Children should enter second grade able to do the following tasks.
- Develop and apply a word attack system when reading
- Identify letters and corresponding sounds
- Read sight words
- Identify long and short vowel sounds
- Write a simple sentence with correct punctuation and capitalization
- Write upper and lower manuscript letters legibly
- Count to one hundred
- Identify and use numbers
- Add and subtract simple equations
- Identify coins and values
Children should leave second grade able to do the following tasks.
- Identify and form cursive letters
- Write a paragraph using complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation at the beginning and ending of sentences
- Identify vowel diagraphs and dipthongs
- Demonstrate strong number sense
- Addition and subtraction facts through 18
- Tell time by five minute intervals
- Count change to a dollar
- Measure to the nearest 1/2 inch
- Place letters in proper place on paper
- Be responsible for schoolwork and homework assignments
Second Grade Language Arts Goals
- Word Study
- phonics-decode/encode
- add to their reading vocabulary
- Fluency
- read with expression and intonation
- Comprehension
- read for meaning and find connections
- use a variety of reading strategies to read fiction/nonfiction grade level text
- Communication
- write to inform, persuade,and express personal ideas
Second Grade Math Goals
- Patterns
- Addition and subtraction of two digit numbers
- Measurement
- Time and money
- Geometry
- Fractions
- Halves to tenths
- Problem Solving
- Probability and Statistics
- Collect & record data
- Number relationships
- Whole numbers to 1,000
Second Grade Science Units
- Earth/Space Science
- Observing the Night Sky
- Physical Science
- Changes
- Life/Environmental Science
- Life Cycles
Second Grade Social Studies Units
- Geography
- Location & its relationship to human activities
- History
- Compare past, present, & future
- Economics
- Producers, consumers & making decisions
- Political Science
- Historical development of democratic principles necessary to become a citizen
- People of the Nation & World
- Compare/contrast people in Maryland, U.S. & the world.
Classroom Teachers
Becky Bliven
Mona Clawson
Melissa Hocherl
Jody Shaha
Jennifer Wenner
