Grade 2 Curriculum
Curriculum Overview
Religion
Curricular Goals
Students in 2nd Grade will:
- Explore God's laws and our obedience to them through love
- Seek forgiveness of sins through Jesus' sacrifice
- Prepare for life in heaven by receiving Jesus in the Eucharist
Text and Materials
- Jesus Our Life, Faith and Life series (Ignatius Press)
- Formed (Catholic streaming service)
- Blessed Reconciliation videos
- Blessed Communion videos
- Ruah Woods Theology of the Body
Reading
Curricular Goals
Students in 2nd Grade will:
- Foster daily opportunities to express and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas through writing
- Develop strategies for phonics and decoding
- Develop accurate and fluent word recognition
- Build connections with new vocabulary words
- Build skills and strategies to aid comprehension of fiction and nonfiction text
- Generate enthusiasm and appreciation for reading
Text and Materials
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Epic!
- Centers and games
Language
Curricular Goals
Students in 2nd Grade will:
- Reinforce concepts of spelling
- Reinforce correct letter formation
- Develop knowledge of parts-of-speech, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives
- Expand vocabulary
- Build complex sentence structure, punctuation, and capitalization
Text and Materials
- Wordsmith Level 2
- Writing Our Catholic Faith
- BrainPop Jr.
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Centers and Games
Mathematics
Curricular Goals
Students in 2nd Grade will:
- Extend addition and subtraction strategies to include two- and three-digit numbers
- Develop place-value understanding to 1,000
- Develop an understanding of more complex geometric shapes
- Review and practice measurement of time and length
- Develop an understanding of money concepts
- Interpret data using a variety of graphs
- Introduce the concepts of multiplication and division
Text and Materials
- Sadlier Math
- BrainPop Jr.
- Math Manipulatives/centers/games
Science
Curricular Goals
Students in 2nd Grade will:
- Explore the inquiry process; analysis, communication, and reflection
- Explore design principals in A World In Motion program
- Employ observation using the 5 senses
- Identify physical and chemical properties of matter and water
- Investigate plant and animal life cycles
- Observe weather
- Utilize simple tools for data collection
Text and Materials
- AIMS
- A World In Motion; Engineering Inspired by Nature
- Non-fiction texts
- BrainPop Jr.
Social Studies
Curricular Goals
Students in 2nd Grade will:
- Explore government and civics, and learn how we can help our communities
- Focus on different types of communities and the natural resources that help communities thrive
- Identify tools and resources that can help us learn about different times in history
- Compare and contrast our lives today with those in the past
- Develop an understanding of the flow of money in a community
- Develop map skills and world geography, including continents, countries, and oceans
Text and Materials
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Little 2nd Grade Social Studies Thinkers
- BrainPop Jr.
- Non-Fiction texts
- Epic!
Specials
Students is 2nd Grade are enrolled in the following specials classes.
- Art
- Computers
- Music
- Physical Education
- Spanish
- STEM
Events and Experiences
Sacraments
Field Trips
- Henry Ford Museum
- Real Life Farm Field Trip
Featured Projects
- Letters to Veterans
- Participation in May Crowning
- AWIM Building Helicopters and Parachutes Project