SECOND GRADE EXPECTATIONS
GRADING PERIOD______
A=ADVANCED, P=PROFICIENT, PP=PARTIALLY PROFICIENT, U=UNSATISFACTORY, NA=NOT ASSESSED
ACADEMIC/PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Respects school rules/takes care of school property
Respects authority
Accepts correction and suggestions
Displays self-confidence
Displays self-control
Listens while others speak
Follows oral and written directions
Works independently/stays on task
Works cooperatively with peers
Works carefully and neatly
Keeps work area neat
Returns work, books, and materials promptly
Participates in group discussions
Willing to take academic risks
READING:
Phonemic Awareness:
Recognizes the same sound in different words
Deletes, substitutes, and adds sounds
Recognizes and builds rhyme
Phonics:
Short vowels
Long vowels
R-controlled vowels
Vowel diagraphs
Schwa sound
Consonant diagraphs
Blends
Soft c/g
Silent letter combinations
Inflected endings
Fluency:
Reads slowly/rapidly
Reads at grade level: INDEPENDENT, INSTRUCTIONAL, FRUSTRATIONAL
Accelerated Reading level____
Listens attentively during read aloud
Engages in reading without being told
Vocabulary:
Learns suggested high frequency words
Learns selection vocabulary
Knows base word and ending rules
Reads and builds compound words
Reads and uses suffixes
Reads and uses prefixes
Uses plurals (s, es)
Comprehension:
Uses context clues to gain meaning from text
Uses prior knowledge to gain meaning from text
Uses prediction strategies
Uses table of contents, glossary, dictionary, index, encyclopedia
Skims to locate information
Reads graphs, charts, and maps
Gains meaning from a variety of print
Sequences reading selections
Draws conclusions
Understands cause and effect
Distinguishes between realistic and fantasy
Summarizes a reading selection
States the main idea of a reading selection
Distinguishes between fact and opinion
Understands story elements (setting, plot, character, problem-solution)
WRITING AND SPEAKING:
Writes a well developed plan
Writes for a purpose
Masters weekly spelling list
Attempts to use accurate spelling in the writing process
Applies rules for capitalization, punctuation, and grammar
Produces neat legible work
Writes with detail
Uses complete sentences and organizes thoughts during the writing process
Gathers and organizes information for both oral and written reports
Records observations
Writes a topic
Writes a conclusion
Writes several examples that support the topic
Writes with detail
Uses descriptive words
MATH:
Number Sense and Operations:
Recognizes numerals 1 to 1000
Reads and writes numbers 1 to 1000
Reads and writes number words from 0 to 100
Identifies and groups place values of ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands
Orders numbers according to place values
Identifies coins of value up to one dollar
Combines coins to create equivalent values up to one dollar
Uses symbols (=, <,>) to demonstrate equalities and inequalities with whole numbers from 0 to 1000
Counts by ones, twos, fives, and tens
Counts from 1 to 1,000 by 100,s
Adds and subtracts whole numbers without renaming
Adds and subtracts whole numbers with renaming
Rounds number to the nearest ten
Uses ordinal numbers
Estimates a reasonable quantity
Patterns:
Describes verbally patterns
Creates and extends patterns using symbols, such as words and numbers
Finds missing elements of a repeating pattern
Interprets and builds graphs, charts, and tables
Data Collection:
Designs a survey and collects data
Gathers, explains, and builds by using tallies, bar graphs, and pictographs
Fractions, Geometry, Probability:
Identifies fractional parts of a set through tenths
Identifies angles
Identifies and compares solid shapes
Describes the attributes of a circle, triangle, square, and rectangle
Time and Measurement:
Measures the lengths of the sides of triangles, squares, and rectangles to the nearest half inch and centimeter
Measures the perimeter of a triangle, square, and rectangle using a non-standard and standard units
Explores symmetry
Tells time to the nearest fifteen minutes
Uses AM and PM
Measures to the nearest half inch, foot, yard, centimeter and meter
Measures the capacity of a container in cups, pints, quarts, and gallons
Weighs an object using a non-standard unit to the nearest pound
Measures temperature
Knows the numbers of hours in a day, months in a year, inches in a foot, feet in a yard, and cups in a pint
SCIENCE:
Physical:
Recognizes that energy can effect common objects
Makes observations associated with sound using the appropriate terms
Life:
Recognizes that plants grow from seeds and have similar parts and needs
Earth:
Describes different types and uses of Earth’s materials
Recognizes that fossils are evidence of a past life
Describes examples of extinct organisms
SOCIAL STUDIES:
History:
Understand between past, present and future
Create a timeline
Describe various holidays and celebrations in different cultures
Recognize that families have different traditions
Geography: Makes and uses maps Answers questions using a map
Uses cardinal directions
Identifies United States on a globe or world map
Identifies our state on a map
Civics:
Distinguishes between an elected and an appointed position
Understands that laws must be obeyed
Describes the significant functions of government
Describes the rights and responsibilities of American citizens
Recognizes goods and services
