Second Grade Syllabus 2010-2011
Language Art
Topic
/Timeline
/ Priority SkillsPhonics / On Going / 1. Know letter-sound relationships
2. Blend sounds of letters to decode
a. consonants
b. consonant blends and digraphs
c. short vowels
d. long vowels
e. r-controlled vowels
f. vowel digraphs
g. diphthongs
h. other vowel patterns
i. phonograms/word families
3. Decode words with common word parts
a. base words and inflected endings
b. contractions
c. compounds
d. suffixes and prefixes
e. blend syllables to decode multisyllabic words
Fluency / / 1. Read aloud with accuracy, comprehension, and appropriate
rate
2. Read aloud with expression
3. Attend to punctuation and use appropriate phrasing
4. Practice fluency in a variety of ways, including choral
reading, paired reading, and repeated oral reading
5. Work toward appropriate fluency goals
Vocabulary / 1. Read high-frequency word and lesson vocabulary
automatically
2. Develop vocabulary through direct instruction, concrete
experiences, reading, and listening to text read aloud
3. Use word structure to figure out word meaning
4. Use context clues to determine word meaning of unfamiliar
words, multiple-meaning words, homonyms, homographs
5. Use grade-appropriate references sources to learn word
meanings
6. Use new word in a variety of contexts
7. Use graphic organizers to group, study, retain vocabulary
8. Classify and categorize words
9. Understand antonyms and synonyms
10. Examine word usage and effectiveness
Text Comprehension / 1. Strategies
a. preview the text
b. set and monitor purpose for reading
c. activate and use prior knowledge
d. make and confirm predictions
e. monitor comprehension and use fix-up strategies
f. use graphic organizers to focus on text structure, to
represent relationships in text, or to summarize text
g. answer questions
h. generate questions
i. recognize text structure: story and informational
j. summarize text by retelling stories or identifying main ideas
k. visualize; use mental imagery
l. make connections: text to self, text to text, text to world
m. use parts of a book to locate information
2. Skills
a. author’s purpose
b. cause and effect
c. compare and contrast
d. draw conclusions
e. fact and opinion
f. graphic sources (charts, diagrams, graphs, maps, tables)
g. main idea and supporting details
h. realism/fantasy
i. sequence of events
3. Literary Elements
a. character (recognize characters’ traits, actions, feeling, and
motives)
b. plot and plot structure
c. setting
d. theme
Writing / On Going / Portfolio Pieces
1. Literary – Poem
2. Transactive -Feature Article and/or
3. Personal Narrative
On Demand (4-5 Scored Pieces)
1. Friendly Letters
2. Scott-Foresman embedded writing
Major resources to be used: Scott-Foresman Reading Street Program, Accelerated reading, library books, trade books, computer programs, Weekly Reader, Scott-Foresman website, newspapers, dictionary, reading resource specialist, Kentucky Marker Papers, Foundation of Writing: Susan Miller, Frank Schaffers Schooldays, Mailbox, Good Apple, Copycat, and Teacher’s Helper.
Assessments: Beginning of year reading assessment (comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, and grammar), weekly spelling test, weekly reading selection test in reading, on demand writing, end of unit test.
Mathematics
Topics
/Proposed Dates
/ Performance Standard/ExpectationUnit 1
/August
/ · Find values of coin and bill combinations· Know “easy” addition facts (sums to 10)
· Identify place value for one, tens, and hundreds
· Complete number sequences
· Find equivalent names for numbers
· Compare numbers
· Count by 2s, 5s, and 10s
· Make tallies and give total
Unit 2
/Sept.
/ · Know “harder” subtraction/addition facts· Know “easier” subtraction facts
· What’s My Rule? tables
· Simple subtraction number stories
· Know easier addition facts
· Fact families
· Frames-and-Arrows diagrams
· Simple addition number stories
· Find equivalent names for numbers
Unit 3
/Oct.
/ · Frames-and Arrow problems with two rules· Make change
· Know more difficult subt. facts
· Tell time to 5-minute intervals
· Identify place value in 2-digit and 3-digit numbers
· Show “P”, “N”, “D”, and “Q” for a given amount
· Know all addition facts
· Know easy subtraction facts
· Complete Levels 1-5 – Math Facts in a Flash
Unit 4
/ / · Devise and use strategies for finding sums of 2-digit numbers· Devise and use strategies for finding differences of 2-digit numbers
· Estimate approximate costs and sums
· Read a thermometer
· Add and subtract multiples of 10
Unit 5
/Nov./Dec.
/ · Identify 3-dimensional shapes, such as rectangular prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres· Identify symmetrical figures
· Find common attributes of shapes
· Identify parallel and nonparallel line segments
· Draw line segments
· Identify 2-dimensional shapes
Unit 6
/Dec./Jan.
/ · Solve stories about multiples of equal groups· Solve equal-grouping and equal-sharing division problems
· Use the trade-first method to solve 2-ditit subtraction problems
· Make ballpark estimates of exact answers
· Model multiplication problems with arrays
· Add three 2-digit numbers mentally
· Add/Subt. with multiples of 10
· Solve addition/subt. number stories
· Add three 1-digit numbers mentally
· Complete Levels 6-11 – Math Facts in a Flash
Unit 7
/Jan.
/ · Find missing addends for any multiple of 10· Find the median of a data set
· Add three 2-digit numbers mentally
· Measure to the nearest inch
· Measure to the nearest centimeter
· Know complements of 10
· Plot data on a bar graph
Unit 8
/ / · Compare fractions· Understand fractions as names of equal parts of a region or set
· Shade a specified fractional part of a collection
· Give the fraction name for the shaded part of a collection
· Recognize equivalent fraction names
· Shade a specified fractional part of a region
· Give the fraction name for the shaded part of a region
Unit 9
/Feb.
/ · Identify equivalencies for mm, cm, dm, and m· Measure to the nearest ½ inch
· Measure to the nearest ½ cm
· Use appropriate units for measurement and recognize sensible measurements
· Find area concretely
· Find perimeter concretely
· Identify equivalencies for inches, feet, and yards
· Use a rule, tape measure, and meter/yardstick correctly
Unit 10
/ March / · Use parentheses in number models· Solve money stories involving change
· Estimate totals for “ballpark” check of exact answers
· Know and express automatically the values of digits in 5-digit numbers
· Read and write money amounts in decimal notation
· Use equivalent coins to show money amounts in different ways
· Use a calculator to compute money amounts
· Know exchange values to U.S. coins
· Know and express automatically the values of digits in 2-, 3-, and 4-digit numbers
· Complete Levels 12-18 – Math Facts in a Flash
Unit 11 / April / · Estimate and solve addition and subtraction number stories with dollars and cents
· Solve 1-digit multiplication stories
· Solve simple division stories
· Multiply numbers with 2, 5, or 10 as a factor
· Construct multiplication/division fact families
· Make difference and ratio comparisons
· Multiply numbers with 0 or 1 as a factor
Unit 12
/ May / · Use alternate names of r times of day· Know “harder” multiplication facts
· Determine the mode of a data set
· Determine the median, maximum, minimum, and range of a data set
· Construct multiplication/division fact families
· Multiply numbers with 2, 5, and 10 as a factor
· Tell time to 5-minute intervals
· Demonstrate calendar concepts and skills
· Compare quantities from a bar graph
· Review concepts for Terra-Nova testing
· Complete Levels 19-22 – Math Facts in a Flash
Major resources to be used: Math textbook, technology programs, manipulatives, and resource people
Assessments: Chapter and unit test, open response writing, teacher observation, homework, class participation, and computer-generated assessments
Social Studies
Topic
/Proposed Dates
/ Performance Standard/ExpectationGovernment and Civics
We Belong to Many GroupsWe All Work Together /
August/Sept.
On Going / · Begin to explain how community services fulfill the needs and wants of citizens· Recognize the concept of laws and the reason they exist
· Recognize there are rights and responsibilities within the family, classroom, school, community, and state.
Holidays
· Labor Day· Johnny Appleseed Day
· Columbus Day
· Veterans Day
· Thanksgiving
· December Holidays
· MLK Day
· President’s Day
· Memorial Day
· Current Events /
September
On going / · Begin to explain how symbols, songs, slogans, poems, and passages relate to historicalevents.
· Discuss the purpose and history of the pledge.
Election Day Events
/November/May
/ · Begin to understand that citizens have the responsibility to participate in their government.Culture
People in Time and Place / On Going / · Develop and awareness of cultures beyond the classroom.· Participate in Christmas Around the World Activities
· Identify elements of culture and how they define specific groups.
· Know that differences can cause conflicts within and between groups and differences between groups can cause prejudices.
· Learn that cooperation and compromise are tools for social interaction.
· Begin to distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behavior.
· Knows and uses manners and shows respect for others.
Economics
We All Work together / On Going / · Begins to develop and understanding of the influence of scarcity on making choices about goods and services.· Knows that goods and services satisfy wants and needs.
· Begins to understand the meaning of supply and demand.
· Understand the concept of bartering.
· Understand that factors, such as, family size, etc. influences a person’s choice to buy.
· Begins to understand that taxes pay for public goods and services.
Geography
Where We Live / On Going / · Locate - City, state, country, continent bodies of water, and compass rose· Recognize - Keys, symbols, legends, borders, boundaries, equator, poles
· Use maps and globes
· Use grids to locate objects and find their position.
· Practice and discuss tornado and fire drills.
· Define resources and environments.
· Know the differences between different environments and climates.
· Know the different ways we depend on our environment adapt to our environment and modify our environment.
Resources to be used: Student text book and workbook, Weekly Reader Magazine, maps, globes, Mailbox, School Days, encyclopedias, library books, newspapers, computer and internet, videos and audio tapes, community resources, field trips, and people.
Assessments: Textbook chapter and unit test, open response writing, homework, class participation, culminating projects, teacher made assessments and rubrics and teacher observations.
Science/Topic
/Proposed Dates
/ Performance Standard/ExpectationProcess Skills
“Think Like a Scientist” /August/September
(on-going) / Know and use these skills: Observing, communication, measuring, estimating, comparing, ordering, categorizing, predicting, identifying, and making hypothesisLife Sciences
Plants/AnimalsStructure/Function
Life Cycles
Habitats /
September-November
/ · Classify various living, nonliving, and once living organisms based on observable characteristics.· Know that plants are living things that come in many shapes, sizes, and colors.
· Know the major parts of a plant and how each part helps meet the needs of the plant to grow and produce.
· Know that plants make seeds that grow new plants.
· Know that we use plants for clothing, medicines, wood, the production of oxygen, and food.
· Know that animals are classified into six groups and a unique characteristic of each.
· Know that animals need air, water, shelter, and food and meet these needs in different ways.
· Know that baby animals grow up to look like their parents.
· Understand that the different characteristics of land habitats determine which plants and animals can live there.
· Understand that fresh and salt water habitats support many kinds of plants and animals.
· Understand that we must reduce pollution in all of Earth’s habitats.
Physical Science
Solids, Liquids, and GasesForces
Simple Circuits /
December/February
/ · Use standard and non-standard forms of measurement to measure mass, volume, length, and temperature.· Know that everything is made of matter and has mass.
· Know that matter can be in three states: solid, liquid, or gas.
· Able to classify objects according to their state at room temperature.
· Know that matter can undergo a physical change or a chemical change.
· Know that pushing or pulling can change the position and motion of objects.
· Know pushing and pulling are two forces.
· Using a battery, bulb, and wire create a simple circuit. Record using a drawing and in writing what needs to occur in order for the bulb to light.
· Know that electricity in circuits can produce heat, light, sound, and magnetic effects.
Earth Science
Earth’s MaterialsSoil
/
February/May
/ · Know that Earth materials provide many of the resources (e.g., building materials and fuels) that humans use.· Understand what a landfill is, how it is made, and types of materials that can be placed in a landfill.
· Sort objects according to whether or not they can be recycled or placed in a landfill to biodegrade.
· Know some uses of soil and soil conservation.
· Know properties of soil.
· Classify various soils according to their capacity to hold water and their ability to support plant growth.
· Identify the components of soil.
Objects in the Sky: Clouds, Sun, and Moon
/ / · Identify our sun as a star and discuss its shape.· Know and observe how sunlight helps plants grow.
· Know the basic patterns of the sun and moon.
· Observe phases of the moon and chart.
· Observe different weather conditions.
· Read and chart the daily temperature.
Resources to be used: science textbook, science lab and resource teacher, science kits (AIMS and Foss), technology, trade books, videos, community resources, and field trips Assessments: end of unit test, open response writing, projects, teacher observation, class participation