Second Grade Curriculum Guide
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Social Studies
G Holidays and festivals
G Patriotic celebrations
G Communities in other lands: past
and present
G Family and family history
G Families around the world
G Neighborhoods
G Community services and helpers
G Shelters, stores, and food
G Citizenship and social
responsibility
G Interdependence of people
G Basic geography: oceans,
continents
G Map skills
G inquiry
Health and Safety
G Personal cleanliness
G Dental hygiene
G Basic food groups
G Communicable diseases
G Preventive measures against
disease
G Neighborhood safety
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Language Arts
G Reading silently for purpose
G Dramatizations and interpretative
or oral reading
G Use and meaning of quotation
marks in reading
G Story development: beginning,
middle, end
G Simple book reviews
G Listening skills
G Organizing ideas and impressions
G Alphabetizing through second
letter of a word
G Using dictionary guide words
G Vocabulary development
G Homonyms, synonyms, antonyms
G Methods of word attack
G W ays to study spelling
G Simple punctuation and
capitalization
G Refining manuscript handwriting
G W riting independently in
manuscript form
G Brief and simple letters and
journals
G Narration, description, letters,
poetry
G Increasing skill in handling books:
table of contents, and index
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M athematics Science
G Counting, reading, writing to G Useful and harmful animals
1,000 G Life cycle
G Counting by 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, and G Birds and insects in winter
10's G Animal babies
G Ordinal numbers to 10 G Animal defense of themselves and
G Zero as a place holder their young
G Using sets and number facts G Plant and animal food
G Addition and subtraction facts to G Dinosaurs and other extinct
20 animals
G Basic multiplication and division G Food chain
facts G Plant reproduction and growth
G Multiplication and division facts G Habitats and homes
as inverse operations G W eather and its effects on earth
G Multiplication properties of 0 and G Effects of the seasons on the lives
1 of people, animals, and plants
G Place value through 100's G Climate
G Fractions in daily life G W ater cycle
G Decimal numeration system G Air and atmosphere
G Basic concept of ratio G Magnets and forces
G Geometry puzzles and activities G Gravity
G Estimation G Earth and sky
G Common customary and metric G Sun, moon, planets
measures of time, weight, length, G Simple constellations
volume, shape, temperature G Exploring space
G Telling time and using the G Scientific method and scientific
calendar
G Handling money (coins)
G Problem solving
G Charts and graphs