Grade 2

GRADE 2

RELIGION

By the end of grade 2 students will be able to:

1. Praise God for His goodness in creating and redeeming the

world.

2. Recognize that in Baptism we become part of God's family.

3. Remember the suffering and death of their Savior for them

whenever they observe the Lord's Supper being celebrated.

4. Acknowledge that because of Jesus they are declared "not

guilty" and sinless in God's eyes.

5. Express confident assurance that God keeps all His promises to

them, including His greatest promise of eternal life through

Christ.

6. Rejoice that God wants them to live with Him in the beautiful

place He has prepared in heaven.

7. Demonstrate confident trust that God will protect and care for

them.

8. Rejoice that God uses His power to set them free from sin.

9. Recognize that children are important to God and that He

desires that they grow in faith and knowledge of His Word.

10. Demonstrate a desire to grow in God's peace as they see His

power in their lives.

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present and active in their lives, doing what is best for them.

12. Express a desire to share God's love beyond the close circle

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13. Identify leaders and helpers in their communities who are

God's gifts to them.

14. Recognize that God prepares them for their service in His

kingdom.

15. Celebrate God's love with words and actions.

16. Recognize that Jesus came to save people of all nations.

17. Acknowledge that our heavenly Father hears all prayer at all

times and in all places.

18. Praise God by taking care of His creation.

19. Express feelings of security knowing the great power of

Jesus.

20. Express confident trust in Jesus' loving care and healing.

21. Acknowledge that as the Holy Spirit came to believers at

Pentecost, so He comes to them today through His Word and

Baptism.

22. Appreciate the diversity of people in the Christian church.

23. Thank God for the blessings of forgiveness and salvation.

24. Identify the many blessings of God in their lives.

25. Offer God joyful prayers and praises of thanksgiving for

blessings.

LANGUAGE ARTS

By the end of grade 2, students will be able to:

1. Read and sing simple hymns and worship songs.

2. Understand and use contractions when writing.

3. Write simple stories using original ideas, complete sentences,

and a logical flow of related ideas.

4. Add prefixes and suffixes to words

5. Identify the main idea and significant details.

6. Sequence sentences logically in a story they write.

7. Suggest alternate story conclusions to a story they have heard

or read.

8. Demonstrate the importance of both the content and mechanics

of writing.

9. Speak confidently with small groups and before the entire

class.

10. Enjoy reading developmentally appropriate books in leisure

time.

11. Activate and use prior knowledge when reading.

12. Write legibly in printscript and begin to use cursive

writing.

13. Write two-line poems that end in rhyming words.

14. Translate experiences into written form.

15. Write a letter to a friend using an appropriate heading and

closing, and address an envelope correctly.

16. Check their own understanding when reading.

17. Change statements into questions, and questions into

statements.

18. Reread and revise their own stories.

19. Listen to and retell stories, jokes, or riddles in correct

sequence.

20. Write a simple dialog for three or four characters in a play.

21. Select and check out developmentally appropriate books from

the library.

22. Use pitch and rhythm in speech to convey meaning.

23. Use capital letters for the names of people, days, months,

holidays, streets, and cities.

24. Use verb tenses correctly in written composition.

25. Share experiences before the class in an established way.

MATHEMATICS

By the end of grade 2, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of place value

using various proportional and nonproportional models.

2. Read, write, and order any set of numerals between 1 and

1,000.

3. Write a number sentence that describes the relationship

between any pair of whole numbers.

4. Count by ones to any whole number, and skip count by twos,

threes, fours, fives, and tens.

5. Identify whether a number is even or odd.

6. Find the sum of three or four single-digit addends.

7. Estimate and find the sum or difference of two-digit and

three-digit numbers.

8. Round two-digit numbers to the nearest ten, and round

three-digit numbers to the nearest ten and to the nearest

hundred.

9. Write number sentences that describe modeled multiplication

sentences.

10. Use a calculator to make mathematical discoveries and to do

up to three-digit addition and subtraction problems.

11. Identify coins and bills and determine the value of a given

set of coins and bills.

12. Identify, describe, and compare two- and three- dimensional

figures.

13. Identify congruent and symmetrical figures.

14. Estimate and measure length, perimeter, capacity, weight

(mass), temperature, and area by using various nonstandard,

metric, and English units.

15. Tell time on a traditional (analog) clock to the nearest

hour, half-hour, quarter-hour, and five minutes.

16. Collect data and make pictographs and bar graphs of the data.

17. Describe data displayed on a graph and make predictions and

draw conclusions based on the graphed data.

18. Determine the likelihood that an event will occur.

19. Locate on a graph in a coordinate plane the point whose

coordinates are a given pair of numbers between 0 and 15.

20. Recognize different physical representations for the same

fraction.

21. Give the appropriate fraction symbol and name for a fraction

model.

22. Use different strategies to determine basic facts.

23. Identify and extend patterns of objects and symbols.

SCIENCE

By the end of grade 2, students will be able to:

1. Arrange in order drawings or photographs of the growth stages

of various plants, animals, and humans.

2. Compare with friends and relatives such items as hand size,

amount of hair, smoothness of skin.

3. Describe changes that take place in plants, animals, and

humans as they grow older.

4. Discuss food groups, foods, and snacks that promote good

health, and safe handling and storage of foods.

5. List some examples of weathering in general, and observe

erosion in particular in a stream table or schoolyard setting.

6. Observe areas where weathering and/or erosion have taken place

and predict what will happen to that area in the future.

7. Explain how soil is formed from the weathering of rocks, and

identify some methods used to prevent erosion.

8. Keep a weather record of temperature, wind, and rain.

9. Find order in waves (e.g., as observed with a Slinky spring

toy, ripple tank, puddle), noting especially interaction with

obstacles (reflection and transmission).

10. Construct a series of activities for studying the behavior of

waves as they partially reflect and/or pass through various

objects.

11. Test air, water, plastic, wood, and metals to determine their

ability to transmit sound.

12. State that light and sound behave as waves when they

partially reflect and partially transmit.

13. Observe the images of themselves and other objects in

mirrors, paying attention to size and location.

14. Measure object locations and image locations finding object

distance (Do) equal to image distance (Di). That is, connect Do =

Di to observations and location of images and objects (first

formal connecting of math language to nature).

15. Construct simple musical instruments and demonstrate how to

change their pitch.

16. Explain how we hear sounds, how sounds affect us, and how to

reduce sounds classified as noise.

17. Build a scale model for size and relative distance of the

moon about the earth and earth about the sun.

18. Use the sun/moon/earth scale model to represent a day, a

month, and a year.

19. Draw a not-to-scale model of the solar system to explain the

motion of the planets.

20. Describe the appearance of the night sky and identify at

least three constellations and three stars.

21. Discuss living things of long ago dinosaurs, extinct

animals and reasons for their demise, and apply this to

endangered species today.

22. Discuss the interrelationship of all living things, the value

of the variety God created, and the responsibility God gave to

humans to tend the earth.

SOCIAL STUDIES

By the end of grade 2, students will be able to:

1. Participate in developing guidelines for classroom practice

and procedures.

2. Differentiate between needs and wants.

3. Describe differences between various types of communities,

such as rural and urban.

4. Describe how people use the arts and music to express

themselves.

5. Describe how the past affects the present.

6. Create a map of their neighborhood.

7. Estimate distances using a scale on a map.

8. Develop a map or model of the community.

9. Understand use of symbols on a map.

10. Describe how things have changed over time in the community.

11. Explain how to be wise stewards of the environment.

12. Describe groups and institutions to which they belong.

13. Describe things their government does for them.

14. Understand the use of money in society.

15. Suggest a conflict-resolution plan to solve a dispute.

16. Seek the common good in classroom decisions.

17. Be aware of dependence upon each other.

18. Understand the hardships of the Pilgrims and other early

settlers.

19. Create a weekly job chart and graph task completion.

20. Explain the importance of inventions (e.g., electricity,

automobile).

21. Appreciate the lives of those who lived in the past (using

biographies).

22. Write a simple paragraph about historical figures.

23. Understand how some events exist beyond the immediate

community.

24. Demonstrate how to make rules for a social system.

25. Understand the existence of more than one point of view for

an issue.

26. Define seasonal climates where they live.

ART

By the end of grade 2, students will be able to:

Art History

1. Discuss the subject matter, mood, and art elements of selected

works of art.

2. Recognize and discuss the art of at least two non-Western

cultures.

3. Recognize and discuss the art of at least four different

artists studied during the school year.

4. Use terms such as landscape, still life, and portrait to

classify works of art.

The Creation of Art

5. Use warm and/or cool colors to create a mood or feeling.

Discuss the paintings of artists who employ this technique.

6. Identify a variety of lines and shapes in nature, the

environment, and in works of art.

7. Utilize expressive qualities of lines in drawings and

paintings of people, places, and things.

8. Use drawing and painting media to illustrate recognizable

images.

9. Use highlights and shadows in drawings and paintings.

10. Create imaginary drawings and paintings based on works of

art.

11. Create textures and patterns in clay as they model figures

and animals.

12. Use pinching and modeling techniques to create a ceramic pot.

13. Create a collage and/or photo montage based on a story or

theme.

14. Make texture rubbings and sort them into related groups.

15. Use construction paper, yarn, cloth, paper, and other

suitable materials in the creation of a puppet.

16. Use cloth, fibers, and other suitable materials in the

creation of appliquÇ banners and stitchery.

17. Use paper, fibers, and other suitable material for a weaving.

18. Review the procedures and print a pattern or image from found

objects.

19. Develop social skills and Christian character as they work

with others.

Art Criticism and Analysis

20. Recognize and describe the expressive use of line, shape, and

color in selected works of art.

21. Recognize and discuss the similarities and differences

between given sets of works of art.

22. Interpret through dramatization a selected work of art.

Aesthetics

23. Profess a Christian viewpoint in the interpretation and

discussion of selected works of art.

24. Discuss Christian values in relationship to selected works of

art.

25. Discuss reasons for making and displaying artwork.

MUSIC

By the end of grade 2, students will be able to:

Singing

1. Sing a variety of good-quality songs in tune from Western and

non-Western traditions (folk songs, hymns, ethnic music, sections

of the liturgy). Vocal range can now go from middle C up to E a

tenth higher.

2. Sing songs of various speeds while still keeping the beat

steady.

3. Sing complete phrases with one breath (based on continued good

posture, easy breathing, and vocal freedom without physical

tension).

4. Sing a major scale on sol-fa syllables

(do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do) or scale step numbers

(1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8).

5. Perform unison songs with and without instrumental

accompaniment.

6. Sing ostinatos (short repeated note patterns) to harmonize a

song (e.g., half notes on middle C and the G above as a repeated

background to "Row, Row, Row, Your Boat").

7. Begin singing rounds, echo songs, and partner songs.

8. Begin singing two-part harmony by following sol-fa hand

signals (Kodaly) or scale step numbers from the teacher.

Playing (Instruments)

9. Play two-handed parts on Orff-type instruments, being able to

cross one hand over the other to play a repeated pattern (only

the pitches to be played are inserted onto the instrument).

10. Echo clap and play quarter notes, half notes, dotted half

notes, whole notes, and eighth notes in rhythmic patterns on Orff

and rhythm instruments.

Moving

11. Continue to do actions to music, but more rhythmically than

in first grade.

12. Pat-clap 2/4 meter, Pat-clap-clap 3/4 meter,

Pat-clap-Pat-snap 4/4 meter.

13. Step to 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meters.

14. Participate in organized circle dances as well as free

movement to music.

Listening

15. Hear music in major and minor keys.

16. Hear woodwind, brass, string, and percussion instruments

alone and in combination, then discuss and identify instruments.

17. Hear short pieces of quality art music from Western and

non-Western traditions.

Improvising

18. Make up short rhythmic patterns for classmates to echo clap.

19. Improvise accompaniments for pentatonic songs (those with

only five notes) using Orff-type instruments (removing all notes

that are not in the pentatonic song being sung) or using just the

black notes on a keyboard.

Reading

20. Identify melodic direction (up or down in pitch) and relate

it to notes moving up and down on a staff.

21. Identify and know the relationships between eighth notes,

quarter notes, quarter rests, half notes, half rests, dotted half

notes, whole notes, and whole rests. (Add note heads to stick

notation this year!)

22. Begin to sing from a single melodic line with one line of

words beneath it.

Composing

23. Experiment with writing ostinato rhythmic, melodic, and/or

word patterns.

Comparing

24. Note AB and ABA patterns in music, relating those patterns to

art works and nature.

25. Distinguish between melody and harmony, beat, and rhythm.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

By the end of grade 2, students will be able to:

Acquire Movement Concepts

1. Travel in a backward direction with control.

2. Adapt to rhythmic beats/patterns.

3. Create movement sequences.

4. Move with control and purpose.

Acquire Fundamental Movement Patterns and Skills

5. Roll in a forward direction while maintaining a tuck position.

6. Create a variety of shapes while balancing on different bases.

7. Form different bases of support.

8. Land with control from rolls and inverted balances.

9. Use mature form components while hopping and skipping.

10. Repeatedly jump a self-turned rope.

11. Perform chasing, fleeing, and dodging activities.

12. Jump and land, using both one- and two-foot take-offs.

13. Use different foot surfaces to control a rolling ball.

14. Catch a tossed ball using the hands.

15. Dribble a ball with control using preferred hand.

16. Strike an object toward a target using different body parts.

17. Continuously strike a ball with a paddle.

18. Use side orientation and arm/leg opposition while throwing

overhand.

Acquire Fitness Skills and Behaviors

19. Demonstrate balance and safety practices.

20. Participate in vigorous physical activity over a sustained

period of time.

21. Manage their own body weight while hanging and climbing.

22. Move each joint through a full range of movement.

Acquire Cognitive Elements Related to Movement Experiences

23. Recognize similar movement concepts in a variety of skills.

24. Identify appropriate behavior for participation.

25. Identify general changes in the body during physical

activity.

26. State reasons for safe and controlled movement.

27. State the benefits of cooperation and sharing.

Demonstrate Responsible Attitudes and Behaviors

28. Accept the feelings resulting from physical activities.

29. Be considerate of others.