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The Second Grade Tracker explains some essential skills your child should learn during second grade in language arts and mathematics. Use the Grade Tracker to track your child's progress and find Resources to help your child succeed academically. Click here for tips on using the Grade Tracker. We also offer Grade Trackers for first and third grades.
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Build reading skills.
Master knowledge of letters and letter combinations and improve ability to sound out words using all the letter-sounds within a word.
Blend letter sounds.
Learn consonant combinations.
Learn vowel combinations. |
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- Say the sound of each distinct letter in a word like "bat" before blending the sounds together to say the whole word.
- Sound out a longer word like "batter" by identifying the sounds of each letter and then blending them together to pronounce the word.
- Learn the sounds of letter combinations like "th," "ck," "st," "bl," "ch" and "cl" to read words like "chat," "the," "pick" and "stop."
- Learn the sounds of common vowel patterns like "ou," "ea," "ee," "ie," "oa" and "oi" to identify words like "out," "eat," "meet," "pie," "oat" and "oil."
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Use strategies to increase vocabulary.
Use root words to recognize common words that are slightly changed.
Use root words to recognize words when prefixes and suffixes are added.
Use root words to figure out the meaning of new compound words. |
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- Use knowledge of words like "walk" to figure out the meaning of words like "walks," "walked" and "walking."
- Use knowledge of words like "do" to derive the meaning of words like "overdo" and "undo."
- Use knowledge of words like "day" and "time" to figure out the meaning of compound words like "daytime."
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Develop strategies to improve reading comprehension.
Reread portions of a story.
Search for clues in text.
Ask questions. |
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- Reread words or sentences for clarification when stumped while reading.
- Search for clues such as graphic information, illustrations or key words when trying to understand difficult reading.
- Pose questions when searching for clarification while reading.
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Discuss, compare and predict when reading.
Learn about stories and their elements. Discuss, compare and relate stories to personal experience. Predict possible outcomes in reading.
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- Compare and contrast plots, settings and characters across stories and as presented by different authors.
- Discuss how different characters in a story overcome difficulties, compare a character in one story to another or relate a personal adventure to a story.
- Predict what may happen in a story from looking at the title, cover or chapter headings, then confirm, after reading, whether the prediction came true.
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Use correct grammar and punctuation.
Use the rules of capitalization, end punctuation and commas correctly in writing.
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- Capitalize the first word of a sentence; the pronoun "I"; and proper nouns for people, places, months and days of the week.
- Use question marks, periods and exclamation marks correctly. Use commas in the greeting ("Dear,") and closure ("Sincerely,") of a letter and in a date like November 15, 2002.
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Improve penmanship.
Improve legibility of writing. |
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- Write legibly using appropriate size letters and even spacing within and between words.
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Spell frequently used words correctly.
Spell correctly using previously studied words, spelling patterns and ability to sound out words. |
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- Spell words such as was, were, says, said, who, what and why.
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Read, write and describe whole numbers up to 1,000.
Identify the place values of digits in numbers up to 999.
Compare and order numbers up to 1,000 using the <, > and = signs. |
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- See the number 548 and be able to read it correctly aloud.
- In the number 999, 9 = hundreds, 9 = tens, 9 = ones
- 999 > 899, 899 < 999
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Build addition and subtraction skills learn multiplication.
Recall and apply basic addition facts for sums up to 18.
Estimate, calculate and solve addition and subtraction problems of two- and three-digit numbers.
Know the multiplication tables of 2s, 5s and 10s by memory. |
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- 9 + 9 = 18, 8 + 9 = 17
- 44 + 75 = 119, 422 - 20 = 402
- 5 x 5 = 25
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Learn measurement skills
Estimate and measure length, capacity and weight using appropriate instruments for measuring. Understand that time and temperature can be measured. |
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- Use a ruler to measure the length of a table.
- Use a thermometer to measure the temperature of a glass of water.
- Measure someone's height to the nearest inch or centimeter.
- Tell time to the nearest quarter-hour using both an analog and a digital clock.
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Develop money sense.
Solve problems using combinations of bills and coins.
Know and use the decimal notation and the dollar and cents signs for money. |
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- You have a quarter, a dime, a nickel and a penny. How much money do you have?
- You have $2.35. What coins and bills do you have?
- You have four quarters and two nickels. How do you write this amount?
- You have three dimes. What are two ways to write this amount?
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Learn how fractions work.
Recognize, name and compare fractions from 1/12 to 1/2. |
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- Divide a pie into four sections and identify that one section represents 1/4 of the total pie.
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Learn basic concepts of geometry.
Classify and describe both one- and two-dimensional geometric figures according to the number of faces, edges and angles. |
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- A square has four sides. Describe a circle, a cone and a cylinder.
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Become familiar with basic algebraic concepts.
Learn number patterns, relations and functions. |
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- What pattern do you see in these numbers? 4, 8, 16, 32
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Begin learning about statistics and probability.
Gather information and construct picture and bar graphs to display data. |
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- Interview classmates to find out their favorite ice cream flavor and show this information on a graph.
- Use data to describe an event as more or less likely, such as the probability of drawing a red marble out of a bag of marbles.
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