• Through the literary elements of fiction, traditional literature, poetry, biography and non-fiction children will experience a wide range of instructional activities in listening, reading, writing, discussing and/or speaking. 

Reading 

• Construct meaning from print, pictures, and words 
• Make connections to themselves, their experiences and books 
• Predict, recall and summarize stories, information and experiences 
• Identify character, setting, problem and solution in a story 
• Acquire vocabulary and multiple word meanings 
• Read independently 
• Expand repertoire of reading strategies (concepts of print, graphophonic analysis, print structures, and structural analysis) 

Listening and Speaking 

• Retell and react to stories
• Follow simple directions 
• Listen for specific purposes 
• Develop and expand vocabulary by speaking and listening 
• Express feelings 
• Retell stories 
• Contribute to group discussions 

 Writing

• Develop handwriting skills 
• Use phonetic and standard spelling 
• Use pictures or words to develop topic 
• Use basic sentence structure and expand with descriptive words 
• Begin to use time/order transitions (first, the next day, in summer) 
• Begin to use capitalization and punctuation 
• Begin to write independently 

Mathematics

• Demonstrate reading and writing numbers to 110+ 
•  Compare and order sets of objects and numbers and express their relationship as greater than, equal to, or less than 
• Use manipulatives to model basic addition and subtraction facts to 18 
• Demonstrate skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's, starting at various points 
• Explore two and three dimensional shapes with manipulatives, constructing, drawing, and relating to objects in the environment 
• Identify measuring tools (ruler, tape measure, scale, thermometer, clock, calendar) and explore constructing and interpreting simple graphs with objects and later explore constructing pictographs and bar graphs. 

Science

• Identify the characteristics of and classify living and non-living things 
• Identify pushes and pulls as forces and forces associated with magnets 
• Identify ways in which simple machines work as a system and how they are used 
• Observe and describe sky objects 
• Predict patterns of changes such as moon phases 
• Identify sun as source of light and heat necessary for survival 
• Make observations, conduct investigations and arrange data using scientific methods 
• Use tools of technology to do work and use the design process to solve problems 

Social Studies

• Understand family and community 
• Understand student's place in the world 
• Recognize and appreciate differences between people 
• Learn about jobs and people's needs, wants and choices 
• Learn about the first Americans 
• Develop basic understanding of citizenship and voting 
• Study American holidays and symbols 
• Begin to use charts, timelines, graphs, calendars, atlases, maps and globes 

World Languages 
By the end of second grade, students will: 

• Recognize basic language patterns (e.g., forms of address, questions, case) 
• Respond appropriately to simple commands and ask simple questions with prompts 
• Imitate pronunciation, intonation and inflection including sounds unique to the target language 
• Recognize the written form of familiar spoken language 
• Infer meaning of cognates from context 
• Copy/write words, phrases and simple sentences 
• Describe people, activities and objects from school and home 
• Use common forms of courtesy, greetings and leave-takings 
• Identify and demonstrate one or more art forms (e.g., Japanese origami, Spanish flamenco) representative of areas where the target language is spoken 

Physical Education/Wellness 
Students will have instructional and physical activities in: 

• Movement skills 
• Low organized games 
• Rhythmic activities 
• Manipulative activities and eye-hand coordination 
• Gymnastics and tumbling 
• Sport related activities 
• Fitness education 
• Social/emotional growth 

Health 
By the end of second grade, students will: 

• Know that major body parts work together
• Understand the importance of exercise 
• Identify the components of wellness 
• Recognize the importance of safety 
• Learn appropriate steps to ensure their safety and health 

General Music
Students will have instructional and experiential activities in: 

• Interactive listening process involving music perception, cognition, analysis, and evaluation resulting in aesthetic awareness 
• Personal experiential interaction with music through singing, playing, performing, and moving 
• Creative composition/arranging for organized sound designed to express feelings 
• Spontaneous creation of original music 
• Formal/constructive elements of music theory, vocabulary, syntax, and symbolic representations of music 
• Historical, social and cultural context for musical insight 

Fine Arts 

• Recognize, identify, and demonstrate an understanding of the sensory elements and organizational principles of design as well as the expressive qualities of the visual arts 
• Recognize, identify, and demonstrate the basic use of materials and tools in order to understand  how works of art are produced 
• Create individual works of visual art 
• Understand that works of art shape, reflect and play a role in societies, cultures, and  civilizations, past and present