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LANGUAGE ARTS
The following concepts are covered in Language Arts during 2nd grade: Produces Meaningful Writing, Capital Letters and Punctuation, Parts of Speech, Spells Grade Level Words, Spelling Skills in Writing, Comprehends written material, Recognizes sight words, Uses strategies for decoding, Reads fluently, Reads expressively.
Links
Houghton Mifflin Reading
Time for Kids
Book Adventure
Handwriting and Spelling
Poetry
Star Fall
Funbrain
MATH
In Math, the following concepts will be covered: Practicing and Mastering Basic Addition and Subtraction, Multi-digit addition and subtraction, Story Problems, Measurement, Geometry, Time, Money, Place Value.
In addition to our Houghton Mifflin series, our second graders will be expected to master basic addition (facts with answers from 0-18) and subtraction (facts with answers from 0-18), The students are given either five minutes to complete the one hundred question test or ninety seconds to complete thirty problems. Our district standard is to answer one question every three seconds.
Links
Math Expressions
SCIENCE & HEALTH
In Science, the following concepts will be covered: Life Cycle of a Butterfly, Soils, Sun, Moon and Stars, Simple Machines.
Nutrition and Bike Safety are the two main topics covered in 2nd grade health.
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HEALTH
Nutrition
- Little D's Kids Games
Play these games to 'reinforce major objectives of this classroom program,' including food groups and the health benefits of each one.
Bicycle Safety
- Rad Rider
Join Rad Rider in a comic book adventure about bicycle safety
- Bike Safety
Bicycle safety tips along with how to properly fit a helmet, and what one that is improperly fit looks like too. Produced in Madison, WI.
- Bicycle Safety
Basic bicycle safety tips in a simple, easy to follow format.
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SCIENCE
Space
Simple Machines
- Simple Machines - BrainPOP This is a great interactive game created by the Museum of Science and Industry that lets you find and identify simple machines to help Twitch with different tasks.
- Marvelous Machines
This is a site with lessons and experiments about simple machines.
- Simple Machines at Mikids.com
This site gives you definitions, pictures, and activities for each of the six simple machines.
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SOCIAL STUDIES
In Social Studies, the following concepts will be covered: Governing the People, People Long Ago, The World Around Us, World of Many People, Using our Resources, and People in the Marketplace.
Links
Harcourt Social Studies
Mapmaker
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