Overview of Second Grade Skills

LANGUAGE ARTS: (Spelling, Reading and Grammar)

SPELLING The students will:  Using the scientific method and they will learn reliable patterns and rules in the English language.  Learn and apply a multi-sensory strategy which will lead to permanent memorization of words that do not follow the patterns or rules.  Learn to analyze words as regular words, rule, or irregular words.

1st Quarter Skills:  Long I  Short I  Rule for Doubling Final consonant  Diagraph (ng)  (ng)=n  Short A, open and closed syllables  Short A= a + Suffix ing  Final (k) = ck, irregular pattern words

2nd Quarter Skills:  Short o=o  Short o= o + Suffix s  Diagraph (oo)+ Final (k) = k  Diagraph (th)  Long e =ee  Short e =e  Short u=u  Final Stable Syllables

3rd Quarter Skills:  Review of (k)=c or k  Long A= a – consonant – e  Final Long A= ay  Long A=ai  Long I = i – consonant –e  Long O=o – consonant –e  Long U=u- consonant –e  (er)=er  (ar)=ar  (or)=or 4th Quarter Skills:  Diagraph (oo)  Final (ch) = tch  Final (ch) = ch  Diphthong (oi)  Final (oi)=oy  Diphthong (ou)  Diphthong (ow)  Final (er)=er  (au)=a  Combination or=(or)  Diagraph (oo)

READING The students will:  Understand elements of and gain appreciation for different genres.  Explore story elements and increase comprehension in written text.  Develop a love of reading and explore quality literature.  Expand their reading vocabulary.

1st Quarter Skills:  Fairy Tales  Characters  Setting  Plot  Theme  Point of view  Mood/tone  Symbolism  Reinforce phonics objectives introduced in weekly spelling and reading lessons

2nd Quarter Skills:  Sequencing  Main Idea  Controlled “R”  Compound Words  Syllabication  Review of all reading comprehension skills

3rd Quarter Skills:  Cause and Effect  Biographies  Review of all reading comprehension skills

4th Quarter Skills:  Inferencing  Review of all reading comprehension skills  Autobiographies

GRAMMAR The students will:  Develop an appreciation for and the skills needed for effective paragraph writing.  Journal on a weekly basis.  Explore parts of speech.  Expand their written vocabulary.  Feel confident in an environment that promotes independent writing so that they can progress comfortably at their own rates and develop a strong sense of themselves as effective, fluent writers.

1st Quarter Skills:  Word Order  Sentences  Subject-naming part  Predicate-telling part  Topic sentence and closing statement provided for journal and paragraph writing  Nouns, common nouns, proper nouns, pronouns

2nd Quarter Skills:  Contractions  Adjectives  Topic sentence and closing statement provided for journal and paragraph writing  Write a book including all story elements  Proofing Skills

3rd Quarter Skills:  Descriptive Narrative  Friendly Letters  Synonyms  Antonyms  SAT preparations  Topic sentence provided for journal and paragraph writing, students supply closing statement  Proofing Skills

4th Quarter Skills:  Autobiographies  Students supply topic sentence, closing statement and complete, descriptive, quality paragraphs  Proofing Skills

The students will:  Recognize and effectively use math symbols and the language of math.  Develop an appreciation and love of math.  Mastery of addition and subtraction math facts.

1st Quarter Skills:  Math Facts  Bar Graphs  Pictographs  Line Graphs  Circle/pie Graphs  Single Digit Addition  Single Digit Subtraction  Ordinal Numbers  Math Fact Families

2nd Quarter Skills:  Comparing Numbers  Place Value  Money  Addition with regrouping  Subtraction with regrouping

3rd Quarter Skills:  Addition/Subtraction with regrouping  Calendar  Time  Symmetry  Fractions

4th Quarter Skills:  Measurement  Multiplication  Division  3-digit addition and subtraction

SCIENCE: The students will:  Explore and actively participate in the reading, thinking and doing of Science.  Learn by doing hands on activities and practice the scientific process skills learned through experimentation.

1st Quarter Units:  Weather  Magnets

2nd Quarter Units:  Dinosaurs  Simple Machines

3rd Quarter Units:  Space  Ecology

4th Quarter Units:  Body  Plants

SOCIAL STUDIES:

The students will:  Explore history, geography, economics, government, citizenship and Catholic social teachings.  Integrate these concepts in their daily lives.

1st Quarter Units:  Communities  Landforms

2nd Quarter Units:  Government: Elections/Voting  Presidents  Patriotic Symbols

3rd Quarter Units:  Texas  Continents

4th Quarter Units:  Map Skills  Our Neighborhood HANDWRITING:

The students will:  Form letter correctly  Write legibly in manuscript and cursive

1st & 2nd Quarter:  Manuscript

3rd & 4th Quarter:  Cursive

RELIGION:

Second Grade Theme: Jesus Comes to Nourish And Strengthen the God-Life, Grace Within Us.

Preparation for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist

Students Explore: What we believe as Catholics

How We Worship Mass Baptism Confirmation

How We As Catholics Live Ten Commandments Jesus Commandments Choices We Make

How We As Catholics Pray Sign of the Cross Our Father Hail Mary Glory Be Morning & Evening Prayer Grace before Meals Act of Contrition Rosary Apostle Creed Saints