Second Grade Curriculum
ELA Curriculum
Unit 1: Personal Narrative (October- November)
Unit 2: Informational (December- January)
Unit 3: Realistic Fiction (February-March)
Unit 4: Persuasive (April- June)
Math Curriculum
Topics to be Covered:
Sums and Differences to 20
Addition and Subtraction of Length Units
Place Value, Counting and Comparison of numbers to 1000
Addition and Subtraction within 200 with word problems to 100
Addition and subtraction within 1000 with word problems to 100
Foundations of Multiplication and Division
Problem solving with length, money, and data
Time, shapes, and fractions as equal parts of shapes
Current Units of Study
ELA Unit of Study: Realistic Fiction
Overview:
Students will understand the parts of realistic fiction in order to write their own realistic fiction piece. As writers, they will focus on writing details that show how the characters are reacting to the problem and solution to help with character analysis.
Overarching Questions:
What are the components of a realistic fiction text and how do they affect a character’s conflict resolution?
How does the setting affect the character’s solution to the problem?
Standards Addressed:
RL.2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.2.5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
RL.2.6: Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
RL.2.7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
W.2.3: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
W.2.5: With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
L.2.1.F: Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences.
L.2.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.2.6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.
Math Unit of Study: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Big Idea
Students use their understanding of addition to develop fluency with addition and subtraction within 100. They solve problems within 1000 by applying their understanding of models for addition and subtraction, and they develop, discuss, and use efficient, accurate, and generalizable methods to compute sums and differences of whole numbers in base-ten notation, using their understanding of place value and the properties of operations. They select and accurately apply methods that are appropriate for the context and the numbers involved to mentally calculate sums and differences for numbers with only tens or only hundreds.
Standards Addressed:
FOCUS Standards:
2.OA.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.1
2.OA.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.2 By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.
2.NBT.1 Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones.
2.NBT.1.A 100 can be thought of as a bundle of ten tens — called a "hundred."
2.NBT.1.B The numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine hundreds (and 0 tens and 0 ones).
2.NBT.2 Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
2.NBT.3 Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
2.NBT.4 Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.
2.NBT.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
2.NBT.6 Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
2.NBT.7 Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.
2.NBT.8 Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100-900.
2.NBT.9 Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations
Fundations:
Here is a helpful link that provides all Fundations Family Unit Letters from the Home Support Pack (both past, present and future).
https://www.voorhees.k12.nj.us/Page/76119
Homework Policy
Students are assigned homework daily except Fridays (when they receive their Science H.W.). Assignments need to be completed each night and returned the next day.
Typically this is the framework for the weekly homework:
Math-
Word Problems daily*
ELA-
Monday: Sight Word Practice in Homework Notebook*
Tuesday: Fundations Worksheets*
Wednesday: ELA Skills Worksheets*
Thursday: ELA Skills Worksheets*
*This may vary depending on daily lessons and student needs.
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Book of the Month:
ELA Curriculum
Unit 1: Personal Narrative (October- November)
Unit 2: Informational (December- January)
Unit 3: Realistic Fiction (February-March)
Unit 4: Persuasive (April- June)
Math Curriculum
Topics to be Covered:
Sums and Differences to 20
Addition and Subtraction of Length Units
Place Value, Counting and Comparison of numbers to 1000
Addition and Subtraction within 200 with word problems to 100
Addition and subtraction within 1000 with word problems to 100
Foundations of Multiplication and Division
Problem solving with length, money, and data
Time, shapes, and fractions as equal parts of shapes
Current Units of Study
ELA Unit of Study: Realistic Fiction
Overview:
Students will understand the parts of realistic fiction in order to write their own realistic fiction piece. As writers, they will focus on writing details that show how the characters are reacting to the problem and solution to help with character analysis.
Overarching Questions:
What are the components of a realistic fiction text and how do they affect a character’s conflict resolution?
How does the setting affect the character’s solution to the problem?
Standards Addressed:
RL.2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.2.5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
RL.2.6: Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
RL.2.7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
W.2.3: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
W.2.5: With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
L.2.1.F: Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences.
L.2.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.2.6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.
Math Unit of Study: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Big Idea
Students use their understanding of addition to develop fluency with addition and subtraction within 100. They solve problems within 1000 by applying their understanding of models for addition and subtraction, and they develop, discuss, and use efficient, accurate, and generalizable methods to compute sums and differences of whole numbers in base-ten notation, using their understanding of place value and the properties of operations. They select and accurately apply methods that are appropriate for the context and the numbers involved to mentally calculate sums and differences for numbers with only tens or only hundreds.
Standards Addressed:
FOCUS Standards:
2.OA.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.1
2.OA.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.2 By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.
2.NBT.1 Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones.
2.NBT.1.A 100 can be thought of as a bundle of ten tens — called a "hundred."
2.NBT.1.B The numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine hundreds (and 0 tens and 0 ones).
2.NBT.2 Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
2.NBT.3 Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
2.NBT.4 Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.
2.NBT.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
2.NBT.6 Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
2.NBT.7 Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.
2.NBT.8 Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100-900.
2.NBT.9 Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations
Fundations:
Here is a helpful link that provides all Fundations Family Unit Letters from the Home Support Pack (both past, present and future).
https://www.voorhees.k12.nj.us/Page/76119
Homework Policy
Students are assigned homework daily except Fridays (when they receive their Science H.W.). Assignments need to be completed each night and returned the next day.
Typically this is the framework for the weekly homework:
Math-
Word Problems daily*
ELA-
Monday: Sight Word Practice in Homework Notebook*
Tuesday: Fundations Worksheets*
Wednesday: ELA Skills Worksheets*
Thursday: ELA Skills Worksheets*
*This may vary depending on daily lessons and student needs.
Monthly News
Book of the Month: