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Second Grade
English Language Arts
Grade 2 ELA Overview
First Nine Weeks
Overview
In Fundations Units 1-4, students will review digraphs, digraph blends, the spelling of /k/ sound, closed syllable type words, and vowel sounds. Students will read and spell words with bonus letters (ff, ll, ss, and sometimes zz), glued sounds, and suffixes –s, -es, -ed, -ing. Students will focus on reading fluently and retelling stories. Students will also begin their yearlong study of how to read and spell trick words, which are words that don’t follow normal spelling patterns.
In Wit & Wisdom Module 1, A Season of Change, students will learn about how seasonal change shapes our yearly experience of nature, from our activities to our clothing choices. This module provides an opportunity for students to explore the concept of change as it relates to both nature and human experience. They examine how artists and poets capture seasonal change in paintings and poetry. They empathize with the fear of change in Carin Berger’s Little Yellow Leaf and recognize, in Leo Lionni’s A Color of His Own, that change can be less daunting with a friend by your side. Through a variety of informational texts, students learn about seasonal changes, particularly those that happen in autumn. Students develop their informative writing skills as they gather evidence, craft topic statements and strong conclusions, and provide and receive feedback on their writing.
Unit
North Carolina Standards
Parent/Family Resources
Fundations Units
22 Lessons
RF.2.2: Print all upper- and lowercase letters legibly and proportionally
RF.2.4: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.2.5 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Module 1: A Season of Change
32 Lessons
RL.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RL.2.2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.2.4: Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
RL.2.5: Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
RL.2.6 Distinguish differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character, when reading dialogue aloud.
RL.2.7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
RL.2.10: By the end of grade 2, read and understand literature within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
R1.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
RI.2.3 Describe the connections between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
RI.2.5: Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
RI.2.6: Identify the author’s main purpose in a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
RI.2.7: Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
RI.2.8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support ideas in a text.
RI.2.9: Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
RI.2.10: By the end of grade 2, read and understand informational text within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
W.2.1: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.2: Write informative /explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section
W.2.5: Participate in shared research and writing projects.
W.2.6: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
SL.2.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.2.4: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Family Welcome Letter - English
Family Welcome Letter - Spanish
Family Overview Video_English
Family Overview Video_Spanish
Module 1 Family Tip Sheet - English
Module 1 Family Tip Sheet - Spanish
Parent Letter Module 1 -English
Parent Letter Module 1 - Spanish
NCDPI ELA Parent Guide (English)
NCDPI ELA Parent Guide (Spanish)
Second Nine Weeks
Overview
In Fundations Units 5-8, students will learn how to read and spell two-syllable words. Students will learn about different types of two syllable words, such as compound words and two syllable words with closed and vowel consonant-e syllables. They will also learn about open syllables and r-controlled syllables. Students will learn new prefixes and suffixes. They will continue to learn how to read and spell trick words.
In Wit & Wisdom Module 2, The American West, students will learn about how the buffalo, open sky, and seemingly endless possibility inform the popular image of the American West. Building on the concept of change introduced in Module 1, students explore the landscape of the American West with a focus on the period of US westward expansion and settlement. Through a variety of informational texts, students examine what life was like for Native Americans and early settlers and the social and environmental changes that resulted from westward expansion. Legends, including The Legend of the Bluebonnet and stories of Johnny Appleseed and John Henry, develop students’ knowledge of this genre as well as human response to challenges posed by the American West. Building on their skills from Module 1, students develop informative paragraphs with an introduction, topic statement, evidence that is clearly explained, and a concluding sentence. They focus on adding topic-specific words to their writing and use digital tools to produce and share their writing
Unit
North Carolina Standards
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Fundations Units
40 Lessons
RF.2.2: Print all upper- and lowercase letters legibly and proportionally
RF.2.4: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.2.5: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
Module 2: The American West
35 Lessons
RL.2.1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RL.2.2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.2.5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story, the events unfold in the middle, and the ending concludes the action.
RL.2.9: Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.
RL.2.10: By the end of grade 2, read and understand literature within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
R1.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
RI.2.3 Describe the connections between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
RI.2.5: Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
RI.2.6: Identify the author’s main purpose in a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
RI.2.7: Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
RI.2.9: Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
RI.2.10: By the end of grade 2, read and understand informational text within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
W.2.1: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.2: Write informative /explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section
W.2.3: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal transition words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
W.2.4: With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools and resources to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
W.2.6 Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
SL.2.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.2.4: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Third Nine Weeks
Overview
In Fundations Units 9-13, students will learn how to combine r-controlled syllables with other syllable types, double vowel syllable types, homophones, and vowel teams, such as ai, ea, and oy. Students will learn how to combine all syllable types to make multisyllabic words. They will also review suffix endings.
In Wit & Wisdom Module 3, Civil Rights Heroes, students will learn America is a nation founded on the creed of liberty and justice for all. In this module, students examine how three civil rights heroes—Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Bridges, and Sylvia Mendez—fought for and defended this right and how their actions effected change in the United States. A variety of informational and literary texts and historical photographs usher students into this volatile and defining period in our country’s history and challenge students to think about these heroic individuals’ actions in response to injustice. Students will build on informative writing skills by drawing evidence from texts and by using research sources in historical writing. Their primary focus is on structuring and writing narrative pieces by using a character’s perspective to describe thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Unit
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Fundations Units
45 Lessons
RF.2.2: Print all upper- and lowercase letters legibly and proportionally
RF.2.4: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.2.5: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
Module 3: Civil Rights Heroes
34 Lessons
RL.2.2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.2.4: Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm, and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
RL.2.5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story, the events unfold in the middle, and the ending concludes the action.
RL.2.6: Distinguish differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character, when reading dialogue aloud.
RL.2.10: By the end of grade 2, read and understand literature within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RI.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
RI.2.3: Describe the connections between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
RI.2.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
RI.2.7: Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
RI.2.9: Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
RI.2.10: By the end of grade 2, read and understand informational text within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
W.2.1: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.2: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.6: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
SL.2.: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.2.3: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
SL.2.4: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Fourth Nine Weeks
Overview
In Fundations Units 14-17, students will learn the sounds of ou and ow, as well as different vowel sounds such as oo, ue, ew, au, ew. Students will also learn about the consonant –le syllable type and review all 6 syllable types.
In the final Wit & Wisdom Module of the year (4), Good Eating, students will explore how food nourishes our bodies both physically and emotionally. Through close reading of two informational texts, students learn about the human digestive process and the various organs involved in digestion. They read two versions of a classic tale, Stone Soup and Bone Button Borscht, which highlight how food can build community. Finally, students consider the importance of making informed choices about food as they learn about how different nutrients nourish our bodies and about how different vegetables are grown. Students will also develop research skills within the context of informative and opinion writing. They conduct shared research ahead of writing and learn to describe steps in a process. They also learn to write opinion paragraphs, evaluating evidence from multiple sources to form a strong opinion statement.
Unit
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Fundations Units
35 Lessons
RF.2.2: Print all upper- and lowercase letters legibly and proportionally
RF.2.4: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.2.5: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
Module 4: Good Eating
33 Lessons
RL.2.1: Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RL.2.2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.2.4: Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm, and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
RL.2.7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
RL.2.10: By the end of grade 2, read and understand literature within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RI.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
RI.2.3: Describe the connections between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
RI.2.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
RI.2.5: Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
RI.2.6: Identify the author’s main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
RI.2.7: Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
RI.2.8: Identify the reasons an author gives to support ideas in a text.
RI.2.10: By the end of grade 2, read and understand informational text within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
W.2.1: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.2: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.5: Participate in shared research and writing projects
W.2.6: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
SL.2.: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.2.4: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Mathematics
Grade 2 Math Overview
First Nine Weeks
Overview
In Module 1 Part 1, students represent and interpret data, and they explore place value within the context of metric measurement. In Module 1 Part 2, students use various models- bundles, bills, and disks- to further develop place value understanding.
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Module 1
Place Value Concepts Through Metric Measurement & Data-Place Value, Counting, and Comparing Within 1,000
38 lessons
NC.2.MD.1 Measure the length of an object in standard units by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
NC.2.MD.2 Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.
NC.2.MD.3 Estimate lengths in using standard units of inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters.
NC.2.MD.4 Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit.
NC.2.MD.5 Use addition and subtraction, within 100, to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units, using equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
NC.2.MD.6 Represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram with equally spaced points and represent whole-number sums and differences, within 100, on a number line.
NC.2.MD.10 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to four categories.
• Draw a picture graph and a bar graph with a single-unit scale to represent a data set.
• Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a picture and a bar graph.
NC.2.OA.1 Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 100, with unknowns in all positions, by using representations and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving:
• One-Step problems:
• Add to/Take from-Start Unknown
• Compare-Bigger Unknown
• Compare-Smaller Unknown
• Two-Step problems involving single digits:
• Add to/Take from- Change Unknown
• Add to/Take From- Result Unknown
NC.2.NBT.1 Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
• Unitize by making a hundred from a collection of ten tens.
• Demonstrate that the numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine hundreds, with 0 tens and 0 ones.
NC.2.NBT.2 Count within 1,000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
NC.2.NBT.3 Read and write numbers, within 1,000, using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
NC.2.NBT.4 Compare two three-digit numbers based on the value of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.
Second Nine Weeks
Overview
In Module 2, students use the properties of operations, the relationships between numbers, and place value understanding to add and subtract within 200. Students apply these operations to representing and solving various word problems. In Module 3, students reason about the attributes of geometric shapes. As they work with composite shapes and partition circles and rectangles into equal shares, students build fractional understanding, which they apply to telling time.
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Module 2
Addition and Subtraction within 200
27 lessons
NC.2.OA.1 Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 100, with unknowns in all positions, by using representations and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving:
• One-Step problems:
o Add to/Take from-Start Unknown
o Compare-Bigger Unknown o Compare-Smaller Unknown
• Two-Step problems involving single digits:
o Add to/Take from- Change Unknown
o Add to/Take From- Result Unknown
NC.2.NBT.6 Add up to three two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
NC.2.NBT.7 Add and subtract, within 1,000, relating the strategy to a written method, using:
• Concrete models or drawings
• Strategies based on place value
• Properties of operations
• Relationship between addition and subtraction
Module 3
Shapes and Time with Fraction Concepts
19 lessons
NC.2.NBT.2 Count within 1,000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
NC.2.MD.7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m
NC.2.G.1 Recognize and draw triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons, having specified attributes; recognize and describe attributes of rectangular prisms and cubes.
NC.2.G.3 Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares.
• Describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, fourths, fourth of, quarter of.
• Describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths.
• Explain that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape
Third Nine Weeks
Overview
In Module 4, Students deepen their understanding of addition and subtraction as they work within 1,000. Students reason about place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between numbers as they choose efficient solution strategies to solve problems.
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Module 4
Addition and Subtraction within 1,000
24 lessons
NC.2.OA.1 Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 100, with unknowns in all positions, by using representations and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving:
• One-Step problems:
• Add to/Take from-Start Unknown
• Compare-Bigger Unknown
• Compare-Smaller Unknown
• Two-Step problems involving single digits:
• Add to/Take from- Change Unknown
• Add to/Take From- Result Unknown
NC.2.OA.2 Demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction, within 20, using mental strategies.
NC.2.NBT.5 Demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction, within 100, by:
• Flexibly using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
• Comparing addition and subtraction strategies and explaining why they work.
• Selecting an appropriate strategy in order to efficiently compute sums and differences.
NC.2.NBT.6 Add up to three two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
NC.2.NBT.7 Add and subtract, within 1,000, relating the strategy to a written method, using:
• Concrete models or drawings
• Strategies based on place value
• Properties of operations
• Relationship between addition and subtraction
NC.2.NBT.8 Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900.
Fourth Nine Weeks
Overview
In Module 5, students apply place value strategies and properties of operations to work with coins and bills. Students revisit measurement concepts using customary units, and they solve problems in the context of money, length, and data. In Module 6, students count and solve problems with equal groups of objects. Students organize equal groups into rows and columns to create rectangular arrays. As they compose and decompose arrays, students gain foundations for multiplication.
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Module 5
Money, Data, and Customary Measurement
16 lessons
NC.2.OA.1 Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 100, with unknowns in all positions, by using representations and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving:
• One-Step problems:
o Add to/Take from-Start Unknown
o Compare-Bigger Unknown
o Compare-Smaller Unknown
• Two-Step problems involving single digits:
o Add to/Take from- Change Unknown
• Add to/Take From- Result Unknown
NC.2.NBT.5 Demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction, within 100, by:
• Flexibly using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
• Comparing addition and subtraction strategies, and explaining why they work.
• Selecting an appropriate strategy in order to efficiently compute sums and differences.
NC.2.NBT.7 Add and subtract, within 1,000, relating the strategy to a written method, using:
• Concrete models or drawings
• Strategies based on place value
• Properties of operations
• Relationship between addition and subtraction
NC.2.MD.1 Measure the length of an object in standard units by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
NC.2.MD.2 Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.
NC.2.MD.3 Estimate lengths in using standard units of inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters.
NC.2.MD.5 Use addition and subtraction, within 100, to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units, using equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
NC.2.MD.6 Represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram with equally spaced points and represent whole-number sums and differences, within 100, on a number line.
NC.2.MD.8 Solve word problems involving:
• Quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies within 99¢, using ¢ symbols appropriately.
• Whole dollar amounts, using the $ symbol appropriately.
NC.2.G.1 Recognize and draw triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons, having specified attributes; recognize and describe attributes of rectangular prisms and cubes
Module 6
Multiplication and Division Foundations
18 lessons
NC.2.OA.1 Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 100, with unknowns in all positions, by using representations and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving:
• One-Step problems:
o Add to/Take from-Start Unknown
o Compare-Bigger Unknown
o Compare-Smaller Unknown
• Two-Step problems involving single digits:
o Add to/Take from- Change Unknown
• Add to/Take From- Result Unknown
NC.2.OA.3 Determine whether a group of objects, within 20, has an odd or even number of members by:
• Pairing objects, then counting them by 2s
• Determining whether objects can be placed into two equal groups.
• Writing an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.
NC.2.OA.4 Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
NC.2.G.3 Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares.
• Describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, fourths, fourth of, quarter of.
• Describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths.
• Explain that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape
Science
Grade 2 Science Overview
Life Science
Overview
In Life Science students will understand animal life cycles and how organisms resemble or differ from their parents and siblings, using models and data to compare and summarize these aspects.
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From Molecules to Organisms- Structures and Processes
LS.2.1 Understand animal life cycles.
LS.2.1.1 Use models to summarize the life cycle of animals including: birth, developing into an adult, reproducing, aging and death.
LS.2.1.2 Obtain, evaluate and communicate information to compare life cycles of different animals.
Strand: Heredity- Inheritance and Variation of Traits
LS.2.2 Understand that organisms differ from or are similar to their parents and other offspring based on characteristics of the organism.
LS.2.2.1 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to summarize ways in which animals closely resemble their parents and ways they are different.
LS.2.2.2 Analyze and interpret data to illustrate variations among offspring of the same parents.
Physical Science
Overview
In Physical Science, students will understand the properties and changes of solids and liquids through heating and cooling, the volume and weight changes in water, and the relationship between sound and vibrations, including how sounds are produced and detected.
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Matter and its Interactions
PS.2.1 Understand properties of solids and liquids and the changes they undergo.
PS.2.1.1 Carry out investigations to illustrate examples of matter that can change from a solid to a liquid and from a liquid to a solid by heating and cooling.
PS.2.1.2 Analyze and interpret data to compare the amount (volume and weight) of water in a container before and after freezing.
PS.2.1.3 Analyze and interpret data to compare the amount (volume and weight) of water left in an open container over time to the water left in a closed container.
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
PS.2.2 Understand the relationship between sound and vibrating objects.
PS.2.2.1 Carry out investigations to illustrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and columns of air.
PS.2.2.2 Use models to summarize the relationship between sound and how sounds are produced and detected by parts of the body that vibrate.
Earth & Space Science
Overview
In Earth & Space Science, students will understand weather patterns and the factors affecting them, including how sunlight influences temperature, and use data and tools to observe, record, and predict weather conditions over time.
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Earth’s Systems
ESS2.1 Understand patterns of weather and factors that affect weather.
ESS.2.1.1 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to summarize how energy from the sun serves as a source of light and warms the land, air, and water.
ESS.2.1.2 Use mathematics and computational thinking to summarize weather conditions (temperature, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation).
ESS.2.1.3 Carry out investigations to collect data and compare weather patterns that occur over time and relate observable patterns to time of day and time of year.
ESS.2.1.4 Obtain, evaluate and communicate information to recognize the tools scientists use for observing, recording, and predicting weather changes from day to day and during the season.
Social Studies
Grade 2 Social Studies Year Long Overview
In this course, students will examine the foundations of America through social studies strands of civics, inquiry, history, geography, and economics.
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Inquiry
First Nine Weeks
I.1.1 Identify inquiry as a process to answer questions and solve issues.
Civics and Government
First Nine Weeks
2.C&G.1.2 Summarize the role of government in protecting freedom and equality of individuals in America.
Geography and Behavioral Sciences
Second Nine Weeks
2.G.1 Understand how interaction between humans and the physical environment is impacted by movement & settlement.
History
Third Nine Weeks
2.H.1.2 Explain ways in which various historical events have shaped American history.
Economics
Fourth Nine Weeks
2.E.1 Understand how the availability of resources impacts economic decisions.
Health and PE
Grade 2 Health and PE Overview
Healthful Living
Overview
The Healthful Living Education (K-12 Health and Physical Education) promotes behaviors that contribute to a healthy lifestyle and improved quality of life for all students. The Healthful Living curriculum supports and reinforces the goals and objectives of its two major components health and physical education. When fully integrated, the NHCS Health and Physical Education curriculum not only empowers students to lead an active and healthy lifestyle but also instills positive and encouraging attitudes towards physical activity and lifelong fitness.
Unit
North Carolina Standards
Clarifying Objectives
2nd GRADE Mental and Emotional Health (MEH)
2.MEH.1 Understand the relationships among healthy expression of emotions, mental health, and healthy behavior.
2.MEH.1.1 Identify appropriate standards for behavior.
2.MEH.1.2 Summarize behaviors that help to avoid risks.
2.MEH.1.3 Explain the influence of peers, the media, and the family on feelings and emotions.
2.MEH.1.4 Explain the influence on self-concept on performance and vice versa.
2.MEH.1.5 Summarize the potential negative effects of stress on the body and mind.
2nd GRADE Personal and Consumer Health (PCH)
2.PCH.1 Apply measures for cleanliness and disease prevention.
2.PCH.2 Understand wellness, disease prevention, and recognition of symptoms.
2.PCH.1.1 Recall the benefits of good dental health.
2.PCH.1.2 Execute the proper techniques for brushing teeth.
2.PCH.2.1 Summarize reasons and strategies for preventing contact with body fluids.
2.PCH.2.2 Explain the dangers associated with excessive sun exposure (e.g., sun burn, damage to eyes, skin cancer) and methods for protecting oneself from these dangers.
2nd GRADE Interpersonal Communication and Relationships (ICR)
2.ICR.1 Understand healthy and effective interpersonal communication and relationships.
2.ICR.1.1 Classify behaviors as helpful or hurtful to friendships.
2.ICR.1.2 Interpret the feelings of others and how to respond when angry or sad.
2.ICR.1.3 Explain why it is wrong to tease others.
2.ICR.1.4 Recognize bullying behaviors and what to do if someone is bullied.
2.ICR.1.5 Exemplify how to communicate with others with kindness and respect.
2nd GRADE Nutrition and Physical Activity (NPA)
2.NPA.1 Understand My Plate as a tool for selecting nutritious foods.
2.NPA.2 Understand the importance of consuming a variety of nutrient dense foods and beverages in moderation.
2.NPA.3 Remember nutrition and fitness concepts to enhance quality of life.
2.NPA.1.1 Recognize the interrelationship of parts of My Plate.
2.NPA.1.2 Plan meals that are chosen for energy and health.
2.NPA.1.3 Classify activities in terms of their appropriateness for a healthy lifestyle.
2.NPA.2.1 Summarize motivations for eating food, including hunger vs. satiety.
2.NPA.2.2 Explain the importance of a healthy breakfast and lunch.
2.NPA.3.1 Contrast a physically active and inactive lifestyle.
2.NPA.3.2 Plan family physical activities that are fun and contribute to fitness.
2nd GRADE Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD)
2.ATOD.1 Understand how to use household products and medicines safely.
2.ATOD.1.1 Classify uses of medicine or drugs as appropriate and inappropriate.
2.ATOD.1.2 Summarize the health risks associated with inappropriate medicine and drug use.
2.ATOD.1.3 Use goal-setting strategies to prevent the misuse of medicines or household products.
Physical Education
Overview
The Healthful Living Education (K-12 Health and Physical Education) promotes behaviors that contribute to a healthy lifestyle and improved quality of life for all students. The Healthful Living curriculum supports and reinforces the goals and objectives of its two major components health and physical education. When fully integrated, the NHCS Health and Physical Education curriculum not only empowers students to lead an active and healthy lifestyle but also instills positive and encouraging attitudes towards physical activity and lifelong fitness.
Unit
North Carolina Standards
Clarifying Objectives
2nd GRADE Motor Skills (MS)
Apply competent motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
PE.2.MS.1.1 Execute combinations of locomotor skills in different pathways, levels, or directions.
PE.2.MS.1.2 Execute a variety of manipulative skills while maintaining good balance and follow-through.
PE.2.MS.1.3 Generate smooth and timely transitions between sequential locomotor skills.
PE.2.MS.1.4 Apply non-locomotor movements with locomotor patterns and levels in a variety of movement sequences.
2nd GRADE Movement Concepts (MC)
Understand concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics that apply to the learning and performance of movement.
PE.2.MC.2.1 Use equipment to illustrate multiple movement concepts.
PE.2.MC.2.2 Compare three or more of the essential elements of correct form for the five fundamental manipulative skills.
PE.2.MC.2.3 Explain the value of feedback in improving motor performance.
PE.2.MC.2.4 Illustrate activities that are associated with three or more of the five components of health-related fitness.
2nd GRADE Health-Related Fitness (HF)
Understand the importance of achieving and maintaining a health enhancing level of physical fitness.
PE.2.HF.3.1 Recognize three or more of the five health-related fitness assessments and the associated exercises.
PE.2.HF.3.2 Identify enjoyable and challenging physical activities that one can do for increasing periods of time without stopping.
PE.2.HF.3.3 Implement a weekly plan of moderate to vigorous activity that increases breathing and heart rate.
2nd GRADE Personal/Social Responsibility (PR)
Use behavioral strategies that are responsible and enhance respect of self and others and value activity.
PE.2.PR.4.1 Explain the value of working cooperatively in group settings.
PE.2.PR.4.2 Summarize the benefits of positive social interaction to make activities more enjoyable.
PE.2.PR.4.3 Use safe practices when engaging in physical education activities with little or no prompting.