2nd Grade

In second grade,  you learn about art from different countries and cultures from around the world.

Reading Comprehension

The core resource for comprehension instruction is the Lucy Calkins program.  

The Lucy Calkins units of study in Second Grade include:

• Second Grade Reading Growth Spurt
• Becoming Experts
• Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power
• Series Book Clubs

Writing

Written language instruction is based on the Lucy Calkins program.

Units of study in Second Grade include:

• Lessons from the Masters (Narrative)
• Lab Reports and Science Books (Informative)
• Writing About Reading (Opinion)
• Poetry

Phonics

Project Read Phonics Program

Numbers and Operations

• counting to 1,000
• skip counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s to 1,000
• place value concepts (hundreds, tens, and ones)
• comparing 3-digit numbers (less than / greater than / equal)
• adding and subtracting within 1,000
• adding and subtracting whole hundreds 
• adding up to four 2-digit numbers
• word problems

Geometry

• recognize shapes including triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes
• Draw two and three dimensional shapes
• partitioning rectangles and other shapes into halves, quarters, thirds
• parts of a whole

Measurement

• Estimate, measure, and compare lengths 
• use metric and standard units
• telling time to the nearest five minutes
• counting money, making change and money word problems

Data Analysis

• Represent and interpret data
• Read and make line plots, picture graphs, and bar graphs

Elementary general music curriculum in Rose Tree Media begins in first grade and aligns with the Pennsylvania Core Standards for the Arts.  As the students progress in their musicianship, they are given opportunities to create, perform, and respond to music of a variety of styles, genres, and cultures.  Students are introduced to music through singing, dancing, playing classroom instruments with a focus on music literacy and ear training.

Life/Biological Science:

Unit - Insects and Life Cycles

• Understanding how organisms live, grow, respond to their environment, and reproduce.
• Describing life cycles and how each stage is important to life.
• Understanding that living things can survive only where their needs are met. 

Physical Science:

Unit - States of Matter

• Understand that different kinds of matter exist in various states. (PS1.A)
• Describe the properties and characteristics of the different states of matter.
• Observe, describe, and classify matter by properties and uses (e.g., size, shape, weight, solid, liquid, gas).

Topics of study include:

Communities

• What is a Community?
• How are Communities Different?
• What is a Map?
• What is Geography?
• How Do People Use Our Environment?
• How Are Goods Made and Brought To Us?
• Who Provides Services in a Community?
• How Do Communities Change?
• How Do Leaders Help Their Communities?
• What Does a Good Citizen Do?
• Landmarks of Citizenship
• Holidays Around the World (optional)
• Native Americans (optional unit)