Second Grade Curriculum

Science

September – November:

  • Earth Materials

December - February:

  • Forces and Motions

March – June:

  • Plant Diversity

Social Studies

September – October:

  • Our Community’s Geography

November – December:

  • New York City Over Time

January – March:

  • Urban, Suburban, and Rural communities

April – June:

  • Rights, Rules and Responsibilities

Math – Go Math/Engage NY

September - October:

  • Number Concepts

October – November:

  • Numbers to 1,000

November – December:

  • Basic Facts and Relationships

December – January:

  • 2-Digit Addition

January – February:

  • 2-Digit Subtraction

February - March:

  • 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction

March – April:

  • Money and Time

April - May:

  • Length in Customary Units

May – June:

  • Length in Metric Units

ELA – Teachers College

September – October:

  • Reading Growth Spurt
  • Narrative Writing: Revving up writing muscles

October - November:

  • Growing Word Solving Muscles
  • Narrative Writing: Lessons from the Masters: Improve Narrative Craft

November – December:

  • Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction
  • Informative Writing: How to Guide to Nonfiction Writing

January – February:

  • Studying characters and their stories
  • Narrative Writing: Gripping fictional stories

February – March:

  • Bigger Books Mean amping up Reading Power
  • Poetry Writing

April – May:

  • Reading Nonfiction cover to cover: Book Clubs
  • Informative Writing: Lab reports and science books

May – June Reading:

  • Series Book Clubs
  • Opinion Writing about Books