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About Second Grade

Learning in Second Grade:

Reading/ELA Topics:

  • Phonics/Phonemic Awareness - short and long vowels, consonant blends, digraphs, contractions, syllables, prefixes and suffixes, plurals, compound words, abbreviations, rhyming words.
  • Comprehension skills - character and setting, main idea and details, facts and opinions, cause and effect, author’s purpose, important ideas, compare and contrast, plot and theme, sequencing.
  • Vocabulary - context clues, synonyms and antonyms, multiple meaning words, dictionary/glossary skills, homophones.
  • Fluency - reading with accuracy, reading with expression, appropriate rate.
  • Conventions - sentences, subject and predicate, statements and questions, commands and exclamations, parts of speech
  • Writing - personal narratives, opinion pieces, poems, friendly letters, thank you notes, realistic stories, persuasive pieces, lists, reading responses.

Social Studies Topics:

Communities, Geography, Culture, American Symbols, Rights and Responsibilities, Holidays, Citizenship, Government, Native Americans, Explorers, Presidents, Maps and Globes, Goods and Services, Trade.

Math Topics/Standards:

  • Fluently add and subtract within 20
  • Work with equal groups
  • Add and subtract within 100 using strategies
  • Fluently add and subtract within 100
  • Word problems
  • Time and Money
  • Numbers to 1,000
  • Add within 1,000 using models and strategies
  • Subtract within 1,000 using models and strategies
  • Measuring
  • Shapes and their attributes
  • Graphing and Data

Religion Topics:

Sacraments, Creation, Mass, Religious symbols, Liturgical year, Saints, The Holy Family, The Bible, Vocations, The Beatitudes, Service and Family, The Rosary, Prayer. 

Science Topics -  Solids and Liquids, Insects and Plants, Pebbles, Sand and Silt, habitats, living things, weather.