2nd Grade -
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"What should my child know and be able to do at the end of 2nd grade?"
Importance of
Communication and Math Skills
No subjects in school are more important to a student’s future
success than reading, writing, and mathematics. Without these skills,
students will have a more difficult time learning in the next grade.
They must know how to use reading, writing, and math in all their school
subjects, including art, music, science, social studies, health, and physical
education. Our district has identified the most important for success in
the next grade.
This page describes what we want your child to learn in
reading, writing, and math by the end of the year. It may give you some
ideas about specific skills you would like to help your child practice.
As you will see, our expectations are high. There may be content, such
as geometry, that you would not have expected so early in your child’s
education. There may also be terms which are unfamiliar to you.
If there are parts you are unsure of, please ask your child’s teacher for more
information.
One of our goals as a school district is to have as many
children as possible reach these expectations – or learn even more – by the end
of each school year.
Communication Skills –
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By the end of 2nd grade, a student should know the following:
Develop word knowledge and reading strategies
- Recognize word endings, common contractions,
and many common words.
- Read multi-syllable words.
- Use a variety of strategies to make
sense while reading (rereading, asking self if the word or line made sense,
checking for fit with the rest of the story).
- Understand that commas, periods, question
marks, and exclamation points affect pace and expression when reading aloud.
- Read early reader books with ease
and smoothness.
Understand the meaning of what is read
- Read stories or informational
writing with multiple scenes, sections, or events.
- Retell stories with detail about
events, characters, time, and place.
- Use headings, bold print, captions,
and pictures to make sense of reading.
Build habits of a thoughtful reader
- Spend time reading daily.
- Read a variety of types of books and
short readings, including electronic print, such as on a web site.
- Write, draw, and talk about what is
read.
Write clearly and effectively
- Write
for a variety of purposes, for example, poetry, stories, reports, and responses
to reading.
- Write for a variety of purposes, for
example, short stories, reports, science or math journals.
- Begin to expand ideas with examples,
details, or stories.
- Tell events in the order they
happened; create beginnings and ends to stories.
- Begin to group ideas into
paragraphs.
- Use a variety of ways to begin a
sentence.
- Use less phonetic spelling, more
conventional spelling.
- Understand the use of capitalization
to identify important names, places, and times, such as Mr. Edward Vaughn,
- Write neatly for others to read.
Use processes and habits of a thoughtful writer
- Create a plan for writing.
- Maintain interest from one time to
another on the same piece of writing.
- Use technology tools that help with
the writing process.
- Use resources to proofread final
drafts, such as help from others or a computer spellchecker.
- Share writing with others.
- Keep lists of words and ideas for
writing.
Math Concepts and Skills
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By the end of 2nd grade, a student should know the following:
Number Sense and Computation
- Show understanding of place value by
breaking apart two- and three-digit numbers, for example, 246 = 200 + 40 + 6.
- Recognize, read, and write numerals
up to 400.
- Put two-digit numbers in order and
know which are larger and which are smaller (up to and including 50).
- Develop and use strategies to solve
two-digit addition and subtraction problems up to 50.
- Use single-digit addition and
subtraction facts accurately.
- Mentally add and subtract by at
least three tens, for example, 44 – 30 = 14.
- Determine measurements of length,
area, and capacity by using units which are both standard (a ruler) and
non-standard (a pencil).
- Tell time on an analog clock to the
nearest half hour.
- Name all common coins; determine the
value of and assortment of coins totaling $1.00 or less.
Great page full of all kinds of second grade math.
Great
lesson plans just like your teacher uses
All
kinds of math lesson plans
math drills to increase number sense
number sense- lots of challenging math activities
all kinds of fun math activities in all areas of math
Measurement
- Tell
and write time to the nearest minute from both digital and analog clocks.
- Measure
length using standard whole units and common fractional parts.
- Name
and know the value of all
Geometric Sense
- Compare, identify, and sort
similarities and differences of common two- and three-dimensional shapes.
- Describe spatial relationships of
objects.
- Create a design with line (mirror)
symmetry.
geometry lessons for all grade levels
Fun
geometry site that also teaches beginning computer programing
Probability and Statistics
- Choose and use an efficient method
for collecting data, for example, observation, surveys, or measurements.
- Collect,
organize, and display data in line plots, line graphs, and bar graphs.
- Explain
the basic notion of sampling.
- Make
a systematic list to determine all possible outcomes of a very simple event,
such as flipping two coins.
- Understand
basic notions of probability in informal terms, for example, likelihood,
certainty, predictability.
Algebraic Sense – (Patterns and Functions)
- Accurately
identify, represent, extend, and describe simple patterns (repeating,growing, and shrinking.
- Look
for number patterns in tables and charts as a problem solving strategy.
Data Analysis & Probability
geometry lessons for all grade levels
fun probability and statistics page
Measurement
money counting change activities
Fun
measurment activity using Jack and the Beanstalk
Patterns and Function
great for learning about patterns and all other kinds of
math
Good
pattern and other kinds of math lessons