What will you learn in second grade?  

ELA: 

Read, retell, summarize a story

Finding text evidence to support the central idea.
 
Text connections

Text structure

Author's Purpose: persuade, inform, entertain 

Character perspective

Text Structure: Character, Setting, Plot 

Text Features: headings, illustrations, captions, maps, keywords, maps, side bars. 

Spelling

Grammar: parts of speech, prefixes, suffixes, inflectional endings -ed, -es, capitalization, punctuation. 

Writing: sentences and paragraphs 


Social Studies: 

Maps & Globes

Continents & Oceans 

Historical Inquiry: Primary & Secondary sources

America's first inhabitants

Colonial America

Immigration over time

How the government works 

Citizens of the US 

Economics 


MATH:
Adding and Subtracting within 100 (later to 1,000)
Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100
Foundations of multiplication: adding equal groups
Word problems with addition and subtraction
Fractions as equal parts 
Time and money
Place Value to 1,000
Measuring Length
Geometry: 2D and 3D shapes 
Collect, graph and interpreting data

SCIENCE
How to think and work like a scientist 
Technology and Our World
Earth's Surface 
Weather 
Matter & How It Changes
Energy
Force and Motion 
The Human Body 
Life Cycles 
Basic Needs and Environments