2nd Grade - Year at a Glance 2012-2013
First Quarter
Dates: 9/4-11/2
Second Quarter
Dates: 11/5-10/18
Math
9 weeks
Math
9 Weeks
Sums and Differences of Puzzling Place
Value
Essential Questions:
How can I use place value to compare, add
and subtract numbers?
How does addition and subtraction relate to
place value?
Math
9 Weeks
The Long and Short of It (Measurement
and Data) Essential Questions:
How do I use tools to measure and
compare objects?
How do I use addition and subtraction
when measuring?
Units: 2, 6, 12, 14
Units: 1, 3, 5
Third Quarter
Dates: 1/22-3/27
Fourth Quarter
Dates: 4/2-6/6
Math
Sharing and Pairing
Essential Questions:
How do equal groups relate to
multiplication and division?
How can equal sharing help me
understand fractions?
Units: 13, 7
4-5 Weeks
Shapes and Their
4-5 Weeks
4-5 Weeks
Traits
Money Makers
Shapes Questions:
and Their Traits
Essential
Essential Questions:
Essential
Questions:
What
defines
a shape?
How do we count money?
What
a shape?
What
is defines
alike and
How does money relate to
What isabout
alike and
different
the
place value?
different
about the
shapes
we know?
How can we use addition, shapes we know?
subtraction and
comparison to solve
money problems?
Unit: 9, 11
Mastery of Facts to Fluency: Complete 36 facts in 3:00 mins. or less
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
6 weeks ELA Unit 3
ELA Unit 4
ELA Unit 5
ELA Unit 6
First Quarter
ELA Unit 1 6 weeksDates: 9/4-10/12
ELA Unit 2
Dates: 10/15-11/30
A Season for Chaptersss
Essential Question:
When is language
beautiful?
Science/SS
Seasonal Cycle/Water
Cycle
Weather
US Landforms- related to
seasons
Units: 4, 8, 10
The Wild West
Essential Question:
How does setting affect
a story?
6 weeks- 12/3-1/18
Building Bridges with
Unlikely Friends
Essential Question:
Why do authors use
figurative language?
6 weeks- 1/22-3/1
A Long Journey to
Freedom
Essential Question:
What is challenging
about writing a
narrative?
6 weeks- 3/4-4/19
Hand-Me-Down Tales
From Around the World
Essential Question:
How are stories and
poems alike? How are
they different?
6 weeks- 4/22-5/31
Taking Care of
Ourselves
Essential Question:
Why should we support
our opinions with
reasons?
Science/SS
Science/SS
Science/SS
Science/SS
Science/SS
Simple Machines- Related to
NA/West
Animal Habitats/
Classification
Magnets/
Compass
Continue
Body Systems
Geography- cultural traditions
Healthy Living
Westward Expansion
Building Relations
Slavery/Civil War
World Geography - habitats
2nd Grade - Year at a Glance 2012-2013