Missouri State Curriculum Standards – Second Grade
Shawnee Town Program:
To Market, to Market
Social Studies:
Economic Concepts and Principles:
4. Knowledge of economic concepts
(including productivity and the market
system) and principles (including the laws
of supply and demand).
Shawnee Town Program:
Red Letter Day
A. Knowledge of basic economic concepts,
being able to explain and use them to
interpret historical and current events Explain or demonstrate how people trade
using money and bartering. Students will
learn about bartering and purchasing
goods with cash.
Elements of Geographical Study and
Analysis:
5. Knowledge of major elements of
geographical study and analysis (such as
location, place, movement and regions)
and their relationship to changes in society
and the environment.
Relationships of Individuals and Groups
to Institutions and Traditions:
6. Knowledge of relationships of the
individual and groups to institutions and
cultural traditions.
Mathematics:
Measurement:
1. Understand measurable attributes of
objects and the units, systems and
processes of measurements.
Shawnee Town Program:
Goin’ to Town
E. Understanding relationships between
and among places - Describe different
types of communication and
transportation and identify their
advantages and disadvantages. Students
will learn about different forms of
communication in the 1920s.
B. Groups meeting the needs of individuals
– Describe how needs are met by families
and friends. In the wrap-up Q & A
session, students will learn about what it
means to live in a small rural 1920s
farming community in the context of the
interrelationships between its consumers
and producers who often comprised
family and friends.
A. Reading and constructing maps Construct maps with title and key.
Students will label a blank map, add
compass rose, and physical features.
B. Groups meeting the needs of
individuals – Describe how needs are met
by families and friends. In the wrap-up
Q & A session, students will learn about
what it means to live in a small rural
1920s farming community in the context
of families and friends coming together
to prepare for a community celebration.
A. Determine unit of measurement – Select
an appropriate unit and tool for the
attribute being measured. Students will
use appropriate dry measuring tools
including cups and scales for weighing.
They will be introduced to pint, quart,
peck and bushel containers for produce at
the Farmers Market.
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A. Determine unit of measurement –
Select an appropriate unit and tool for the
attribute being measured. Students may
use appropriate dry measuring tools
including cups and scales for weighing.
They will be introduced to pint, quart,
peck and bushel containers for produce
at the Farmers Market.
Missouri State Curriculum Standards – Second Grade
Shawnee Town Program:
To Market, to Market
Mathematics (cont.):
Measurement:
2. Apply appropriate techniques, tools and
formulas to determine measurements.
Writing:
2. Compose well-developed text using
standard English conventions.
Reading:
1. Develop and apply skills and strategies
to the reading process
Shawnee Town Program:
Red Letter Day
A. Use standard or non-standard
measurement – Use tools to measure (size,
temperature, time, weight) to the nearest
inch, centimeter, degree, hour and pound.
Students will use appropriate dry
measuring tools including cups and scales
for weighing. They will be introduced to
pint, quart, peck and bushel containers
for produce at the Farmers Market.
Shawnee Town Program:
Goin’ to Town
A. Use standard or non-standard
measurement – Use tools to measure (size,
temperature, time, weight) to the nearest
inch, centimeter, degree, hour and pound.
Students may use appropriate dry
measuring tools including cups and
scales for weighing. They may be
introduced to pint, quart, peck and
bushel containers for produce at the
Farmers Market.
A. Handwriting – Create legible
composition with correct spacing between
letters in a word and words in a sentence.
During pre-activity, students can write a
letter to be picked up at Shawnee Town’s
Post Office on the day of their visit.
During post-activity, students can tell,
write or draw about their experiences at
Shawnee Town or do a thank you letter
to Shawnee Town. Students may work
together in a group to create a banner to
carry in their parade.
D. Fluency – Read grade-level
instructional text with fluency, accuracy
and expression. Students may recite a
poem that includes grade level
appropriate words.
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