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What
your child will learn in Second Grade
Subjects Taught
Reading
The
student will be able to:
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Use
letter-sound correspondence to identify words.
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Use
decoding strategies such as sounding out words, comparing
similar words, breaking words into parts to build
vocabulary.
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Read
for comprehension and understanding of new vocabulary.
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Begin
to use dictionaries to determine meaning of unfamiliar
words.
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Read
with attention to sentence structure and punctuation such
as periods, question marks, and commas to assist
comprehension.
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Read
to locate name of author, illustrator, title page, and
table of contents.
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Select
and read books at an appropriate level for independent
reading.
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Read
aloud with increasing fluency and confidence.
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Listen
to, read and recognize various types of literature;
realistic fiction, imaginary fiction, fairy tales, folk
tales, informational non-fiction, poetry.
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Identify
nouns, verbs and adjectives in reading material.
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Listening
The
student will be able to:
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Listen
respectfully and responsibly.
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Attend
to a listening activity for an extended period of time.
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Avoid
interrupting.
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Respond
appropriately to what is heard.
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Speaking
The
student will be able to:
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Respond
respectfully.
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Initiate
communication with peers and familiar adults.
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Use
age appropriate vocabulary.
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Speak
in grammatically correct sentences.
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Use
gestures appropriate to convey meaning.
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Establish
eye contact to engage the audience.
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Speak
loudly and clearly enough to be heard by the audience.
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Writing
The
student will be able to:
The
student will be able to write:
The
student will be able to:
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Convey
an understanding in science and math by writing.
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Use
complete sentences.
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Writing
(cont)
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Use
a variety of sentences with proper punctuation.
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Use
varied sentence beginnings.
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Capitalize
the beginnings of sentences, the word I and proper nouns.
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Print
legibly.
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Increase
spelling accuracy in writing projects.
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Mathematics
The
student will be able to:
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Master
basic addition and subtraction facts to 18.
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Understand
place value - one, tens, hundreds, and thousands.
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Count
to 1000.
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Recognize
and know the value of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters,
and half dollars.
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Count
mixed groups of coins to $1.00.
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Be
able to tell time to 5 minutes on an analog clock (face
clock).
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Identify
geometric shapes such as a circle, triangle, cube and
sphere.
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Make
and interpret graphs.
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Add
and subtract 2 digit numbers with and without trading.
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Use
strategies to solve and interpret information in word
problems.
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Write
a number sentence to solve word problems.
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Computer
Education
The
student will be able to:
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Use
proper computer work habits.
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Become
familiar with the computer components.
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Use
word processing skills.
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Use
a variety of software programs to enhance their learning.
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Produce
a computer generated project, i.e. a letter, greeting
card, poem, etc.
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Social
Studies
The
second grade Social Studies Program centers on student
exploration of rural, urban, and suburban communities,
emphasizing a focus on communities in the United States.
The
students will be able to:
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Develop
an understanding of all aspects of community life.
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Develop
an understanding and respect for individual differences
and similarities.
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Develop
an understanding of the rights, privileges and
responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.
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Develop
an understanding of the interdependence of people within
communities.
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Develop
and understanding that rural, urban or suburban
communities are influenced by geographic features with the
use of maps to gain information.
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Develop
an awareness that rural, urban and suburban communities
change over time which impacts our environment.
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Recognize
the family as basic unit of society.
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Identify
and examine patriotic/historic observance of our nation.
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Use
problem solving skills in real life conflicts and apply
conflict resolution skills.
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Identify
community workers and their jobs.
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Develop
an understanding that things change over time.
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Health
The
students will learn about:
Science
The
student will be able to classify, describe, identify, explain,
observe, compare, measure and record, and communicate
information about the following topics:
Art
The
student will be able to:
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Create
art work in a personal, imaginative and creative style.
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Use
a variety of techniques, processes, tools and mediums to
create art work.
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Become
participating, creative members of our multi-cultural
society.
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Improve
motor-eye-hand coordination skills.
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Correlate
and integrate art with other subject areas.
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Music
The
student will be able to:
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Understand
detailed distinction of musical properties, i.e. tempo,
dynamics.
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Further
develop his/her singing voice.
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Introduction
of simple rhythm patterns within established beat.
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Role
play, group movement.
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Perform
individually and in groups.
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Physical
Education
The
student will be able to:
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Develop
physical fitness.
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Develop
the cardio-vascular system.
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Develop
and increase in strength and motor coordination.
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Participate
in a diversity of activities so each child may meet
success.
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Develop
an enjoyment of exercise and understand its importance and
benefits.
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Develop
eye-hand coordination.
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Develop
eye-foot coordination.
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Develop
perceptual motor skills.
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Develop
proper attitudes and sportsmanship.
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Develop
skills necessary for lifetime activities and sports.
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Develop
and understanding of the rules for sports and games.
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Develop
and understand the meaning of team sports.
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Participate
in a variety of lead-up games.
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Have
an opportunity to participate in an intramural program.
In all
we want the children to:
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What
your child will learn in Second Grade
