Second Grade Curriculum
Holy Spirit students in Second Grade will be able to:
RELIGION
- Articulate their understanding of the sacraments of the Catholic faith
- Participate in the sacraments of Reconciliation and celebrate their first Eucharist
- Explain the different parts of the mass
- Learn about the lives of the saints
- Express their love of God and others through prayer and action
MATH
- Add and subtract 2- and 3-digit numbers with and without regrouping
- Understand place value
- Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes
- Count money and solve word problems involving various dollar and cent amounts
- Break down and solve multi-step word problems
- Collect, read, and graph data
- Measure and estimate lengths in standard units
- Reason with shapes and their attributes
READING
- Ask and answer questions - who, what, where, when, why, and how - to demonstrate understanding of key details in various texts
- Identify the main idea and theme of a multi-paragraph text or story
- Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story
- Practice various phonics and analysis skills to help decode words when reading and speaking
- Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges
WRITING
- Write a paragraph with at least 5 detailed and descriptive sentences, a strong introduction, and a concluding sentence
- Write narratives in which they recount events in order and include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feeling
- Write informative texts where using facts and definitions to develop points in support of their topic
- Write opinion pieces stating their opinion and supply reasons and examples to support their opinion
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Learn about goods and services in class and on a field trip to Gizdich Ranch where they learn how apples go from tree to juice bottles in the grocery store
- Develop an understanding of sense of family and community, particularly on a field trip to Campbell Historical Museum where they compare and contrast the lives of people that lived before us
- Utilize world maps and identify the 7 continents and 5 oceans
- Develop a basic understanding of government institutions and practices
- Learn about heroes and the lives of people that made a difference in America
MUSIC
- Review the note values, notes on the staff and music symbols they learned in 1st grade
- Learn new music symbols as well as the rests in music
- Play music games such as music bingo and more to help students learn and recognize the notes, symbols and rhythms
- Be encouraged to enjoy singing, expanding their range and confidence to sing in front of others
- Perform in the Advent Program and Spring Sing musical program
- Music class meets once per week for 40 minutes.
