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Second Grade

​​Curriculum Used in Second Grade

SCIENCE: Oceanography!
Dive into the underwater world of marine animals!
Each Unit is 2 weeks


Unit One:  Aquatic Animals
Unit Two: Whales 
Unit Three: Seals and Sea Cows
Unit Four: Aquatic Herps

Unit Five: Primeval Reptils
Unit Six: Aquatic Sharks and Rays
Unit 7: Crustaceans
Unit 8: Mollusks
Unit 9: Cephalapods
Unit 10: Echinoderms
Unit 11: Cindarians
Review

​Social Studies: The Middle Ages (400 - 1600)
Who discovered chocolate? What happened to the Giant Fovor of the Mighty Blows? Why did the Ottoman Turks drag their war ships across dry land?
Year 2 we continue our journey through history with the Middle Ages.  Each week will consist of readings and varied activities such as copy work, crafts, activities, coloring pages, timeline work and map activities.  
The Medieval Book List
​Topics covered include:
The glory that was Rome
The early days of Britain
​Christianity comes to Britain
The Byzantine Empire
The medieval Indian Empire
The Rise of Islam
Islam Becomes an Empire
The Great Dynasties of China
East of China
The Bottom of the World
The Kingdom of the Franks
The Islamic Invasion
The Great Kings of France
The Arrival of the Norsemen
 The First Kings of England
England After the ConquestKnights and Samurai
The Age of Crusades
A New Kind of King
The Diaspora
The Mongols Devastate the East
Exploring the Mysterious East
 The First Russians

The Ottoman Empire​​
The End of the World
 France and England at War
War for the English Throne
The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal
African Kingdoms
India Under the Moghuls
Exploring New Worlds
The American Kingdoms
Spain, Portugal, and the New World
Martin Luther's New Ideas
The Renaissance
Reformation and Counter Reformation
The New UniverseEngland's Greatest Queen
England's Greatest Playwright
New Ventures to the Americas
Explorations in the North
Explorations in the North
Empires Collide
Phonics and Language:
Exposure to great literature will continue through living books that correspond with our history studies.  Lists of books that may be covered will be listed under the Social Studies / History section of this page.
We continue the phonics journey in second grade with reading practice and comprehension awareness.  This year your student will learn to:

  • List all the sounds in a given word after it is orally dictated
  • Identify sounds in a given word and know why that sound is used
  • Choose the correct sound in a given word when there is more thanone spelling for that sound
  • Use prefixes correctly when heard in a dictated word
  • Recognizing silent letters in words such as gn in gnat, kn in knot, wr in wrinkle, and eigh in eight
  • Use suffixes correctly when heard in a dictated word
  • Adding more than one suffix to a word
  • Recognize choices in the spelling of special sounds having or con- taining the same sound
  • Read compound words with speed and accuracy
  • Read “challenge words“ with speed and accuracy
  • Develop listening through dictated sentences; using phonics application skills while students:
    • Remember each word
    • Spell each word correctly
    • Spell contractions correctly
    • Spell number words, days of the week, months of the year
    • Capitalize correctly based on rules learned
    • Choose correct ending punctuatio 
  • Identify the number of syllables in a given word
  • Demonstrate ability to add prefixes and suffixes to a root word while spelling the new word correctly by applying the following rules
  • Using commas to separate three of more items in a series
  • Recognize complete sentences
  • Recognize questions, exclamations, and commands
  • Learn terms: exclamatory, declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences
  • Define and identify nouns
  • Define and identify verbs
  • Define and identify adjectives that tell what kind and how many Define and identify adverbs that tell how
  • Identifying complete subject and predicate of sentence
  • Identifying simple subject and predicate of sentence
  • Diagramming simple subject and predicate of sentence
  • Singular and plural words; singular possessives
  • Correctly use words such as sit, sat, set; learn, teach; may, can; to, too, two; right, write; blue, blew
  • Abbreviate days of the week, months of the year, selected English measures, selected titles such as Dr., Mr., Mrs.
  • ​Correctly use a dictionary (terms: guide words, entry, definition)​
Writing skills, Penmanship:
(for information on why we teach cursive, please visit our "about us" or "curriculum" page)
Building upon each grade, the consistent step-by-step approach to good penmanship presented  each year emphasizes neatness and correct letter formation in daily practice. Writing habits which are polished during second grade will greatly influence students’ penmanship skills throughout life. Beginning in lesson 81, penmanship class will focus primarily on creative writing skills and some penmanship review. Creative writing skills will be taught in a sequence that will prepare students to write their own stories incorporating higher level thinking skills into imaginative writing.

Math in Second Grade

The Lab school of Oklahoma uses Saxon math for it's core math instruction.  We believe each student is unique and teach to the individual. Therefore, we  supplement with Math-U-See to integrate a more hands on approach with those who would benefit.  For more information on Saxon math, please visit our "About Us" page.
This is a list of new information taught in second grade:
Numbers and Operations
Counts by 6’s, 7’s, 8’s, 9’s, and 12’s
Count by 1/2's and 1/4's
Reads and writes numbers to 100,000
Identifies ordinal position to twentieth
Identifies prime and composite numbers
Identifies perfect squares and square roots
Locates integers on a number line
Uses the order of operations to simplify expressions
Identifies and writes a function rule
Identifies missing addends for sums of 100
Adds multiples of 10 to a two- or three-digit number
Subtracts multiples of 10 and 100 from a number
Masters basic multiplication facts 6 through 9
Identifies missing factors
Multiplies multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000 by one- or two- digit numbers
Multiplies a multi-digit by a single-digit number
Multiplies three or more factors
Simplifies expressions with exponents
Masters basic division facts
Identifies three ways to write division
Divides a multiple of 10 by 10
Divides up to two-digit dividends by one-digit divisors with and without remainders
Divides up to three-digit dividends by one-digit divisors with and without remainders
Checks answers using multiplication
Writes part of a set as a fraction
Finds a fractional part of a set

Compares and orders unit fractions
Adds and subtracts fractions and mixed numbers with common denominators
Writes hundredths in common and decimal fraction form
Labels a number line using common and decimal fractions
Adds positive and negative numbers
Makes change for $1.00
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Geometry and Measurement
Writes checks
Draws congruent line segments
Names and draws polygons
Identifies length and width
Identifies acute and obtuse angles
Measures and draws line segments to the nearest 1/4 in.
Measures and draws line segments to the nearest millimeter
Identifies and references distance in miles and kilometers
Identifies half-gallon, pint
Measures temperature using Celsius
Identifies freezing point, boiling point, and normal body temperature
Estimates area
Investigates perimeter and area relationships
Reads and represents time to the quarter hour
Reads and represents time to the minute
Reads and represents time as minutes before the hour
Uses a.m. and p.m.
Determines age
Locates information on a chart
Locates information on a map
Identifies compass direction

Some Books We Read In Class

 Pippi Longstocking  by Astrid Lindgren
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
 
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Dominic by William Steig
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
The Chocolate Touchby Patrick Skene Catling
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
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