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Reading:
- Phonics – sounds and blends
- Reading & listening comprehension
- Poems and short stories
- Grammar skills
- Spelling
- Parts of speech
- Possessives
- Synonyms & Antonyms
- Syllables
- Rhyming words
- Complete sentences
- Consonants & vowels
- Oral reading
- Main idea, setting, characters, plot
Writing:
- Penmanship
- Creative writing
- Language skills
- Capitalization
- Letter Writing
- Dictionary, ABC order
- Vowels pairs
Math:
- Addition and Subtraction
- Counting money
- Telling time
- Word problems
- Measurement
- Speed Drills
- Multiplication & division
- Fractions
- Reading graphs
- Capacity and weight measurement
- Greater and less than
Science:
- How our body uses food
- Animal world: insects, animal homes
- Parts of a plant
- Things that work and move together
- Air
- Our Earth and sky
- Water and Butterfly cycle
- Solar System
- Weather
Social Studies:
- America’s flag, holidays, songs
- People who built America
- Separatists, Pilgrims, Indians
- Geography and map skills
- Continents and countries
- Colonists way of life
- Pioneers, Cowboys, and Immigrants
Art:
- Holiday art
- Negative and positive space
- Color wheel
2nd Grade Curriculum Overview