SECOND GRADE CURRICULUM
Reading
Fact/Opinion
Inferences
Main Idea
Details
Sequencing
Classifying
Drawing Conclusions
Making Judgments
Context Clues
Decoding
Following Directions
Using a Dictionary
Using Table of Contents
Predicting Outcomes
Synonyms/Antonyms/Homonyms
Vocabulary/Word Usage
Reality/Fantasy
Cause/Effect
Syllables
Referents
Parts of a Book
Fiction/Non-fiction
Using References
Poetry
Graphic Organizers
Story Retelling
Story Setting
Story Characters
Moral of a Story
Parts of a Story
Phonics:
Consonant Letter
Sound Association
Hard/Soft G
Short Vowel Letter
Sound Association
Long Vowel Letter
Sound Association
Compound and Two
Syllable Words
Consonant Blends
Y as a Vowel
Consonant Digraphs
R-controlled Vowels
Contractions
Plurals
Inflectional Endings
Suffixes/Prefixes
Vowel Pairs
Vowel Digraphs
Dipthongs
The Writing Process:
Brainstorm
Draft
Revise
Edit
Publish
Letter Writing:
Friendly Letter
Thank you
Envelopes
Journal Writing
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English
Sentence Structure:
Parts of a sentence
Statements
Questions
Word Order
Using I
Editing
Proofreading
Mechanics:
Capitalization
Punctuation
Days
Holidays
Months
Titles of People
Titles of Books
Sentences
Dates
Names and Places
Suffixes/Prefixes
Conjunctions
Articles
Nouns:
Proper Nouns
One and more than one
Adding -es
Nouns that change spelling
Pronouns
Verbs:
Present Tense
Past Tense
Adding -ed
Forms of be
Forms of have
Contractions
Adjectives
Adding -er/-est
Adverbs
Prepositions
Contractions
Compound Words
ABC Order
2nd letter
3rd letter
Dictionary Skills
Abbreviations
Rhyming Words
Social Studies
Landforms
Neighborhoods and Communities
Neighborhoods
Neighbor
Towns
City
Suburb
Country
Change over time
Transportation
Working Together
Rules
Laws
Leaders
Voting
City Hall
Pioneers
Westward Move
Food
Clothing
Social Activities
Schools
Homes
Chores
Native Americans
Regions
Songs/Dances
Customs
Legends
Language
Names
Celebrate America
Our Flag
Famous Presidents
National Symbols
Pledge of Allegiance
Patriotic Songs
The White House
Capitol Building
Famous Americans
National Monuments
National Holidays
Wants and Needs
Basic human needs, wants,
factory, goods, services,taxes,
volunteers, consumers and jobs
Maps and Globes
Symbols
Terms
Landforms
Directions
Waterforms
Landforms
Continents
Waterforms
Surface changes
Globe
Hemispheres
Regions
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Science
Health
Physical growth
Acquiring skills
Safety
Healthy foods
Teeth
Exercise
Senses
Drugs/Smoking/Alcohol
Germs
Animals
Ocean
Location, water/land ratio,
fresh/salt water, ocean zones,
vertebrates, invertebrates, fish,
whales/dolphins, shells
Dinosaurs
Fossils, paleontologist,
extinction, major
groups, camouflage,
teeth, hands, babies
Other Animals
Birds
Reptiles
Mammals
Seasonal Changes
Energy
Environment
Pollution
Recycling
Insects
Characteristics
Parts
Harmful insects
Helpful insects
Camouflage
Mouths
Senses
Force and Energy
Sound
Heat
Matter
Weather
Air
Weather conditions
Clouds
Temperature
Water cycle
Safety
Natural Disasters
Plants
Seeds
Growth
Parts
Types
Benefits/uses
Space
The universe
Our sun
Stars
Solar system
Planets
Our moon
Objects in space
Rotation/revolution
Seasons
Travel/astronauts
Mathematics
Counting:
Count to 2,000
Count forward/backwards
by ones, twos, fives, tens
Even/odd numbers
Ordinal numbers
Addition:
Terminology
Memorize families 1-18
Add/subtract dollars/cents
Estimate sums
Add/subtract with
borrowing to ten thousands
Problem Solving
Logic/Patterns
Place Value to ten-thousands
Rounding
Nearest tens
Nearest Dollar
Roman Numerals
Order three numbers
Least to greatest
Money - pennies, dimes,
nickels, half-dollars, dollars
Time - to five minutes
Temperature
Non-standard Measurement
cups, pints, quarts, gallons,
kilograms, pounds, liters,
yard, foot, inches, centimeter
Graphs - vertical, horizontal,
picture, line, pie, grids, Venn
diagrams, tallymark, and bar
graphs
Geometry
Sort shapes
Solid shapes
Identify vertexes
Find perimeter
Symmetry
Fractions
Word Problems
Multiplication
Division
Calendar
Dates as digits
Days in a year
Weeks in a year
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