SECOND GRADE
Grade Level Expectations

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MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Numbers and Operations

Student will be able to demonstrate understanding numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers & number systems.

1. Read, write and compare numbers
2. Represent and use rational numbers
3. Compose and decompose numbers
4. Classify and describe numeric relationships

Student will be able to understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another  

1. Represent operations

Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates

1. Describe or represent mental strategies
2. Develop and demonstrate fluency
3. Compute problems

Algebraic Relationships

Understand patterns, relations and functions

1. Recognize and extend patterns
2. Create and analyze patterns    
3. sort objects by size    

Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols

1. represent mathematical situations    
2. describe and use mathematical manipulations

Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships

Analyze change in various contexts

Geometric and Spatial Relationships

1. Students will be able to analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three- dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships
2. Describe and use geometric relationships

Students will be able to specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems

Students will be able to apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations

1. Use transformations on objects
2. Use symmetry    

Use visualization, spatial reasoning and geometric modeling to solve problems  

1. Recognize and draw three- dimensional representations        

Measurement

Students will be able to understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems and processes of measurement

1. Determine unit of measurement
2. Tell and use units of time

Count and compute money

1. Students will be able to apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine measurements
2. Use standard of non-standard measurement    

Data and Probability

Students will be able to formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize and display relevant data to answer them

1. formulate questions
2. Classify and organize data
3. Represent and interpret data

COMMUNICATION ARTS - READING CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process  

Phonics - Develop and apply decoding strategies to "problem-solve" unknown  words when reading grade level instructional text   

Fluency - Read grade-level instructional text with fluency, accuracy and expression

Vocabulary - Develop vocabulary by reading, listening to, and discussing unknown words in stories using  

1. root words  
2. word chunks
3. context clues  

Pre-Reading - Develop and apply, with pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension 

1. access prior knowledge
2. preview
3. predict with evidence
4. state a purpose for reading, with assistance  

During reading, shared reading, or read-alouds, develop and utilize, with assistance, strategies to

1. self-question and correct
2. infer  
3. predict and check using cueing systems:
   • meaning,
   • structure,
   • and visual information

Post-Reading - Develop and apply post- reading skills to respond to text:

1. identify the main idea and supporting details
2. retell
3. reflect
4. analyze
5. draw conclusions

Making Connections - Identify relevant connections between

1. text ideas --- similarities and differences in information and  relationships in various fiction and non-fiction works (text to text)
2. text ideas and own experiences (text to self)
3. text ideas and the world, with assistance (text to world)

Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry & drama from a variety of cultures and times.

Text Features - Locate and apply specific information in title, pictures and table of contents

Literary Techniques - Identify examples of rhythm, rhyme and alliteration

Literary Elements - Use details from text to  

1. make basic inferences about setting, characters and problem(s)
2. predict solution(s)
3. identify events in logical sequence   

Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times

Text Features - Locate and interpret information in illustrations, title, headings, captions, diagrams, charts and graphs  

Literary Techniques - Explain examples of sensory details within the context of nonfiction text

Text Structures - Use details from text to   

1. ask questions to clarify meaning
2. answer questions
3. identify main ideas and provide support
4. retell sequence of events
5. make basic inferences about problems and solutions

Understanding Directions - Read and follow a simple direction to perform a task

COMMUNICATION ARTS - WRITING CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Apply a writing process in composing text

Writing Concepts - Follow a writing process to

1. utilize a simple strategy in prewriting when appropriate
2. compose a draft in written form on student-selected topic
3. reread and revise for audience and purpose, ideas and content, organization and sentence structure, and word choice, with assistance
4. edit for conventions (W2E) with assistance
5. publish writing
6. Compose well-developed text  

Audience & Purpose - Compose text showing awareness of audience

Ideas & Contents - Compose text with

1. a clear controlling idea
2. relevant details /examples, with assistance

Organization & Sentence Structure - Compose text with

1. evidence of beginning, middle and end
2. complete sentences or thoughts (declarative and interrogative)

Word Choice - Compose text using some words that are specific, accurate, and related to the topic

Conventions in written text  

1. space correctly between letters and words
2. capitalize days of week, names of towns, cities, states
3. use correct ending punctuation in declarative and interrogative sentences, comma in dates, and comma in the greeting and closing of a letter
4. correctly use describing words (adjectives) and substitute pronouns for nouns
5. spell words with simple patterns and high-frequency words correctly
6. use transitional spelling, classroom resources, especially dictionary, and spelling strategies

Write effectively in various forms and types of writing  

Forms/Types/Modes of Writing - Compose a variety of texts, using narrative, descriptive, expository, and/or persuasive features including thank-you notes, friendly letters, lists, invitations