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In Grade Two, students will. . . RELIGION:THE CATHOLIC FAITH· Proclaim the goodness of God · Know that God loves us and cares for us · Know that all people and creation deserve respect · Develop a loving relationship with God · Relate life experiences to the Good News · Know that we are responsible for our choices and the consequences · Define sin as a selfish and unloving choice · Understand that our conscience helps us to know right from wrong · Know what a Sacrament is and be able to name the seven Sacraments · Understand the essentials of the Sacrament of Reconciliation · Recite an Act of Contrition · Know that bread and wine at Mass becomes the Body and Blood of Jesus · Prepare to receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist for the first time · Know that the Bible is the word of God speaking to us today · Learn that Mary is the Mother of Jesus and our Mother too Text: Christ Our Life: God Cares for Us (Loyola Press)
LANGUAGE ARTSReading· Silent and oral reading with emphasis on phonics, word attack, context clues and sight words. · Learn to recognize important details and sequence events in a story · Predicting outcomes · Drawing conclusions · Decoding skills · Comprehension · Topic, main idea, details · Time sequence · Cause and effect · Predict outcome · Fact and opinion · Character, setting, plot · Elements of grammar Listening and Speaking· Develop listening and speaking skills · Variety of listening experiences are presented: literature, folk tales, children’s books Text: (Scott Foresman) Grammar· Learn to use capitalization and punctuation correctly · Learn parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and how to use them · Learn to write simple compositions Writing: · Pre-writing, brain storming · Revising, proofreading · Final Draft · Narrative, descriptive, persuasive paragraphs · Parts of a letter Text: (Houghton Mifflin) Phonics· Consonant and vowel sounds, blends, digraphs, diphthongs · Prefixes, suffixes, plurals · Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms Text: (Modern Curriculum Press) MATH· Know addition and subtraction facts through 18 · Learn place value of ones, tens, hundreds · Telling time to 5 minute intervals · Counting money · Naming fractional parts · Learn to read, interpret and make tables and graphs · Place value to 1,000 · Two and three digit addition and subtraction with regrouping · Learn problem solving strategies · Building number sense: Place value and counting Text: (Silver Burdett Ginn)
SCIENCE· Plants: parts and cycles · What plants need to grow · How organisms live together · Groups of organisms · Different habitats in which animals live · Properties of matter and how it can change · Describe source, movement, and measurement of heat and how heat can change · Learn about seasonal and weather changes Text: (Scott Foresman)
SOCIAL STUDIES· Learn to read maps and globes, to interpret basic symbols and to tell direction · Learn about tradition, celebrations, history, and transportation · Learn about different communities Text: (Silver Burdett Ginn) ART· Develop visual awareness through concepts of line, shape · Identify secondary colors · Regular and irregular pattern · Asymmetrical forms are introduced · Guidelines for letters, balanced designs, simple clay work
MUSIC· Sing by rote with awareness of notes · Creatively use simple forms · Explore rhythm · Move to music · Appreciation of various styles of music
PHYSICAL EDUCATION· Primary emphasis is on the motor development of each student · Locomotor activities include movement, · Rhythmic activities, · Simple games · Relays, stunts · Conditioning exercises
TECHNOLOGY BENCHMARKS· Use input devices: Mouse, Keyboard · Use output devices: Monitor, Printer · Use appropriate terminology · Use Home Hand row position · Introduce use of proper fingers · Type Text, choose Graphic, then Edit and Print
St. Anthony School Curriculum Guide Developed, 2003 |