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Curriculum

Second Grade Language Arts

Reading

Grade Level Standard:

The Learner will use appropriate strategies for understanding words in a meaningful context, understand information at a literal level, and interpret written material.

Concepts to be Taught:

Writing

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will continue to refine use of conventions of language to focus, organize, and elaborate ideas.

Concepts to be Taught:

Speaking

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will participate in speaking activities to communicate a focused and organized message.

Concepts to be Taught:

	CONVENTIONS OF SPEAKING Use appropriate speaking behaviors.
	COMMUNICATION OF A FOCUSED, ORGANIZED, SUPPORTED MESSAGE Develop the ability and confidence to share thoughts with others. Contribute information related to a topic.
	EXPOSURE TO BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL SPEAKING SITUATIONS
	GROUP DYNAMICS Express thoughts and ideas to the whole group.

Listening

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will participate in listening activities by focusing attention on oral communication, understanding the message, and responding appropriately.

Concepts to be Taught:

	STRATEGIES FOR LISTENING TO, UNDERSTANDING, AND USING ORAL MESSAGES Follow one, two, and three step directions. Listen to and discuss literature.
	STRATEGIES FOR INTERPRETING ORAL MESSAGES Respond appropriately in class discussions. Ask pertinent questions.
	STRATEGIES FOR EVALUATING AND APPLYING ORAL MESSAGES Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior through attentive and critical listening.
	EXPOSURE TO A VARIETY OF REASONS AND PURPOSES FOR LISTENING

Math

Number Sense

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will demonstrate and apply a knowledge and sense of numbers, including numeration and operations, patterns, ratios, and proportions.

Concepts to be Taught:

	IDENTIFY AND WRITE NUMBERS TO ONE THOUSAND
	COUNT TO 100 BY TWOS, FIVES, TENS, AND TWENTY-FIVES
	MODEL, GROUP, AND WRITE NUMBERS TO ONE HUNDRED BY ONES, TENS, AND HUNDREDS
	RECOGNIZE ORDINAL NUMBERS TO ONE HUNDRED
	MODEL, WRITE, AND COMPARE NUMBERS USING MATHEMATICAL TERMS
	BEFORE, AFTER, AND BETWEEN
	EQUAL, GREATER, AND LESS THAN
	FIND, IDENTIFY, AND WRITE FRACTIONAL: PARTS OF HALVES, THIRDS, AND FOURTHS

Geometry

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will demonstrate and apply basic geometric concepts in one, two, and three dimensions.

Concepts to be Taught:

	DESCRIBE, MODEL, IDENTIFY, AND CLASSIFY SOLID FIGURES Cylinder, cone, sphere, cube, pyramid, rectangular prism, and triangular prism.
	DESCRIBE, MODEL, IDENTIFY, AND CLASSIFY PLANE FIGURES Square, triangle, rectangle, circle, oval, rhombus, hexagon, and trapezoid.
	RECOGNIZE, DESCRIBE, AND DRAW SYMMETRICAL AND CONGRUENT FIGURES
	MAKE VISUAL PREDICTIONS USING SPATIAL SENSE

Measurement

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will measure and compare quantities using appropriate units, instruments, and methods.

Concepts to be Taught:

	DEMONSTRATE ACTUAL MEASURING USING STANDARD UNITS RELATED TO LENGTH, VOLUME AND CAPACITY, AND WEIGH Inch, foot, yard, and centimeter. Cup, pint, quart, and liter. Pound and kilogram.
	DEMONSTRATE ACTUAL MEASURING USING STANDARD UNITS RELATED TO TIME Year, month, week, day, and 60, 30, 15, and 5 minute intervals.
	DEMONSTRATE ACTUAL MEASURING USING STANDARD UNITS RELATED TO MONEY Dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, nickel, and penny.
	DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ESTIMATIONS BEFORE MEASURING

Operations and Computation

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will demonstrate and apply a knowledge and sense of numbers, including numeration and operations, patterns, ratios, and proportions.

Concepts to be Taught:

	DETERMINE APPROPRIATE OPERATIONS WHEN SOLVING A VARIETY OF EVERYDAY PROBLEMS USING MODELS, PICTURES, AND WRITTEN DATA
	MODEL AND WRITE BASIC ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION FACT STRATEGIES TO 18
	SOLVE BASIC ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION FACTS TO 18
	DEVELOP PROFICIENCY IN ADDING AND SUBTRACTING 2 AND 3 DIGIT NUMBERS WITH AND WITHOUT TRADING
	USE STRATEGIES TO SOLVE A VARIETY OF EVERYDAY PROBLEMS INVOLVING 2 AND 3 DIGIT NUMBERS WITHOUT MANIPULATIVES
	USE APPROPRIATE MATH LANGUAGE WHILE COMMUNICATING

Patterns and Relationships

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will identify numerical relationships using variables and
patterns.

Concepts to be Taught:

	RECOGNIZE, DESCRIBE, EXTEND, AND CREATE A VARIETY OF PATTERNS BY COLOR
	RECOGNIZE, DESCRIBE, EXTEND, AND CREATE A VARIETY OF PATTERNS BY NUMBER
	RECOGNIZE, DESCRIBE, EXTEND, AND CREATE A VARIETY OF PATTERNS BY SPATIAL, POSITIONAL, AND GEOMETRIC ATTRIBUTES

Probability and Statistics

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will organize, represent, analyze, and make conclusions from existing data.

Concepts to be Taught:

	SORT, CLASSIFY, AND DESCRIBE OBJECTS BY COLOR, SHAPE, FUNCTION, AND TYPE
	CONSTRUCT, READ, INTERPRET A VARIETY OF GRAPHS Bar and pictograph
	COMMUNICATE WHEN EVENTS AND MORE, LESS, OR EQUALLY LIKELY TO OCCUR

Science

Concepts & Principals

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will begin to apply concepts of systems, form and function, change and consistency, and models and explanations within the sciences.

Concepts to be Taught:

	HOW LIVING THINGS FUNCTION, ADAPT, AND CHANGE Describe simple life cycles of plants and animals and the similarities and differences in their offspring
	HOW LIVING THINGS INTERACT WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT Describe how living things depend on one another for survival.
	PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND ENERGY AND THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THEM Identify and compare sources of energy.
	DESCRIBE FORCE AND MOTION AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT THAT EXPLAIN THEM Demonstrate and explain ways that forces cause actions and reactions.
	DESCRIBE FEATURES AND PROCESSES OF EARTH AND ITS RESOURCES Identify and explain natural cycles of the Earth's land, water, and atmospheric systems (Example: the water cycle).
	EXPLAIN COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE AND EARTH'S PLACE IN IT Identify and describe characteristics the sun and other stars. Explain the apparent motion of the sun and stars. Identify daily and annual patterns related to the Earth's rotation and revolution.

Science, Technology, and Society

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will begin to explain their understanding of the relationships among science, technology, and society.

Concepts to be Taught:

	KNOW ACCEPTED PRACTICES OF SCIENCE Explain why similar results are expected when procedures are done the same way. Continue to use basic safety practices.
	DESCRIBE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Identify and describe ways that science and technology affects people's everyday lives (Example: transportation, medicine, agriculture, sanitation, communication, and occupations).

Science Processes, Inquiry, and Technology

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will begin to demonstrate the abilities necessary to solve scientific problems in a variety of different ways.

Concepts to be Taught:

KNOW PRINCIPLES OF PROCESSES OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY Describe an observed event. Develop questions on scientific topics. Collect data for scientific investigations using measuring instruments and technologies. Record and store data using available technologies and skills. Arrange data into logical patterns and describe the patterns. Compare observations of individual and group results.

KNOW PRINCIPLES OF PROCESSES OF TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN Given a simple design problem, formulate possible solutions. Design a device that will be useful in solving the problem. Build the device using the materials and tools provided. Test the device and record results using given instruments, techniques, and measurement methods. Report the design of the device, the test process, and the results in solving a given problem.

Social Studies

Government

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will understand election processes and responsibilities of citizens.

Concepts to be Taught:

	RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH OTHER PEOPLE
	DEVELOP THE CONCEPT OF VOTING

Economics

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will recognize that people work for needs and wants.

Concepts to be Taught:

RECOGNIZE THAT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY INCLUDES GOODS AND SERVICES CREATED BY PEOPLE

History

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will recognize historic people, places, and events that are a part of our heritage.

Concepts to be Taught:

	RECOGNIZE THAT NATIVE AMERICANS AND SETTLERS WERE A PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY
	RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION MADE TO OUR COUNTRY BY IMPORTANT PEOPLE
	RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND THE AMERICAN FLAG
	RECOGNIZE THAT THE HEROES AND HEROINES HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SHAPING OUR NATION'S HISTORY

Geography

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will locate various land forms, bodies of water, and natural resources on a map.

Concepts to be Taught:

	IDENTIFY AND LOCATE PLACES ON A NEIGHBORHOOD AND A COMMUNITY MAP
	RECOGNIZE CITY, STATE, COUNTRY, AND CONTINENT

Social Systems

Grade Level Standard:

The learner will recognize neighborhoods, communities, and the people who live in them.

Concepts to be Taught:

RECOGNIZE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE