Jumpstart 2015 – Grade _ 1___
What to Expect in __2nd__ Grade
Complete and collect the items on the checklist. Bring this sheet and evidence of the work back
to school next year to collect your reward for working over the summer! Due: August 17th
Reading
THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS–
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Date Evidence
EX: Read grade level text, including but not limited to picture books, chapter
books, magazines articles, newspaper, websites, etc.
Ex: Read an article or passage such as a paragraph about their favorite video
game, animal or sport or even the back of a cereal box. Students should be able
to generate questions about what they just read. Example “I wonder what will
happen next? What would the story be like if the characters were different?
Ex. After reading a grade level text, have students write or illustrate in a journal
or on a piece of paper a summary of the story. Remember not to include EVERY
detail just the main events. Even pictures can have details.
Ex: Read 20 minutes nightly – chart how many pages you read each time. Add it
up!
Sight words list
Ex. After reading a grade level text, have students complete an attached graphic
organizer, this will help to review key reading skills such as main idea,
inferencing, comparing and contrasting and narrative elements.
Writing and Verbal Communication
Ex: Type a letter to your new teacher on the computer telling them some
important things about yourself and what you hope to learn.
EX: Write a letter about one fun day during the summer using transitions words.
Highlight the transition words.
Prepare a speech for your family convincing them to go somewhere fun over the
summer.
Ex. Practice typing on the computer. Try your best to place fingers correctly.
Ex. Orally summarize an event from the summer to someone. This could include
a movie you saw, a playdate, birthday party, place you visited, etc.
Ex. Practice writing on lined paper (wide ruled). Students should work on legible
handwriting, NO capitals in the middle of words, letters going the correct way,
starting at the correct place on the paper (with-in the margins). Also work on
including periods and starting with a capital.
Math
Ex. Skip count by various numbers such as 3’s, 6’s, 9’s
Ex. Practice one digit addition and subtraction facts.
Ex. Have someone test you on your facts. Show evidence of your scores, like a
chart
Ex. Be able to identify coins and their values.
Ex. Identify correct operations in a word problem. For example, is the problem
asking them to add or subtract.
Ex. Students should understand tens and ones. (place value)
Science and Social Studies
Ex: Read and discuss non-fiction texts, identifying facts as they read.
Skills Acquired During 2nd Grade:
Reading:
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LAFS.2.RL.1.2
Recount"stories,"including"fables"and"folktales"from"diverse"cultures,"and"
determine"their"central"message,"lesson,"or" moral
LAFS.2.RL.2.4
Describe"how"words"and"phrases"(e.g.,"regular"beats,"alliteration,"rhymes,"
repeated"lines)"supply"rhythm"and"meaning"in"a"story,"poem,"or"song.
LAFS.2.RL.3.9
Compare"and"contrast"two"or"more"versions"of"the"same"story"(e.g.,"Cinderella"
stories)"by"different"authors"or"from"different"cultures.
LAFS.2.RI.1.2
Identify"the"main"topic"of"a"multiparagraph"text"as"well"as"the"focus"of"specific"
paragraphs"within"the"text
LAFS.2.RI.2.5
Know"and"use"various"text"features"(e.g.,"captions,"bold"print,"subheadings,"
glossaries,"indexes,"ect.
Writing and Verbal Communication:
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LAFS.2.W.1.2
Write"informative/explanatory"texts"in"which"they"introduce"a"topic,"use"facts"
and"definitions"to"develop"points,"and"provide"a"concluding"statement"or" section.
LAFS.2.W.3.7
Participate"in"shared"research"and"writing"projects"(e.g.,"read"a"number"of"
books"on"a"single"topic"to"produce"a"report;"record"science"observations).
LAFS.2.SL.1.2
Recount"or"describe"key"ideas"or"details"from"a"text"read"aloud"or"information"
presented"orally"or"through"other"media.
Math:
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MAFS.K.MD.1.1 Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight.
Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.MAFS.K.MD.1.1 Describe
measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable
attributes of a single object.
MAFS.2.NBT.2.6 Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value
and properties of operations.
MAFS.2.MD.2.5 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems
involving lengths that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as
drawings of rulers) and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent
the problem.
MAFS.2.NBT.2.8 Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally
subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900.
MAFS.2.OA.2.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of
Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.
Science:
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SC.2.N.1.5 Distinguish between empirical observation (what you see, hear, feel, smell, or
taste) and ideas or inferences (what you think)
SC.2.E.7.3 Investigate, observe and describe how water left in an open container
disappears (evaporates), but water in a closed container does not disappear
(evaporate).
SC.2.P.8.3 Recognize that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take
the shape of their container.
SC.2.L.14.1 Distinguish human body parts (brain, heart, lungs, stomach, muscles, and
skeleton) and their basic functions.
SC.2.L.16.1 Observe and describe major stages in the life cycles of plants and animals,
including beans and butterflies
Social Studies:
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SS.2.A.2.1 Recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants in North America.
SS.2.A.2.2 Compare the cultures of Native American tribes from various geographic
regions of the United States. [. . . location, clothing, housing, food, major beliefs and
practices, art, music
SS.2.G.1.1 Use political, physical, and thematic maps to identify map elements. [. . .
coordinate grids, title, compass rose, cardinal and intermediate directions, key/legend
with symbols and scale.]
SS.2.G.1.2 Using maps and globes, locate the student's hometown, Florida, and North
America, and locate the state capital and the national capital. [. . . Tallahassee, Florida,
United States, North America, Washington, D.C.]
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SS.2.E.1.3 Recognize that the United States trades with other nations to exchange goods
and services. [. . . clothing, food, toys, cars.]
SS.2.E.1.4 Explain the personal benefits and costs involved in saving and spending
Homework: What will be expected: math, reading and spelling homework nightly
Helpful Websites to view this summer:
reading and math
http://www.successmarker.com
math
http://www.mathplayground.com
http://www.sumdog.com
http://www.aplusmath.com/
http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html
http://www.coolmath.com
reading
http://reading.ecb.org/
http://www.readingrockets.org/
http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx
science:
http://www.uen.org/themepark/cycles/animal.shtml
http://www.kidzone.ws/water/index.html
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules
/k4/k4modules.html
http://www.sparta.k12.il.us/SID/plantunit/
growthofbeanseed.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise
/science/physical/12_act.shtml
http://www.lisd.org/technology/itswebs/elem/curr/science/2sciwebsites.htm