2nd Grade

CURRICULUM

This year's curriculum includes. . .

Reading

• Fluency
• Fiction, information books, folk and fairy tales, series
• Deepen and extend comprehension skills: Predicting, Monitoring, Clarifying, Connecting, Questioning, Summarizing

Writing

• Personal narratives
• Expert Writing
• Writing about Reading
• Poetry
• Lab Reports and Science Books

Word Work

• Letter sounds, vowel sounds, patterns
• Conventions
• Vocabulary acquisition and use
• Prefixes and suffixes
• Structure of a sentence

Mathematics

• Extend understanding of base-ten notation
• Build fluency with addition and subtraction within 20
• Use standard units of measure
• Describe and analyze shapes
• Work with time and money

Science

• Insects and Plants
• Pebbles, Sand, and Silt
• Balance and Motion

Social Studies

• Long Ago and Yesterday
• Map Skills
• Our Government
• Producers and Consumers
• People in History