Second Grade Curriculum Map 2015-2016
Reading
September
Tall Tales &
Fairy Tales
(one week)
Treasures
Unit 1
(6 weeks)
Math
Numbers to
1000
(Hundreds,
Tens, OnesComparing
Numbers)
Core
Geography &
50 States
(2 weeks)
Stories, Poems, Biographies
Stories: Beauty and the Beast/ How
Wendy Met Peter Pan/ How Iktomi Lost
His Eyes/ Talk/ El Pajaro Cu
Writing
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Fragment versus Sentences
Three Sentence Structures
Four Kinds of Sentence
Sentence Structure
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Creating an outline
Greens, Yellows, Reds
Format of paragraphs
8 sentence paragraph formats
Paragraph with question and
answer topic sentence
Constitution
(2 weeks)
Symbols: U.S. Flag old vs. current
War of 1812
(2 weeks)
Meaning of
Adding &
Subtracting
with and
without
renaming
October
Treasures
Unit 1
and 2 (6
weeks)
Length &
Weight
-M, cm, yds,
ft, in.
-Kg, g, lbs, oz
War of 1812
& Constitution
(3 weeks)
Westward
Expansion
(2 weeks)
**Celebration
Poems: Buffalo Dusk,
Biography: Elijah McCoy
Day: Centennial
Village**
(Oct. 23rd)
November
December
Treasures
Unit 2
Unit 3 (6
weeks)
Multiplication
& Division 2s
& 3s
U.S. Civil War
(2 weeks)
Treasures
Addition &
Subtraction
-Missing
Numbers
-Mental Math
Human Body
(2 weeks)
Multiplying &
Dividing
-review 2s &3s
-4s, 5s, 10s
Civil Rights
and Heroes
(2.5 weeks)
Unit 3
January
Treasures
Unit 4 (6
weeks)
Immigration
(2 weeks)
Holiday
Activities
South America
Poems: Harriet Tubman, Lincoln
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Paragraph with Action Verb topic
sentence
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Paragraph with topic sentence
- Power statement
- Q/A
Word Choice
Symbols: Lincoln Memorial, Statue of
Liberty
Bio: Anton Van Leeuwenhoek/ Florence
Nightingale/Daniel Hale Williams
Story:A Christmas Carol
Poems: ‘Twas the Night Before
Christmas/Rudolph is Tired of the City
Bio: Clara Barton
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Review of Various Topic Sentences
-Question/Answer
-Action Verb
February
Treasures
Unit 4 and
Unit 5 (6
weeks)
Money
-Dollars &
Cents
Adding/Subtra
cting Amounts
-Making
Change
Poem: Smart
March
Treasures
Unit 5 (6
weeks)
Fractions
-1/2 to ½
-Fractions that
make a whole
-Fractions of a
set
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Magnets
(1 week)
Simple
Machines
(1 week)
“How To” Presentations
Stories: Tiger, Brahman, and the Jackel/
The Blind Men and the Elephant/The
Magic Paintbrush/ Tongue Cut
Sparrow/How the Camel Got His Hump
Early Asian
Civilizations
/Modern
Culture of
Japan
(2 weeks)
● Poetry
Poems: There was an Old Man with a
Beard- Limerick
**Celebration
Day: Asian
Culture Day**
(Mar. 4th)
Early Asian
Civilizations
/Modern
Culture of
Japan
(cont.)
Greek Myths/
Ancient
Greece
Story: Charlotte’s Web
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Basic Summary Writing
Retell
12 Labors of Hercules
( 4 weeks)
Treasures
Unit 5
Unit 6 (6
weeks)
Telling Time
-5 minute
intervals
-Before and
after the hour
May
Treasures
Unit 6
Geometry
June
Review
Review
April
**Celebration
Day: A Day in
Greece** (Apr.
15)
Cycles of
NatureSeasonal, Life,
Water
(2.5 weeks)
Insects
(2 weeks)
Review
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Narrative
Poems: /Bee! I’m Expecting You/Hurt No
Living Thing
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Narrative
Personal Narrative
Review
Review
Poems: Bed in
Summer/Caterpillars/Discovery/Somethi
ng Told the Wild Geese
Seashell/
Who has seen the Wind?/
Windy Nights