Grade 2 Curriculum 2021-2022

2^nd Grade Curriculum is based upon

☺   Common Core State Standards www.corestandards.org

☺   Hawaii Content and Performance Standards

☺   GLOs (General Learner Outcomes)

☺   NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) www.nextgenscience.org

☺   Habits of Mind, Thinking Skills, & Thinking Maps

 

English / Language Arts – based on Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

• Focus on Decoding (MSL-Multi-Sensory Learning), Reading Comprehension, Reader Response, and Fluency in reading in both Literature & Informational texts
• Implement Wonders curriculum

Writing – based on Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS)

Introduction and Practice of

• Letter Writing
• Opinion Writing            
• Narrative Writing
• Informational Writing            
• Punctuation, Spelling, & Grammar (Conventions)

Mathematics – based on Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

• Fluently adding & subtracting within 20 using mental strategies
• Using addition and subtraction strategies within 100
• Counting to 1,000, skip counting by 5s, 10s, & 100s & determining odd or even numbers
• Reading, writing, & determining place value numbers to 1,000
• Using problem solving strategies & solving word problems
• Counting money including dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, & pennies
• Telling time to the nearest five minutes
• Measuring in inches, feet, centimeters, & meters using rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, & measuring tapes
• Describing fractions of halves, thirds, & fourths
• Identifying triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, & cubes
• Collecting data, analyzing, & graphing using picture graphs & bar graphs
• Partitioning rectangles into same-size squares

Science – based on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

• Interactions & Life Cycles of Living Things
• Introduction to the Scientific inquiry (Scientific Method)
• Identifying Environments & Organisms in that environment
• Classifying, Identifying, & Changing physical properties of objects
• Identifying the properties of magnets 

Social Studies – based on Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS)

• School & Classroom Rules
• Current Events
• Families, Neighborhoods & Communities
• Social Skills
• Geography, Maps & Globes                            
• Citizenship
• Economics – Needs & Wants                
• Government Agencies
• Natural, Capital & Human Resources & Conservation
• Constructing Timelines

Music – based on Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS)

• Beat Competency
• Singing with head voice
• Rhythm/Pitch

Health – based on Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS)

• Nutrition & Body Functions                
• Health Support               
• Hygiene, Healthy Habits, & Behaviors      
• Friends & Family Members  
• Stress & How to Manage Stress

Career Education – based on Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS)

• Personal Goal Setting

Technology – based on Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS)

• Keyboarding Skills
• Word Processing Skills
• Exploration of various programs, use of Google Chrome browser

Art – based on Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS)

• Exploration of various art materials and media
• Introduction to art techniques
• Introduction to the elements of art
• Art Appreciation

Physical Education– based on Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS)

• Locomotor Skills (running, jumping, hopping, leaping, sliding, galloping)
• Non-Locomotor Skills (twisting, balancing, pushing, pulling)
• Manipulative Skills (throwing, catching, striking, kicking)

Handwriting

• Neat and legible formation