1st Quarter Focus Topics and Skills for 2ndGrade
Current Math Focus:
*Addition and Subtraction Fluency
*Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
*Multiple Math Strategies (number line, hundreds chart, counting on, base 10 blocks, connecting cubes, etc)
*Money (identifying coins and their value/adding coins)
*Time (telling time to the hour and half hour)
Current Literacy Focus:
*Reading and responding to Non-fiction Text
*Identifying text features in Non-Fiction
*Identifying story elements in Fiction
*Writing Personal Narrative Stories
*Finding Word patterns within words and using them appropriately in writing
Current Science Focus:
*Understanding properties of solids, liquids and gases
*Identifying effects of heating and cooling on solids, liquids and gases
*Understanding process of evaporation as it relates to matter
Current Social Studies Focus
*Reading and comparing maps and globes
*Understanding how citizens play a role in their communities
*Using research to discover jobs in our communities