Second Grade
First Quarter-at-a-Glance
Reading/Language Arts
Reading Comprehension
Focus Skills:
Theme 1 – Silly Stories
● Story Structure (Summarize)
● Fantasy and Realism (Monitor/Clarify)
● Predict Outcomes (Predict/Infer)
● Understanding Poetry (Monitor/Clarify)
Theme 2 – Nature Walk
● Compare and Contrast (Question)
● Fact and Opinion (Evaluate)
● Categorize and Classify (Monitor/Clarify)
● Understanding Fables (Predict/Infer)
Bringing Words to Life (BWTL) Words
Theme 1 – Silly Stories
● bare, wise, balanced
● imitation, spread, protect
● cozy, commotion, crammed
● imagine, describe, foggy
Theme 2 – Nature Walk
● shivered, groaned, snuggled
● tasks, explains, searches
● edge, dangles, shallow
● pokey, collected, foolish
Writing/Grammar
Theme 1 – Silly Stories
● Grammar - What is a sentence?
● Writing - Character Sketch
● Writing - Improving Character
● Grammar - Naming Parts
● Writing - A Response Journal
● Grammar - Action Parts
● Grammar - Correction Run-on Sentences
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - A Story
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Choosing a Topic
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Exploring and Planning
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Beginning, Middle, End
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Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Writing a Title
Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Revising
Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Proofreading
Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Publishing
Theme 2 – Nature Walk
● Grammar - Telling Sentences and Questions
● Writing - Answer to a Question
● Writing - Make Complete Sentences
● Grammar - Commands
● Writing - Writing a Paragraph
● Grammar - Exclamations
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - A Description
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Choosing a Topic
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Organizing and Planning
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Sensory Language
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Adding Details
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Revising
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Revising and Proofreading
● Reader’s Writer’s Workshop - Publishing
Vocabulary (Word Work):
Theme 1 – Silly Stories
● Homophone
● Synonyms
● Multiple Meaning Words
● Sound Words
Theme 2 – Nature’s Walk
● Compound Words
● Antonyms
● Multiple Meaning Words
● Antonyms Review
Phonics:
Theme 1 – Silly Stories
● Short Vowels: a, i
● Base Words and s, ed, ing Endings
● Short Vowels: o, u, e
● VCCV pattern
● Short Vowel Sounds
● Short Vowels and VCCV Pattern
Theme 2 – Nature’s Walk
● Long Vowels CVCe- o, u, e
● Two Sounds for g
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Long Vowels CVCe - a, i
Consonant Clusters - r, l, s
Two Sounds for c
Long Vowels - o, u, e
Double Consonants
VCV Pattern
Final /k/ spelled ck and k
Vowel Sounds in Syllables
Math
Algebra, Patterns and Functions:
● Represent relationships using appropriate relational symbols (>, <, =) and operational
symbols (=, -) with whole numbers to 100
● Find the missing number (unknown) in a number sentence using operational symbols (=,
-) with whole numbers up to 50
● Represent whole numbers up to 100 on a number line
● Represent and analyze numeric patterns using skip counting 2, 5, and 10 starting with any
whole number and using whole numbers 10 100
● Represent and analyze numeric patterns using skip counting backwards by 10s starting
with any 2 digit whole number
Number Relationships and Computation:
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Use concrete materials to compose and decompose quantities up to 100
Demonstrate proficiency with addition and subtraction facts using a variety of strategies
Solve word problems based on addition or subtraction situations
Write word problems for addition and subtraction situations
Add no more than 3 whole number addends with no more than 2 digits in each addend
and a sum of no more than 100
List multiple representations for a number
Read, write, and represent whole numbers using models, symbols, and words through
1000
Expand whole numbers up to 999 using expanded form
Use the number 10, 50, and 100 as anchors in relationship to other numbers
Compare and order numbers up to 999 using words and relational symbols (>, <, =)
Build and describe models of even and odd numbers using concrete materials, and
discuss the model
Use ordinal numbers to indicate position up to thirty-first
Determine the value of a given set of mixed currency up to $10
Represent money amounts up to $10
Compare the value of 2 sets of mixed currency up to $10
Science
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Classroom Rules/Procedures, Laboratory Safety
Chapter 1 - All About Plants
Chapter 2 - All About Animals
Chapter 3 - Plants and Animals Live Together
Chapter 4 - Living Things Grow and Change
Social Studies
Geography Introduction
● Lesson 1: The Five Themes of Geography
● Lesson 2: Maps and Globe Skills
Unit One: Where We Live
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Lesson 3: Unit Introduction
Lesson 4: Living in a Neighborhood
Lesson 5: Citenship Skills - Citizen Heroes Kids Care Club
Lesson 6: A Walk Through A Community
Lesson 7: Read a City Map
Lesson 8: How a Community Changes
Lesson 9: Comparing Communities
Lesson 10: Meet Rosalynn Carter (Literature/Biography)
Lesson 11: Our State and Our Country
Lesson 12: Benjamin Banneker (Literature--Biography)
Lesson 13: Our Country is Part of Our World