2nd Grade:  Overview for August/September 2012

Language

Math

Social Studies

Science

Next Month’s Preview

 

Novel unit: Flat Stanley

Comprehension:           Story Structure Predict/Infer       Predicting Outcomes Fantasy and Realism           

Vocabulary:       Homophones        Synonyms          Multiple Meaning

Grammar:          

Types of Sentences Naming parts of a Sentence

End Punctuation

Sentence Writing           

           Phonics/Spelling:

Root/Base Words

Short Vowels         

 ou and oi

Writing:

Writing Process: beginning, Middle, End

Characters, Problems, and Events

 

 

 

Review computation skills, addition, subtraction

Telling time to the half hour

Even and odd numbers

Counting dimes and nickels

Place value

Bar graphs

Calendar math

Simple fractions

Fact practice

Mental math

Problem solving

Math games and centers

 

 

History:

American Constitution

James Madison

Colonial Life

 

 

 

 

 

Geography:

Basic map skills

Continents

Oceans

 

 

 

 

 

Magnets

and

Magnetism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

War of 1812

Westward Expansion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nutrition and the

Digestive System