Second Grade

Language Arts

• A variety of children’s literature books fosters reading enjoyment
• Independent and shared reading of trade books
• Effective reading strategies

• Writing Process (brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, publishing)
• Fiction, poetry, accounts of personal experience
• Letters, thank-you notes
• Research papers
• Log entries
• Writing organization

• Weekly word lists
• Utility words (when, where, why, etc.)
• Phonics
• Individual dictionaries

• Neatness, legibility, organization of printed words

• Words from thematic studies, discussions, reading materials
• Standard grammar in speech
• Capitals
• Apostrophes in contractions, quotation marks to indicate speaking

• Reactions to stories
• Presentation of poems, stories, talks, projects
• Performances before large audiences

Math

• Linear and surrounding patterns, symmetry

• Numbers from 0 – 1,000
• Addition and subtraction facts through 18
• Place value, ones, tens, hundreds
• Addition and subtraction with regrouping
• Fractions as a part of a whole
• Multiplication as it relates to addition
• Estimation

• Money – value of groups of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters
• Time – whole, half and quarter hour; elapsed time
• Measurement – length, weight, volume (cooking), measuring estimation
• Coordinates on grids, graphs

• Length, width, area
• Tables, charts, graphs
• Mapping
• Geometric shapes – identification

• Alternative solutions to problems

Social Studies

• Native Americans
  • Lenni Lenape
• Early beginnings of Pennsylvania
• Family histories – family trees
• Holiday Traditions of major world cultures
• Myths and Legends around the world

Science

• Life Cycles – butterfly, frog, meal worm
• Woodland Biome – comparison of Eastern woodland and Southwestern desert
• Electricity
• Magnetism as it relates to electricity
• Static / current
• Safety
• Circuits, conductors, insulators
• Technology Design – electricity related projects

French

• Vocabulary – family, colors, numbers, house, animals, vegetables, fruits, classroom, parts of body, clothing, meals, places
• Verbs and adjectives
• Short sentences created with more freedom and imagination
• Idiomatic expressions related to activities

Art

• Visual perception of basic shapes; primary, secondary, complimentary and warm/cool colors; color mixing
• Visual perception of elements of art: line, color, texture, form
• Creative artistic expression and building of fine motor skills through drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, and various other mediums
• Problem solving skills
• Visuals, stories, art history, inter-curricular projects, gallery and art games
• Art appreciation and art criticism

Shop

• Simple projects involving rulers, coping saw, hammer, sandpaper, glue, etc.
• Tracing and copying
• Joining materials
• Identification of tools
• Safe and proper use of tools

Music

• Vocal material includes: folk songs, seasonal and holiday songs, echo-singing, call and response, rounds
• Rhythmic patterns, quarter and eighth notes, quarter rests
• Movement material based on American folk repertoire
• Melody bells and hand bells, traditional melodies

Physical Education

• Motor skills
• Movement exploration, balls, hoops, jump ropes, bean bags, wands
• Fitness relays
• Cooperative games, capture the flag, tag games
• Kick ball, floor hockey, pitched ball
• Track and field, running, jumping, frisbee

Library

• Library terms, title, author, illustrator, publisher
• Computer check out and check in of books
• ER (Easy Reader) books, fiction and non-fiction (technology, science, arts, biography, poetry
• Two library sections- fiction and non-fiction
• Basic organization of books of shelves with like books
• Chapter books of interest
• Folktales

Technology

• Word Processing – small reports
• Safari, Internet Explorer – research projects
• Games that support curriculum
  • Math Maze
  • Bug Detective
  • Spy Fox

Class Trips

School Wide Activities

• Assembly – once a week
• Meeting for Worship – once a week
• Recess – twice a day
• Track and Field Day
• Gardening Days