2nd Grade Curriculum

Math Playground

Math Slice

Religion

• Recite traditional prayers.
• Participate appropriately in Church celebrations, including Reconciliation and Eucharist.
• Participate in outreach activities.
• Demonstrate how to apply the 10 Commandments to daily life.
• Participate in Advent and Lenten activities.

Language Arts

• Use multiple strategies to read new words.
• Read and understand the meanings of words.  Uses dictionary and thesaurus.
• Read for meaning (main idea, sequences, details) and read aloud fluently.
• Communicate with a sequence of legible and complete sentences.
• Write with description and apply transition words effectively.
• Spell high frequency words accurately.
• Speak clearly and effectively in front of a group.
• Listen to gain information and follow multi-step directions.

Math

• Read, write, and compare whole numbers through four digits and round two- and three-digit numbers to the nearest ten.
• Recall addition and subtraction facts through 18.
• Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication and division through use of arrays and manipulatives.
• Add & subtract 2-digit numbers with renaming.
• Read, write and compare fractions.
• Identify geometric figures.
• Use calculators, thermometers and measurement tools.
• Count coins and calculate change up to five dollars.
• Tell time to minute intervals.

Science

• Understand growth of plants and label plant parts.
• Compare components and characteristics of various plant and animal habitats.
• Define the three states of matter  (solid, liquid and gas) and their characteristics.        
• Explain attributes of air and water; know the water cycle.
• Understand that heat, light and sound are forms of energy.
• Know that germs can make us sick and how to keep from spreading them.
• Explore magnetic force.

Social Studies

• Compare and describe neighborhoods throughout the world.
• Know the continents and oceans of the world.
• Identify different kinds of landforms in the US.
• Interpret maps and graphs.
• Understand the highlights of our country’s history and culture.
• Define roles of the leaders of our national, state, and local government.

Technology

• Understand and be able to properly use the keyboard.
• Understand basic computer operations.
• Be able to use hardware and software safely and properly.
• Be able to use a computer as an educational tool.

Art

• Use the elements of art creatively, especially shape and line.
• Apply the principles of art creatively, especially pattern and movement.
• Create many kinds of art with skill and a sense of pride.
• Develop fine motor skills.

Music

• Hear crescendo and decrescendo, accents, and changes in dynamics.
• Differentiate between families of instruments and the four different voices.
• Know the intervals of the treble clef.
• Hear and make patterns of sounds.
• Understand that music has form.
• Hear and make simple kinds of harmony.
• Participate in patriotic, folk, and ethnic music.
• Care for equipment
• Be a good audience.