By the end of 2nd grade, students will be able to:

ELA (English Language Arts)

Objectives:

• Apply systematic phonics instruction
• Learn to connect what they know from their own experiences to texts before, during and after a read-aloud.
• Retell stories, using characters and plot to organize their thinking
• Visualize to make sense of figurative language; deepen their understanding and enjoyment of poems and stories
• Wonder and ask questions before, during, and after a read-aloudto make sense of both fiction and nonfiction texts
• Identify features of expository texts and use those features to help them understand the texts
• Make inferences to think more deeply about the fiction and nonfiction texts.
• Explore which ideas in texts are important and support their thinking with evidence from the texts
• Use story elements to help them think about stories
• Describe the setting, problems, solutions, sequence of events, and moral lesson in fiction texts
• Describe main characters in fiction including their traits, motivations, and feelings
• Identify important ideas and use then to summarize
• Use the writing process to publish original works
• Learn about conventions from published works.
• Read and share published pieces with the class
• Learn about elements of craft and/or genre from published works.

Math

Objectives:

• Addition and subtraction fluency within 20
• Subtract within 100 using strategies
• Numbers to 1000
• Subtraction to Length
• Work with Equal Groups
• Fluently Subtract within 100
• Add within 1000 using Models and Strategies
• Graphs and Data
• Add within 100 using Strategies
• Solving Problems using Addition and Subtraction
• Subtract within 1000 using Models and Strategies
• Shapes and their Attributes
• Fluently Add within 100
• Work with Time and Money
• Measure and Estimate Lengths in Standard Units

Science

Objectives:

• Investigate different materials to describe their observable properties
• Collect data from an investigation to determine which materials have properties that are best for an intended purpose
• Investigate how the motion of an object can change by an applied force or mass
• Investigate how vibrations can be changed to create different sounds
• Collect evidence from an investigation to describe the optimal growing conditions for plants
• Develop a model to describe the function of animals in seed dispersal and pollination
• Make observations and interpret data to support examples of how the earth has changed
• Compare multiple explanations to slow wind or water from changing the shape of the land
• Use a model to describe the different shapes or kinds of lands and bodies of water in an area
• Obtain information from various sources to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid
• Communicate information or design ideas and/or solutions about a situation people want to change
• Develop a model to describe how the shape of an object helps it function to solve a given problem
• Make and record observations to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how two objects perform

Social Studies

Objectives:

Engage in the study of geography as it relates to the cultural, economic, and political characteristics of the regions of both Missouri and the United States. This approach supports in-depth inquiry through the examination and evaluation of multiple sources and allows students to explore various regions through the disciplines of history, civics, and economics.

Students will study:

• Responsible Citizenship and Government Leaders
• Inventions that Changed the Way People Lived
• Native American Tribes of Missouri
• Economic Concepts of Our Community