Second Grade Curriculum

 Literacy

Reading and Grammar Text: McGraw Hill Wonders
Phonics: Sadlier Phonics
Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser level 2C

Grammar
*sentence structure
*subjects and predicates
*prefixes and suffixes
*parts of speech: nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs
*prepositional phrases
*how to abbreviate: titles, monthes, states
*capitalization
*punctuation: end marks, quotation marks, italics, underlining


Reading & Phonics
*decoding of words
*long and short vowel sounds
*comprehension strategies
*making predictions
*literature genres
*using context clues
*summarizing
*citing in text evidence

Writing
*writing complete sentences using correct punctuation and capitalization
*understanding different styles of writing: informative, narrative, opinion, 
*expanding and combining sentences
*writing stories and poems

Handwriting
*review of printing
*beginning cursive

  
Math 

Text: Sadlier Math , Reflex Math

*addition and subtraction within 20
*regrouping in addition and subtraction
*place value to 1000
*addition and subtraction of  2 digit numbers
*addition and subtraction of 3 digit numbers
*relating addition and subtraction facts
*counting patterns by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 1000
*order numbers to 100
*odd and even numbers
*money
*time
*geometry with 2d and 3d shapes
*measurement using customary and metric units
*reading graphical displays
*logical reasoning


Science and Social Studies

Websites and Materials: Studies Weekly and Scholastic Let’s Find Out 

*seasons
*weather
*geography
*conservation
*water
*living and non-living things
*plants
*animals
*states of matter
*habitats
*health
*community
*maps
*holidays
*government
*history
*famous leaders
*famous people



Religion

Text: Sadlier We Believe

*the Bible (old and new testaments)
*the Commandments
*the church year (Ordinary Time, Advent, Christmas, Lent, 3 Days Easter)
*the Sacraments
*the Mass
*Jesus’ Life
*the Holy Family
*the church
*prayer
*the saints