2nd Grade Academics

Partnering with you as parents, it is our goal to have every child achieve the following goals to complete 2nd grade on grade level. These goals are rigorous but necessary to be College and Career Ready at the end of their schooling.

Reading:
Meets Standard or higher on NWEA
Reading 92 words per minute
Reading all 2nd grade sight words and multisyllabic words
Summarize text and determine central message, lesson, or moral
Identify character traits in fiction text
Determine the main idea of expository text
Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text
Math:
Use fluency strategies for addition & subtraction facts under 20
Fluently add & subtract numbers with the sums and differences within 100
Apply place value and represent numbers up to 1,000
Tell time to the minute hand
Addition of money up to $20.00
Build conceptual understanding of multiplication and number sense
Can restate the question, select and apply the appropriate operation and problem solving strategy when solving a problem.
Writing:
All writing must include correct capitalization, punctuation, spacing, and spelling of sight words and word families
Narrative writing must include a beginning, middle, and end; transition words such as when, then, and after; setting, characters, and details; at least 8 sentences; and dialogue
Informative writing must include a paragraph with a lead that catches the reader’s attention; at least 5 logically sequenced sentences; descriptive words and details; transition words such as also, before, after, then; and a closing sentence
Students are expected to use the writing process including planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing
Indenting a paragraph