Second Grade
SECOND GRADE
Curriculum Map
Our Place on the Planet
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Intro. PBIS/ Lifeskills
- Community Building
- Conflict Resolution
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Reading Assessment
- English Language Development (ELD)
- Set-up Guided Reading Groups
- Reading Buddies
- On Demand Writing Prompt#1
MATH
- Zearn Math
Grade 2 mathematics is about:
Extending understanding of base-ten notation
Building fluency with addition and subtraction
Using standard units of measure
Describing and analyzing shapes
Exploring the Earth
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Leveled Reading Groups
- Begin Writer’s Workshop
- Grammar: nouns, adjectives, verbs, capitalization, periods.
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Unit 2 – The Land Around Us/Geography
- Unit 3 – Governing the People
SCIENCE
- Twig Science
- Science-in-Action
Comparing Today with Long Ago
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Story Elements
- Writer’s Workshop
- Grammar – commas, quotation marks, compound words, synonyms, antonyms
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Unit 1 - Families, Now and Long Ago
- Heritage Unit
Caring about our Community
LANGUAGE ARTS
- On Demand Writing Prompt#2
- Non-Fiction reading and Informational writing
- Grammar – Homonyms, contractions, abbreviations
- Using Resources – Thesaurus, dictionary, atlas
- Read Around the Clock Pajama Day
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Biographies of “Proud Americans”
Where Our Food Comes From
LANGUANGE ARTS
- Prefix, suffix, word analysis
- Writer’s Workshop Publishing
- Review of all concepts
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Unit 4 – Food Production and Consumption Long Ago and Today
- Unit 2 – Communities
- Community Project
- Open House
- Unit 5 – People in the Marketplace
Growing in the Garden
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Continue to review all writing conventions
- Writer’s Workshop Publishing (con’t)
- Insect Reports
- Playing with Poetry with Theater Works
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Mapping
END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS
- District Narrative On Demand Writing Prompt#3
- End of year Reading Assessment
- End of Year Math Assessment
Teachers
Janet Garrett
jgarrett@smfc.k12.ca.us
Kim Lorton
klorton@smfc.k12.ca.us
Natalie Smith
nsmith@smfc.k12.ca.us