SECOND GRADE
Reading
Phonics
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Best Friends
Story Elements
Funny Business
Cause/effect
Short/long vowels
Base words/endings
World of Information
Topic/main
idea/details
R-controlled
syllables
Stars/Dinosaurs
M.L. King Jr.
Growing Up
Inferences
Consonant sounds
Tomie DePaola
Reality/fantasy
Vowel pairs/long & short
Common syllables
Aesop’s Fables
Details
Drawing conclusions
Vowel pairs
Base words
Prefixes/suffixes
In and Out of Trouble
Sequence
Spelling
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Consonant clusters/digraphs
Short vowels
Long vowels/CVCe pattern
R-controlled vowel sounds
Ending consonant clusters
Three-letter clusters
Vowel pairs/long a, e, o
Oo, ow, al
S, es, ed, ing endings
Initial, medial, final consonants
Short vowels
Long vowels
R-controlled vowels
Hard/soft c/g
Blends/digraphs
Contractions
Endings-s, es, ed, ing
Suffixes
Vowel pairs
Vowel digraphs
English/Writing
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Sentences-statements
Questions
Word order
Nouns/plurals
Compounds/synonyms
ABC order
Verbs/-s –ed
Opposites
Prefixes re/un
Adjectives-er/-est
Nouns & pronouns
I, me, a, an
Verbs
Is/are, was/were, etc…
Contractions
Friendly letter
Adverbs
Math
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Addition facts
Even/odd numbers
Graphs
Subtraction facts
Place Value
Tens/ones
Number patterns
2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, >, <
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Addition with trading
Subtraction with trading
Time
Money
Place value-3 digits
Measurement
Geometry
Fractions
Science/Social Studies
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Seed plants
Maps
Rules & laws
Safety
Dinosaurs
Then and now
The moving earth
Matter
Magnets
Air & weather
Clouds & storms
Endangered animals/water
The environment
Light & shadows
All around the world
Physical Education
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Establish self and general space
Travel: types and travel
Hand/ball skills; fleeing/chasing
Jump rope
Balance activities
Roller skating; rhythmic activities
Ball skills
Striking with implements
Review of year skills; sports day