COLUMBINE ELEMENTARY Columbine Elementary Second Grade Academic Skills and Units of Study Overview, 2016-2017 Reading Comprehension, Phonics, Grammar, Writing Mathematics Science Social Studies
Columbine Elementary Second Grade Skills and Units of Study Overview, 2016-2017 Reading Comprehension Reading with Meaning : o How to set goals, what do readers do? o Why does reading matter? o What does it mean to read independently? Elements of story retell. Schema - Imagery Questioning Point of View January- Inference Questioning March-May Determining importance Synthesis Grammar Our grammar curriculum focuses on sentence components, parts of speech, capitalization and punctuation. Sentence components Sentence building Editing symbols Proper and common nouns Prepositional phrases Verbs - past tense Similes Pronouns Interjections Dialogue Adjectives Present and past tense irregular verbs Collective nouns, irregular plural nouns Clauses beginning with when Clauses with before and after Clauses starting with if and while
Combine and compose compound sentences January Commas in list, after clauses Compound sentences with but Expand and vary sentences Clauses beginning with before, after Commands Adverbs that show time Possessive nouns Capitalize, underline book titles Interjections in dialogue March Likeness/differences vocabulary Reword from tell to show Gerund and gerund phrases April Contractions Synonyms Antonyms May Review and application of previously learned skills Phonics Our phonics curriculum focuses on learning phonograms that make up our language and rules for using those phonograms for spelling. Syllables -what is a syllable? Clusters: str, spr, spl, scr Ending blends -tch, es,s, suffixes, R controlled vowels -ie ai, -ay oa, -ow, -oe Open syllables, suffix -ed Magic e and -ing Syllable division -y as a vowel Schwa -cle Review
January -dge oo oi, -oy ou, ow Common Suffixes Hard and soft g au, aw March-April Review and application of skills Writing Our writing curriculum is supported by the works of Lucy Calkins and curriculum guidelines of Writing Alive. First Quarter Learning to write on lined paper, skipping lines and handwriting skills How-to writing Second Quarter Narrative writing, telling a story from personal experiences Third Quarter Opinion writing Using information from text to support an opinion Fourth Quarter Poetry writing Mathematics Numbers to 1,000 Addition Up to 1,000 Subtraction up to 1,000 Supplemental Lessons: Arrays and odd/even Multiplication 2 s, 5 s and 10 s Using bar models/ addition and subtraction Multiplication and division Metric measures of length
January Mental math Fractions Money Customary units of measure March Time April Multiplication 3 s and 4 s Bar modeling for multiplication and division Picture graphs May Shapes and patterns Science First Quarter Physical Science-Force and Motion Third and Fourth Quarters Life Science- Plants and Insects Second Quarter Earth Science- Weather What is a Community How are communities different What is a map What is geography Social Studies Year at a Glance How are goods made and brought to us Who provides services in a community How I can be a smart consumer How communities change Geography of the world Finding places in the United States Geography and the way we live Settling in the United States Diversity in the United States Making communities better Cultures around the world Understanding our economy Choices in a free market Using money wisely The United States and global trade Providing public services Government in the United States