

*constitution

*family heritage

*concepts in time

*civilizations in world history

 

 

Science:

*making observations using all of our senses

*gears engineering Lego unit: gearing up, gearing down

*levers engineering Lego unit

*engineering: windmills

*states of matter: solids, liquids, gases

*plants