2^nd Grade Curriculum

Language Arts –

Long Term Goals

Implementation of the St. Francis 2^nd Grade Language Arts Curriculum will ensure that students:

• Read and write independently.

• Read for understanding and fluency in a variety of genre.

• Summarize what they read and represent ideas with story maps, chart, and drawing.

• Be creative, yet disciplined.

• The Sentence

• Writing a Personal Narrative

• Nouns & Pronouns

• Writing a Story

• Verbs

• Writing Instructions

• Adjectives

• Writing a Description

• More Capitalization & Punctuation

• Writing an Opinion Essay

• Phonics

• Oral Reading

• Spelling

• Vocabulary

• English

• Harcourt Brace

• Wilson Fundations

• Wordly Wise, Book 1

• Mifflin Literary Readers

• Handwriting Without Tears

Mathematics –

Long Term Goals

Implementation of the St. Francis 2^nd Grade Mathematics Curriculum will ensure that students:

• Gain confidence.

• Evaluate each problem separately rather than rotely performing algorithms.

• Have a positive experience in mathematics.

• Receive individual help.

• Numbers to 1000

• Addition & Subtraction

• Length

• Weight

• Multiplication & Division

• Money

• Fractions

• Time

• Capacity

• Tables & Graphs

• Geometry

• Singapore Math 

Social Studies –

Long Term Goals

Implementation of the St. Francis 2^nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum will ensure that students:

• Develop an appreciation of their place in the world.

• Develop an understanding of their roles as citizens.

• Understand how physical characteristics of places affect people’s activities.

• What Is a Community?

• How Are Communities Different?

• How Do We Use Maps?

• What Is Geography?

• How Do People Use Our Environment?

• How Are Goods Made and Brought to Us?

• Who Provides Services in a Community?

• How Can I Be a Good Shopper?

• How Do Communities Change?

• How Did One Community Change?

• How Can One Person Make a Difference in a Community?

• What Does a Good Citizen Do?

• What Do Communities Share?

Resources

• Social Studies Alive!

• Daily Geography, Practice 2 

Science –

Long Term Goals

Implementation of the St. Francis 2^nd Grade Science Curriculum will ensure that students:

• Learn by doing.

• Develop a deep understanding of concepts that is retained over time.

• Learn skills that enable them to gain new knowledge.

• Life Science

  • Interactions of Living Things

  • Keeping Healthy 

• Physical Science

  • Energy and Motion

  • Solids, Liquids, and Gases

• Earth/Space Science

• Fossils

• Weather

• Astronomy 

• Enrichment Units

  • Rocks
  • Butterflies
  • Ecology
  • Planets 

• Houghton Mifflin Science Discovery Works, Houghton Mifflin

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