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Second Grade Classroom Goal: 100% of Mrs. _______________’s class will read at or above grade level by the end of the school year as measured by the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) level 28 or higher.
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Learning Standards for Second Grade
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & READING
LISTENING/SPEAKING. Students:
• listen responsively to stories and other texts read aloud;
• choose and adapt spoken language according to the audience, purpose, and occasion;
• identify rhymes, repeated sounds or instances of onomatopoeia;
• compare stories and other literature that reflect different regions, customs, and cultures;
• ask and answer relevant questions;
• make contributions to small or large group discussions; and
• gain increasing control of grammar, such as subject-verb agreement, complete sentences and correct tense usage.
READING. Students:
• decode using all letter-sound correspondences;
• use knowledge of syntax (word order) and semantics (word meaning) to identify unfamiliar words;
• read and comprehend a variety of second-grade level texts fluently;
• learn new vocabulary words through wide reading;
• make and explain important inferences in a story;
• gather important information using resources and references; and
• read silently for increasing periods of time.
WRITING. Students:
• write to record ideas and reflections for a variety of audiences;
• use more complex capitalization, punctuation, and spelling;
• compose complete sentences in written texts and use appropriate end punctuation;
• engage in the writing process by generating ideas and developing and polishing final copies of compositions;
• identify the most effective features of a piece of writing using criteria generated by the teacher and class; and
• take simple notes from relevant sources, such as classroom guests, information books, and media sources.
SOCIAL STUDIES
HISTORY. Students:
• explain the significance of celebrations, such as Independence Day, and landmarks, such as state and national capitol buildings;
• describe and measure calendar time;
• create and interpret timelines;
• name several sources of information about a given event;
• compare various interpretations of the same time period; and
• identify contributions of people, such as Henrietta King and Robert Fulton.
GEOGRAPHY. Students:
• use symbols, find locations, and determine directions on maps and globes;
• draw maps to show places and routes;
• identify major landforms and bodies of water on maps and globes;
• compare information from different sources about places and regions;
• identify relationships between people and their physical environment; and
• identify ways people can conserve and replenish natural resources.
ECONOMICS. Students:
• explain how work provides income;
• explain choices people have in a free enterprise system; and
• identify roles of producers and consumers.
GOVERNMENT. Students:
• identify functions of government;
• identify governmental services in the community; and
• compare roles of public officials and identify ways they are selected.
CITIZENSHIP. Students:
• identify characteristics of good citizenship and identify historic figures and ordinary people who exemplify good citizenship; and
• identify patriotic songs and symbols.
CULTURE. Students:
• identify stories, statues, and other examples of local cultural heritage.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY. Students:
• describe how science and technology have changed ways people meet basic needs and have changed communication, transportation, and recreation.
SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS. Students:
• obtain information from a variety of sources;
• use tables of contents and glossaries to locate information;
• sequence and categorize information;
• identify main ideas, make predictions, and compare and contrast;
• express ideas orally and create written and visual material; and
• use problem-solving and decision-making processes.
MATHEMATICS
NUMBER, OPERATION, AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING. Students:
• use number models to represent, compare, and order whole numbers;
• read numbers less than 1,000;
• name fractional parts of a whole or set of objects;
• recall and apply basic addition facts;
• add and subtract with two-digit numbers;
• determine the value of a collection of coins; and
• model multiplication and division.
PATTERNS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING. Students:
• find patterns in the 100s chart;
• use place value to compare and order numbers;
• use patterns to remember addition facts;
• solve subtraction problems using fact families;
• generate ordered pairs from a real-life situation;
• identify and extend a list of ordered pairs; and
• solve problems using patterns.
GEOMETRY AND SPATIAL REASONING. Students:
• identify attributes of shapes and solids;
• compare shapes and solids using attributes;
• cut geometric shapes apart and identify the new shapes made; and
• locate and name whole numbers on a number line.
MEASUREMENT. Students:
• identify models for standard units of length, capacity, and weight;
• measure using standard units;
• describe length of an activity;
• read a thermometer to gather data; and
• describe time on a clock (hours, minutes).
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS. Students:
• construct picture and bar graphs;
• draw conclusions and answer questions from graphs; and
• describe an event as more likely or less likely.
PROBLEM SOLVING. Students:
• identify the mathematics in everyday situations;
• use a problem-solving model;
• select or develop an appropriate problem-solving strategy;
• use tools such as real objects, manipulatives, and technology to solve problems;
• relate informal language to mathematical language and symbols; and
• reason and support their thinking using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology.
SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS. Students:
• conduct classroom and field investigations using safe practices; and
• learn how to use and conserve resources.
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND CRITICAL THINKING. Students:
• ask questions about organisms, objects, and events;
• plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations;
• compare results of investigations with what students know about the world; and
• explain a problem and identify a task and solution related to the problem.
TOOLS AND MODELS. Students:
• collect information using tools including rulers, meter sticks, measuring cups, clocks, hand lenses, computers, thermometers, and balances; and
• measure and compare organisms and objects.
PROPERTIES AND PATTERNS. Students:
• classify organisms, objects, and events based on properties and patterns; and
• identify, predict, replicate, and create patterns.
SYSTEMS. Students:
• know that systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects; and
• identify parts that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves.
CHANGE. Students:
• observe, measure, and analyze changes, including weather, the night sky, and seasons; and
• identify, predict, and test uses of heat to cause change.
LIVING ORGANISMS AND NON-LIVING OBJECTS. Students:
• identify characteristics of living organisms and non-living objects.
BASIC NEEDS OF ORGANISMS. Students:
• identify external characteristics of plants and animals that allow their needs to be met; and
• compare the ways organisms depend on each other and on their environments.
PROCESSES OF THE NATURAL WORLD. Students:
• describe the water cycle; and
• identify uses of natural resources.