<p> Overview of Second Grade Skills</p><p>LANGUAGE ARTS: (Spelling, Reading and Grammar)</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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)</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>2nd Quarter Skills:  Sequencing  Main Idea  Controlled “R”  Compound Words  Syllabication  Review of all reading comprehension skills</p><p>3rd Quarter Skills:  Cause and Effect  Biographies  Review of all reading comprehension skills</p><p>4th Quarter Skills:  Inferencing  Review of all reading comprehension skills  Autobiographies</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>4th Quarter Skills:  Autobiographies  Students supply topic sentence, closing statement and complete, descriptive, quality paragraphs  Proofing Skills</p><p>MATH:</p><p>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.</p><p>1st Quarter Skills:  Math Facts  Bar Graphs  Pictographs  Line Graphs  Circle/pie Graphs  Single Digit Addition  Single Digit Subtraction  Ordinal Numbers  Math Fact Families</p><p>2nd Quarter Skills:  Comparing Numbers  Place Value  Money  Addition with regrouping  Subtraction with regrouping</p><p>3rd Quarter Skills:  Addition/Subtraction with regrouping  Calendar  Time  Symmetry  Fractions</p><p>4th Quarter Skills:  Measurement  Multiplication  Division  3-digit addition and subtraction</p><p>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.</p><p>1st Quarter Units:  Weather  Magnets</p><p>2nd Quarter Units:  Dinosaurs  Simple Machines</p><p>3rd Quarter Units:  Space  Ecology</p><p>4th Quarter Units:  Body  Plants</p><p>SOCIAL STUDIES:</p><p>The students will:  Explore history, geography, economics, government, citizenship and Catholic social teachings.  Integrate these concepts in their daily lives.</p><p>1st Quarter Units:  Communities  Landforms</p><p>2nd Quarter Units:  Government: Elections/Voting  Presidents  Patriotic Symbols</p><p>3rd Quarter Units:  Texas  Continents</p><p>4th Quarter Units:  Map Skills  Our Neighborhood HANDWRITING:</p><p>The students will:  Form letter correctly  Write legibly in manuscript and cursive</p><p>1st & 2nd Quarter:  Manuscript</p><p>3rd & 4th Quarter:  Cursive</p><p>RELIGION:</p><p>Second Grade Theme: Jesus Comes to Nourish And Strengthen the God-Life, Grace Within Us.</p><p>Preparation for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist</p><p>Students Explore: What we believe as Catholics</p><p>How We Worship Mass Baptism Confirmation</p><p>How We As Catholics Live Ten Commandments Jesus Commandments Choices We Make</p><p>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</p>