Second Grade Curriculum
By the end of second grade, your child should be able to state the following in regards to:
Grade 2 CCLS - English Language Arts
Reading Foundational Skills
- I can show what I have learned about letters and sounds by figuring out words. RF.2.3
- I can read long and short vowels correctly in words. RF.2.3.A
- I can spell and read vowel teams. RF.2.3.B
- I can read longer words with long vowel sounds. RF.2.3.C
- I can read words with prefixes and suffixes. DRF.2.3.D
- I can find words that don't follow normal spelling rules, but are common. RF.2.3.E
- I can read second grade words that aren't spelled the way they sound. RF.2.3.F
- I can read and understand books at my level well. RF.2.4
- I can read and understand second grade books. RF.2.4.A
- I can read second grade books aloud like a teacher would read them. RF.2.4.B
- I can stop when I am reading and fix words that I mess up or don't sound right. RF.2.4.C
- I can ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions to show that I understand stories. RL.2.1
- I can remember and tell different kinds of stories and share what the author is trying to teach. RL.2.2
- I can describe how characters in a story react to important events in the story. RL.2.3
- I can tell how words in stories, poems or songs can give them rhythm and help people understand them better. RL.2.4
- I can describe how a story is written including the important parts of a beginning and an ending. RL.2.5
- I can show that I know the characters in a story by telling about them or by using different character voices when I read aloud. RL.2.6
- I can use what I learn from pictures and words to show that I understand the characters, setting and events of a story. RL.2.7
- I can tell how two or more tellings of a story can be the same and different. RL.2.9
- I can read and understand second grade stories and poems by myself. RL.2.10
- I can ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions to show that I understand nonfiction. RI.2.1
- I can tell the main idea of a piece of nonfiction, including the focus of important paragraphs. RI.2.2
- I can make connections between different events in history. RI.2.3
- I can make connections between different science ideas. RI.2.3
- I can make connections between the different steps in a set of directions. RI.2.3
- I can figure out the meanings of words when I am studying a second grade topic. RI.2.4
- I can understand and use all the helpful parts of nonfiction books to find important facts and details quickly. RI.2.5
- I can tell the author's main purpose in nonfiction writing. RI.2.6
- I can use diagrams and pictures to help me understand nonfiction. RI.2.7
- I can describe how reasons support the points that an author is trying to make. RI.2.8
- I can tell how the important points in two pieces of nonfiction about the same topic are the same and different. RI.2.9
- I can read and understand second grade nonfiction by myself. RI.2.10
- I can write my opinion about a topic and give reasons for my thinking. W.2.1
- I can write to teach about a topic by giving facts and definitions about the topic. W.2.2
- I can write to tell an organized story with details about events, thoughts and feelings. W.2.3
- I can listen to others' ideas to revise and edit my writing and make it better. W.2.5
- I can use a computer or tablet to publish my writing. W.2.6
- I can help my class explore books and write about what we learn. W.2.7
- I can work with friends to make and record notes about science experiments. W.2.7
- I can use what I have learned to answer questions or I can find out the answers somewhere else. W.2.8
- I can show that I know how to have good conversations with my friends and teachers. SL.2.1
- I can listen, wait to take my turn and be respectful when I am having conversations. SL.2.1.A
- I can make conversations better by making connections between others' comments. SL.2.1.B
- I can ask questions during conversations to help me understand what is being shared. SL.2.1.C
- I can talk about the important ideas and details after I listen to someone read or speak. SL.2.2
- I can ask and answer questions about what a speaker says to help me understand the information better. SL.2.3
- I can tell or share a story with important details to help others understand. SL.2.4
- I can speak loudly, clearly and in complete sentences when I tell or share a story. SL.2.4
- I can make a recording of a story or poem. SL.2.5
- I can use drawings or other things like that to help people understand me better. SL.2.5
- I can speak and share my ideas in complete sentences when someone asks me a question. SL.2.6
- I can show that I know how to use words correctly when I write and speak. L.2.1
- I can use collective nouns (a group of people, a pride of lions). L.2.1.A
- I can make and use irregular plural nouns correctly (feet, children, teeth, mice, fish). L.2.1.B
- I can use reflexive pronouns (himself, myself, ourselves). L.2.1.C
- I can make and use common regular verbs (sat, hid, told). L.2.1.D
- I can use adjectives and adverbs correctly. L.2.1.E
- I can make and use complete simple and compound sentences. L.2.1.F
- I can show that I know how to write sentences correctly. L.2.2
- I can use capital letters at the beginnings of holidays, product names and places on a map. L.2.2.A
- I can use commas in greetings and closings of letters. L.2.2.B
- I can use apostrophes to make contractions. L.2.2.C
- I can use apostrophes to show possession. L.2.2.C
- I can use spelling patterns I have learned to write words. L.2.2.D
- I can use tools like a dictionary to check and correct my spelling. L.2.2.E
- I can write, speak, read and listen by using what I know about the English language. L.2.3
- I can compare formal and informal ways that people speak English. L.2.3.A
- I can figure out what words mean by using the strategies I know and by thinking about what I have read. L.2.4
- I can use context clues to help me understand new words. L.2.4.A
- I can use prefixes that I know to help me understand new words. L.2.4.B
- I can use root words to help me understand new words. L.2.4.C
- I can use the meanings of the two smaller words in a compound word to make a prediction about what it means. L.2.4.D
- I can use glossaries, dictionaries or the internet to help me find the meanings of new words. L.2.4.E
- I can figure out how words are related and how their meanings might be alike. L.2.5
- I can find real-life connections between words and the way they are used (foods that are spicy or juicy). L.2.5.A
- I can tell the difference between similar verbs (toss, throw, hurl). L.2.5.B
- I can tell the difference between similar adjectives (thin, slender, skinny, scrawny). L.2.5.B
- I can use the new words I learn in different ways to show that I know what they mean. L.2.6
Grade 2 CCLS- Mathematics
Operations & Algebraic Thinking
- I can use strategies to solve addition word problems (within 100). 2.OA.A.1
- I can use strategies to solve subtraction word problems (within 100). 2.OA.A.1
- I know my addition facts. 2.OA.B.2
- I know my subtraction facts. 2.OA.B.2
- I can group objects to tell if a number is odd or even. 2.OA.C.3
- I can write a number sentence to show how adding two of the same number will equal an even number. 2.OA.C.3
- I can use addition to help me figure out how many objects are in an array. 2.OA.C.4
- I can write a number sentence to show the total number of objects are in an array. 2.OA.C.4
- I can understand and use hundreds, tens and ones. 2.NBT.A.1
- I can show that I understand that a bundle of ten "tens" is called a "hundred".2.NBT.A.1.A
- I can show that I understand the numbers I use when I count by hundreds, have a certain number of hundreds, 0 tens and 0 ones. 2.NBT.A.1.B
- I can count to 1,000 by 1s, 5s, 10s and 100s. 2.NBT.A.2
- I can read and write numbers to 1,000 in different ways. 2.NBT.A.3
- I can compare three digit numbers using because I understand hundreds, tens and ones. 2.NBT.A.4
- I can add two-digit numbers. 2.NBT.B.5
- I can subtract two digit numbers. 2.NBT.B.5
- I can add up to four 2- digit numbers. 2.NBT.B.6
- I can use strategies to add numbers within 1000 and know when to regroup. 2.NBT.B.7
- I can use strategies to subtract numbers within 1000 and know when to borrow. 2.NBT.B.7
- I can add and subtract 10 or 100 to any number from 100 to 900 in my head. 2.NBT.B.8
- I can explain why adding and subtracting strategies work using what I know about place value. 2.NBT.B.9
- I can use different tools to measure objects. 2.MD.A.1
- I can use two different units to measure the same object and tell how the measurements compare. 2.MD.A.2
- I can estimate the lengths of objects using inches, feet, centimeters and meters. 2.MD.A.3
- I can tell the difference in the lengths of two different objects. 2.MD.A.4
- I can use addition and subtraction to solve measurement problems. 2.MD.B.5
- I can make and use a number line. 2.MD.B.6
- I can tell time to five minutes. 2.MD.C.7
- I can use a.m. and p.m. in the right ways. 2.MD.C.7
- I can count money to help me solve word problems. 2.MD.C.8
- I can make a table to organize information about measurement. 2.MD.C.9
- I can show measurements with a line plot. 2.MD.C.9
- I can draw a picture graph to share number information. 2.MD.C.10
- I can draw a bar graph to share number information. 2.MD.C.10
- I can solve problems using information from a bar graph. 2.MD.C.10
- I can name and draw shapes. (I know triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes.) 2.G.A.1
- I can find the area of a rectangle by breaking it into equal sized squares. 2.G.A.2
- I can divide shapes into equal parts and describe the parts with words like halves or thirds. 2.G.A.3
- I can understand that equal parts of a shape may look different depending on how I divide the shape. 2.G.A.3
Grade 2 - Science
LINK: http://www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction/science-learning-standards
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- I can explain the water cycle.
- I can distinguish between solids, liquids, and gases, and understand how matter changes with temperature.
- I can describe the Earth’s surface.
- I can recognize different land forms.
- I can explain Earth changes- the changes people create and the changes that nature creates.
- I can make predictions about weight and experiment with balances.
- I can demonstrate understanding of living things (plants and animals) and their needs, life cycles, habitats.
Grade 2 - Social Studies
- I can compare and contrast communities- urban, suburban, rural.
- I can explain what it means to be a good citizen.
- I can list my rights and responsibilities in my community.
- I can understand the presidential election, voting, and local government.
- I can explain why governments are important.
- I can recognize and name United States and New York State symbols and landmarks.
- I can make use of a map and locate places on a map (United States, World Map).
- I can recognize land forms.
- I can compare and contrast wants and needs, and goods and services.
- I can explain economy (working, getting paid, spending, saving).
- I can compare and contrast colonial life (past history) to my life.
- I can explain important people and events from the Civil Rights movement.