2013-2014 Second Grade Year at a Glance

Reading Septembe r
*Book Selection *Reading Strategies *Story Elements *Predicting *Sequencing *Comparing and Contrasting Fiction and Nonfiction *Introduce Nonfiction Conventions *Schema *Connections *Determining Importance in Fiction -Main Idea
-Supporting Details

Writing
Students will also have free choice writing journal each month.

Skill Time
*ABC Order *Compound Words *Contractions

Math
*Place Value *Basic Facts for Addition and Subtraction

Social Studies Science

*Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems *Engineering Design *Government

October

*Sentence Structure *Intro to Writing Process/Journals *ABC Book/Writing Process

*Root Words & Suffixes

*Time *Money

November

*Personal Narrative

*Root Words & Prefixes *Common Phrases

(quick as lightning)

*Double Digit Addition and Subtraction *Double Digit Addition and Subtraction *Geometry *Addition and Subtraction Number Stories
*Three-Digit Addition and Subtraction

December

*Persuasive/Opinio n *Expository

*Geography -Maps -Continents -Oceans *Landforms and Water Bodies *Earths Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth *Past and Present *Structure and Properties of Matter *Economics
(include counting back change from math curriculum)

January

*Using Context Clues in Both Fiction and Nonfiction *Inferring *Asking and Answering Questions in Both Fiction and Nonfiction *Determining Importance in Nonfiction and Conventions *Drawing Conclusions about Characters *Authors Purpose

*Nouns *Pronouns

February March April

*Personal Narrative *Persuasive/Opinio n *Expository

*Verbs *Adverbs *Adjectives *Word Choice

(ran, dashed)

*Possessives

*Number Patterns *Introduction to Multiplication *Fractions *Measurement

May

*Comparing and Contrasting Fables and Folktales,

*Letter Writing

*Dictionary Skills

*Data and Graphing

*Review