SECOND GRADE CURRICULUM
(Kdg - 5th Grade Curriculum pdf)

Language Arts
Reading/Literature
• Strategies used by good readers; phonics, sound analysis, structural analysis, context clues, etc.
• Comprehension strategies: rereading, predicting, sequencing, cause/effect, author purpose, paraphrasing, summarizing.
• Story elements: topic, main idea, character, plot, setting, problem, solution
• Types of literature: fantasy, mystery, drama, fable, biography, poetry
• Strategies for reading informational text: pictures, captions, titles, table of contents

Language
• Weekly spelling tests
• Grade appropriate mechanics: end punctuation, quotation marks, commas, apostrophes, proper capitalization
• Grade appropriate grammar and sentence structure: complete sentences, statements, questions, exclamations, subject/verb agreement, past and present tenses
• Vocabulary; content vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms
• Reference skills: alphabetical order, multiple meanings, definitions, glossary
• Language patterns: dialect, cultural/influences on English, contexts and purposes

Writing
• Prewriting and drafting strategies, brain-storming, listing, and thinking maps
• Revising and editing strategies: purpose focus, adding ideas
• Proofreading and publishing strategies; conventional and phonetic spelling, capitals, periods, question marks, apostrophes, commas, indenting

Writer’s Workshop
• Types of writing: personal narrative, descriptive paragraph, informative paragraph, friendly letter, how-to-paragraph, poems, simple fantasy, research project
• Research skills: primary dictionary and reference books

Penmanship
• Legible printing using upper and lower case letters without a model

Speaking and Listening
• Follows four-step and generates three-step directions
• Takes turns, raises hand, focuses on speaker, avoids interrupting, asks appropriate questions
• Expressing ideas orally: clarity, volume, eye contact, sequencing of thoughts, standard English, correct grammar, personal voice
• Types of speaking opportunities: poems, show and tell/sharing, role-playing, Readers Theater, presentation of personal writing, informal interviewing, choral reading
• Cooperative learning

Social Studies
History
• Saginaw history
• Primary sources

Civic
• Local government
• Core democratic values
• Public issues
• Citizenship

Geography
• Maps and globes/symbol keys
• Compass directions
• Urban/rural/suburban
• Country/state/city
• Land forms
• Lakes, rivers and mountains
• Place: human and physical characteristics

Economics
• Goods and services
• Consumer/producer
• Opportunity cost
• Resources
• Specialization
• Local businesses

Science
Life Science
• Plants

Earth Science
• Earth’s surface • Water cycle

Physical Science
• Weight and volume
• Sound
• Properties of matter

Health
• Health and hygiene

IB Units
• Who we are: Relationships & different perspectives
• Where we are in place: Saginaw History
• How we express ourselves: Many forms of communication
• How the world works: The changing earth
• How we organize ourselves: Local government
• Sharing the planet: Water

Technology
• Microsoft Word (typing, editing tools, printing)
• Open and save files
• Create tables
• Search Internet
• Internet safety
• Internet ethics

Math
Numbers, Numeration, and Order
• Counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to 1000
• Counting by 10’s from any given two digit number
• Four digit numbers
• Expanded notation of a four digit number
• Pictorial representation of a fraction
• Comparison of two whole numbers through four digits using >, < and =
Operations, Relations, and Number Systems
• Addition and subtraction facts to 18
• Sum of multiple addends
• Concrete representation of multiplication and division problems
Measurement and Reference Frames
• Counting and exchanging money
• Weight
• Volume
• Metric and linear measurement
• Calendars
• Telling time to five-minute intervals
• Thermometers
Geometry and Spatial Relations
• Symmetry
• Concept of perimeter and area
• Two and three dimensional shapes
• Polygons

Writing in math: explanation of a concept