2nd Grade Curriculum
Below is the Core Curriculum for Kindergarten classes.
Language Arts
Listening and Speaking
- Listening and responding to 3- and 4-step directions
- Listening and retelling stories
- Using conversation, oral reading, creative dramatics, and choral speaking to expand language development
- Speaking/presenting orally in front of the class
Reading and Literature
- Determining unknown words: making sense, picture clues, blank strategy ("blank"), read on, re-reading, sounding/chunking
- Reading, identifying and enjoying a variety of literary forms: fiction/non-fiction, poetry, plays, biographies, folktales, fairy tales
- Explaining the elements of a story: setting, character, problem, events, solution
- Reading comprehension: drawing conclusions, explaining cause and effect, predicting outcomes, interpreting and evaluating, distinguishing between reality and fantasy (non-fiction/fiction), identifying character traits
- Oral reading: reading fluently with good expression and intonation
- Introducing reference material
Written Expression
- Handwriting: letter formation, spacing (between words and lines of print)
- Reviewing the 5 steps to the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing/sharing
- Introducing editing marks
- Writing sentences: parts of sentences (naming/action), writing complete sentences, questions, exclamations, expanding and combining sentences, using sentence variety
- Writing paragraphs: moving from general to specific, topic sentence, main idea, details, concluding sentence, indenting, using time order words to sequence the paragraph
- Writing using different genres (forms): journal, narrative, story, instructions, friendly letter, poetry, reports, answering questions, responding to literature
- Leaning mechanics: grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization (Daily Oral Language program)
Phonics / Spelling
- Studying long and short vowels, r-controlled vowels, y and vowel, oo, au/aw, u/ow, oi/oy, ew
- Understanding consonant blends, digraphs (sh, th, ch, wh) kn, wr, le
- Distinguishing between hard and soft C and G
- Studying contractions, compound words, plurals (s, es, ies), base words with suffixes (er, ing, est, less, ness) and prefixes (re, un, dis)
- Learning synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
Social Studies
- Learning about groups, neighborhoods, community, urban, suburban, rural
- Studying the earth, continent, country, state, landforms, natural resources
- Studying real working world: goods/services, needs/wants, shelter, trade, transportation
- Understanding government, U.S. symbols, rules, laws
- Discovering our past: U.S. History, explorers, colonists, Revolutionary War
- Studying people, places, holidays, customs, celebrations
Science
- Learning scientific process skills of hypothesizing, collecting data, analyzing results, and drawing conclusions
- Studying Life Science: interdependency of living things and common characteristics of living things
- Studying Physical Science: interaction of non-living things (forces, motion, magnetism, energy); earth and our universe; ecology and conservation
Math
- Studying addition and subtraction: fact strategies to 18 and beginning geometry
- Learning place value and counting numbers to 1000
- Counting by 2, 3, 5, 10
- Collecting, recording and analyzing data using tables and graphs
- Telling time to hour, half, quarter, five minutes on analog clock
- Recognizing and counting money: penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar, dollars
- Identifying and diagramming fractional parts of a whole, measuring and solving problems
Physical Education
- Understanding ball skills: throwing, shooting a basket, kicking a ball, throw and catch
- Understanding the game of "scooter hockey"
- Understanding the game strategy in "capture the flag" and "crows and cranes"
- Understanding juggling techniques with scarves, bean bags and balls
- Understanding the use of physical fitness activities to build strength and endurance
- Understanding the concept of "faster" and "slower" as they relate to timed running activities
Library
- Selecting appropriate materials to read for information or for recreation
- Developing the ability to read written material for an extended period of time
- Understanding non-fiction materials are on the shelves by Dewey Decimal number and fiction by author's last name
- Responding to theme, type of book, and author's purpose
- Learning to come to the library with an idea of what to read or learn more about
- Maintaining familiarity with well-known children's authors and classics of children's literature
Health Education
- Identifying personal safety routines and how and where to get help quickly
- Identifying special qualities in oneself and others, while developing respect and empathy for everyone
- Exploring the Food Pyramid and its role in good nutrition
- Identifying body parts and their functions (heart, skull, muscles) and the benefit of daily exercise
- Explaining the process of growth from infant to elderly: emphasizing how we learn and the importance of being unique
Music
- Developing awareness of harmony through singing of two-part rounds
- Identifying three-line staff, measures, treble clef, double bar
- Reading and performing rhythm patterns that include whole notes, half notes, rests
- Developing awareness of major and minor tonalities
- Building repertoire of age appropriate rote and reading songs
- Developing ability to interpret music through body movements and dramatizations
Art
- Continuing proper use of art materials, tools, and the use of the visual elements of line, space, shape, color, texture in art work to communicate feeling
- Continuing to develop basic skills in drawing, painting techniques, printmaking, clay work, and weaving
- Continuing to user fore, middle, and background concepts to create a feeling of space through size, placement, and overlapping
- Developing sense of observations and beginning to create animals, people, and objects as realistically as possible
- Continuing to use symbols, patterns, seasonal, holiday, and classroom themes in artwork
- Obtaining exposure to works of art from other cultures and historical times
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