Language Arts 

• 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 pictures 
• Make connections to themselves, their experiences and books
• Recognize association between spoken and written words (concept of word) 
• Identify character and setting in a story 
• Expand vocabulary 
• Make predictions 
• Develop reading strategies 
• Illustrate idea from a story 
•  Experience concepts of print, graphonic analysis, print structures, and structural analysis

Listening and Speaking

Retell and react to stories 

Follow simple directions 

Express feelings 

Ask questions 

Develop and expand vocabulary by speaking and listening

Writing

• Begin to use phonetic spelling 
• Use pictures or words to develop ideas
• Dictate/write 

Mathematics

• Recognize, count orally, demonstrate 1-to-1 correspondence and write numbers to 20 
• Recognize, copy and extend patterns 
• Explain and be able to recognize common two-dimensional shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval 
•  Explore the concepts of length, weight, capacity, temperature, time and money 
• Explore collecting data and organize, group, and sort objects by various attributes 

• Identify and sequence life cycle changes of organisms 
• Identify the sense organs and their functions 
• Identify properties of materials such as size, weight, and color 
• Identify and predict patterns of change in seasons/weather 
• Ask questions, make observations and describe patterns using scientific method 
• Name tools and explain how tools help us do work

Social Studies 

• Understand your place in the world 
• Develop basic understanding of citizenship 
• Study holidays and famous Americans 
• Learn about the calendar including seasons of the year 
• Begin to use 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 

• 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