Second Grade Curriculum
Religion
A student will be able to:
- appreciate his/her call to follow Jesus
- identify the sacraments
- celebrate the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist
- have a deeper understanding of the Mass as a sacred meal of sacrifice
- relate instruction to life experience
- exemplify Christian values
Math
A student will be able to:
- know addition and subtraction facts to 18 with regrouping
- understand the concepts of multiplication and division
- estimate and measure using standard and non standard tools
- make change up to one dollar
- recognize a fractional part of a whole
- problem solving using classification, ordering, graphing
- understand concept of place value to the thousands place
- tell time at hour, half hour, and quarter hour intervals
- compare and contrast plane/solid figures
Language Arts
A student will be able to:
- set purpose for reading: enjoyment, information, instruction
- make predictions using pictures and context clues
- recognize base words, prefixes, and suffixes
- identify main idea and supporting details
- recognize statements of inference
- understand multiple meanings of words in context
- identify story characters, setting, problem, and solution
- use guide words in dictionary and glossary
- show beginning, middle, and end sequence
- recognize and accurately form upper/lower case letters using cursive writing
- recognize long and short vowel sounds and patterns
- identify sentences that tell, ask, command, and exclaim
Science
A student will be able to:
- recognize the properties of: matter, magnets, and living things
Social Studies
A student will be able to:
- recognize and understand communities and citizenship
- use map legends
- understand the significance of holidays
Our Grade Two Program features:
- Reception of the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist
- Participation in May Crowning
- Journal writing across the curriculum
- Introduction to book reports
- Brain based learning
Art
A student will be able to:
- use the design elements of line, shape, color, texture, and space
- learn the basic skills of perspective
Computer
A student will be able to:
- turn on and shut down a computer
- activate a Windows program
- insert clipart from our Network into a Microsoft Word file
- use a variety of computer programs to enhance skills in other subject areas
Library
A student will be able to:
- visit weekly and check out a library book for the week
- identify the structure of a book and the proper treatment of a book
- identify fiction and non-fiction books
- learn to use the Dewey Decimal System
Music
A student will be able to:
- read and perform rhythms including eighth notes, half notes, and quarter notes
- sing using solfege syllables of do and fa and note them on the musical staff
- sing songs of different ethnic flavor
- participate in solo singing
- sing and praise God with Church songs
Physical Education
A student will be able to:
- practice basic manipulative skills with equipment – bean bags, balls, hoops, Frisbees, scooters, jump ropes, and parachutes
- explore locomotor movements with added complexity
- play cooperative and recreational games
- participate in sport lead-up games – soccer, basketball, volleyball, and kickball
Spanish
A student will be able to:
- state the days of the week, months, and seasons of the year in Spanish
- Introduce themselves and other s in Spanish
- Play games and sing songs in Spanish
- identify: colors, numbers zero to twenty, foods, clothing, the face, animals, classroom objects, family, community, and the Spanish alphabet