Curriculum
Language Arts
Mathematics
Number Sense
Science
Physical Science
Religion
Formal Prayers in Second Grade
- Read aloud fluently, accurately, with appropriate expression.
- Decode two-syllable words phonetically.
- Apply knowledge of basic syllabication rules in reading.
- Use title, table of contents, and chapter headings to locate information in expository text.
- State a purpose in reading and use this knowledge to comprehend informational text.
- Recognize cause and effect relationships in stories.
- Compare and contrast plots, settings, characters presented by different authors.
- Recognize and use spelling patterns and rules.
- Write legibly in script and cursive penmanship styles.
- Construct and write clear, coherent sentences.
- Use the writing process to draft, proofread, revise, and publish written compositions.
- Apply capitalization and punctuation rules correctly.
- Make brief narrative oral presentations.
Mathematics
Number Sense
- Understand place value of digits to 1,000.
- Represent four-digit numbers in words, standard and expanded forms.
- Estimate and calculate two- and three- digit addition and subtraction problems.
- View fractions and decimals as part of a set or whole.
- Recognize and apply commutative and associative properties of number.
- Use data from simple graphs and charts to add or subtract.
- Collect numerical data and record, organize, and interpret data on simple graphs.
- Recognize, describe, and extend identified patterns.
- Identify and measure to the nearest inch/centimeter.
- Measure intervals of time and tell time to the nearest half-/ quarter- hour.
- Classify 2-D and 3-D figures by shape, number of faces, edges, vertices.
- Determine when to break a problem into smaller parts.
- Generalize results and apply strategies to similar problem -solving situations.
Science
Physical Science
- Recognize that motion of objects can be measured.
- Explore the effect of force (push/pull) on an object.
- Explore the effect of magnets on movement.
- Investigate life cycles of selected plants and animals.
- Explore the composition of earth.
- Compare physical properties of rocks.
- Recognize that fossils provide a history of plants and animals.
- Discuss and record experiment outcomes.
- Apply the Scientific Process to experimentation.
- Explore the lives of people who make a difference in everyday life.
- Trace the history of one’s family.
- Place important events on a timeline.
- Describe the contribution and impact of heroes from the past and present.
- Identify national holidays and symbols.
Religion
- Learn the traditional prayers of the Catholic Church.
- Recognize that Jesus, in the form of bread and wine, comes to us through the Eucharist.
- Learn the parts of the Mass, and recognize responses of the liturgy as prayer.
- Recognize that we receive forgiveness through the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
- Prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation with a guided examination of conscience.
- Celebrate the sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Eucharist.
- Embrace Mary as the Mother of Jesus.
- Learn and pray the Rosary.
- Reflect on the lives of the saints.
- Explore and apply Catholic virtues in developing personal responsibility and moral decision-making skills.
- Respect the dignity and uniqueness of others.
- Reach out to others in a spirit of Christian stewardship and service.
- Explore the concept of family and learn that we are all connected in the family of God.
Formal Prayers in Second Grade
- Sign of the Cross
- Our Father
- Hail Mary
- Grace Before/After Meals
- Act of Contrition
- Responses at Mass