Unified Catholic Schools

Second Grade Curriculum Overview

Religion
St. Peter Catholic School follows Faith First/Legacy Edition and Resources for Christian Living to prepare our students for First Reconciliation and Eucharist. These resources are the foundation for our religious instruction, supplemented by numerous other resources. Our students attend and participate in the celebration of Mass and Chapel instruction once a week.

Sacred Scripture
• Listen to and retell Bible narratives
• Identify the readings at Mass as Sacred Scripture
• Identify the two main sections of the Bible and respect the Bible as the
• Word of God

Church History
• Introduction to the Saints

Doctrine
• Introduction to the Ten Commandments and Seven Sacraments
• The church community
• The Holy Trinity
• Parts of the Mass
• Participate in seasonal liturgical activities
• Introduction to the rosary
• Preparation for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist
• Daily Prayer
• Community Service

Math
Everday Mathematics/2007 Wright Group/McGraw Hill

•Addition and subtraction
• Place Value
• Money
• Fractions
• Estimation
• Measurement
• Probability, Statistics and Data Analysis
• Basic properties of geometric shapes and terms
• Patterns, functions, and algebra
• Mathematic reasoning and problem solving
• Introduction to multiplication and division
• Explorations

Language Arts

St. Peter Catholic School implements the Scott Foresman Reading Street series. Each unit is based on a theme with integrated lessons connecting to science, social studies and math standards. In grades 1-3, the literature selections offered are 50/50 fiction and non-fiction.

Reading
• Reads fluently
• Integrate cueing systems
• Builds vocabulary
• Comprehension skills and strategies
• Independent reading
• Summarize text
• Makes connections: text to self, text to text, text to world
• Identifies story elements
• Identifies genre

Phonics
• Consonants
• Consonant blends and dipthongs
• Vowel digraphs
• Contractions
• Compound words
• Suffixes and prefixes
• Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms

Writing
• Able to write a complete sentence using capital letters, correct grammar, and punctuation.
• Introduced to writing simple stories
• Introduced to writing various forms of poetry.
• Respond to writing prompts.
• Finds the main idea and writes about it.
• Writes details about the main idea.
• Handwriting – D’Nealian

Grammar
• Identify and use nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and pronouns in sentences.
• Use correct punctuation and capitalization.
• Spell second grade words in context.

Science

Scott-Foresman Science; 2006 Pearson Education, Inc.
Cross-curricular links, differentiated instruction options and technology links enhance this science curriculum. Students experience many opportunities to explore science, including science labs.

Life Science
• Plants and animals
• Food chains
• Living and non-living things
• Human Anatomy
• Developing observation skills

Earth Science
• Earth’s land, air and water
• Weather and seasons
• Pollution and recycling
• Solar system
• Space and stars
• Fossils and dinosaurs

Physical Science
• Properties of matter
• Energy
• Forces and motion; magnetism
• Sound
• Simple machines

Nature of Science
• Observing/questioning
• Prediction/experimenting
• Record keeping
• Collecting data/using correct instruments to collect data/graphing
• Measurement
• Natural resources/man-made resources
• Technology and modern life
• Scientific vocabulary
• Science Labs

Social Studies

Geography
• Use globes and flat maps
• Cardinal directions
• Identify northern and southern hemispheres
• Use the map key
• Identify the map scale and its use
• Use simple graphs to describe characteristics of regions

Economics
• Identify that jobs provide income for families
• Identify wants and needs
• Give examples of consumers and producers
• Examples of natural and human resources
• Identify ways to reduce, reuse and recycle

Civics
• Traditions and contributions of different cultures that shaped the U.S.
• Identify ways individuals make a difference in a community
• Define citizenship
• List some freedoms of American citizens
• Identify rules that help people live and work in a society
• List characteristics of a good leader
• Identify nation and community leaders
• Introduce the concept of voting
• Identify the difference between national, state, and local government

History
• Identify characteristics and features of a community
• Identify personal family history and their cultures
• Compare present neighborhoods with those from an earlier time
• Identify Native Americans as the first inhabitants of the Americas

Social, Cultural, Religious, World Perspectives
• Name cultural groups that are part of the local community
• Recognize uniqueness of individuals within a culture
• Characteristics of various cultures
• Shared Catholic values with parishes with strong ethnic cultures