Curriculum Guides Checklist - Seventh-day Adventist Church



Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

LANGUAGE ARTS (Viewing) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|Use picture clues to predict content | | |

|Explain personal thoughts and feelings after viewing visual media | | |

|Distinguish characteristics between: | | |

|fantasy and reality | | |

|good and evil | | |

|right and wrong | | |

|Ask and respond to questions as a means to understanding content when | | |

|viewing written and/or visual media | | |

|State the main idea or message in visual media | | |

|Gather and sequence events from visual media selections | | |

|Use visual media as a means to witness and serve | | |

|Recognize that God’s ideal for quality viewing is and important factor of| | |

|developing Christian character | | |

LANGUAGE ARTS (Listening) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|Maintain Eye contact | | |

|Use appropriate posture facing the speaker | | |

|Avoid distracting or interrupting others, including the speaker, or being| | |

|distracted by others | | |

|Provide immediate feedback; e.g., nod, applaud, laugh, etc. | | |

|Ask and answer relevant question briefly and politely | | |

|Determine purpose for listening | | |

|Contribute to group/class discussions | | |

|Listen and respond appropriately in various situations; e.g. formal | | |

|conversations, presentations, group learning activities, media | | |

|presentations, drama, directions, and messages | | |

|Listen to Bible stories and God’s Word with reverence | | |

LANGUAGE ARTS (Visually Representing) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|Create visual media to connect information with personal experiences: | | |

|drama | | |

|charts | | |

|illustrations | | |

|videos | | |

|photographs | | |

|tables | | |

|Create visual media to demonstrate understanding | | |

|Produce visual media to differentiate real and imaginary information; | | |

|e.g. t-chart | | |

|Create visual media to promote the spreading of the gospel | | |

Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

LANGUAGE ARTS (Reading) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|PHONICS: | | |

|Expand phonics elements; e.g. letter sound correspondences, spelling | | |

|patterns, syllables, and meaningful word parts | | |

|Apply phonics elements in reading and writing; e.g. identify and decode | | |

|simple prefixes and suffixes | | |

|FLUENCY: | | |

|Recognize sight words | | |

|Decode words in isolation and in connected text | | |

|Increase speed of reading while maintaining accuracy | | |

|Read aloud in a way that communicates meaning | | |

|Communicate effectively through the avenues of reading, writing, | | |

|listening, speaking, and non-verbal language | | |

|Read silently for pleasure | | |

|VOCABULARY: | | |

|Apply a variety of strategies to learn word meanings | | |

|Make connections between words and concepts | | |

|COMPREHENSION: | | |

|Communicate with others about what is read | | |

|Use comprehension strategies to improve comprehension: | | |

|instinctively read top to bottom, left to right, front to back | | |

|identify and explain problems and solutions | | |

|Recognize story elements: | | |

|plot | | |

|setting | | |

|characters | | |

|Apply a Christ-centered perspective as a basis of literary studies | | |

LANGUAGE ARTS (Speaking) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|Apply rules for conversation: | | |

|use correct vocabulary or speech | | |

|take turns | | |

|raise hand to speak | | |

|focus attention on speaker | | |

|behave with Christian courtesy | | |

|Use different voice level, phrasing, and intonation for different | | |

|situations: | | |

|informal discussion | | |

|class discussion | | |

|reports to the class | | |

|language used at home | | |

|language used in school | | |

|Convey clear and focused main idea with supporting details appropriate to| | |

|audience and purpose | | |

|Ask questions to clarify information | | |

|Communicate effectively, applying a Christ-centered perspective in all | | |

|forms of personal expression | | |

Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

LANGUAGE ARTS (Writing) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|WRITING | | |

|Practice the writing process: | | |

|prewriting | | |

|drafting | | |

|revising | | |

|editing | | |

|publishing | | |

|Write for various purposes to: | | |

|share | | |

|inform | | |

|explain | | |

|invite | | |

|Begin using characteristics of good writing: | | |

|ideas and content | | |

|organization | | |

|voice | | |

|word choice | | |

|sentence fluency | | |

|conventions | | |

|Use visual media when appropriate to convey an idea | | |

|Generate friendly and thank-you letters, descriptions, narratives, | | |

|reports and rhymes | | |

|Use a variety of descriptive words in writing activities | | |

|Write complete sentences with correct sentence structure | | |

|Develop paragraphs with one topic and at least four supporting details | | |

|Identify and organize related information connecting information from | | |

|different subjects | | |

|Evaluate one’s own and other’s writing | | |

|Identify and write sentences that are declarative, interrogative, | | |

|imperative and exclamatory | | |

|Write from a Christ-centered perspective | | |

|CAPITALIZATION | | |

|Capitalize proper nouns, months, days of the week, titles, and initials | | |

|PUNCTUATION | | |

|Write basic rules of punctuation correctly: | | |

|commas in dates | | |

|items in a series | | |

|greeting and closing of a letter | | |

|Use quotation marks to show conversation | | |

|USAGE | | |

|Use standard English | | |

|Understand word and sentence order | | |

|Use correct verb tenses | | |

|HANDWRITING | | |

|Use correct margins | | |

|Form letters and words so they can be easily read | | |

|Leave proper spacing between words, sentences and paragraphs | | |

|SPELLING | | |

|Transition from invented to conventional spelling | | |

|Correctly spell high-frequency sight words | | |

|Use phonetic patterns and spelling rules | | |

Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

MATH Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|Number and Operations | | |

|Count and understand numbers with 3 digits | | |

|Skip count by two, e.g. 23, 25, 27 | | |

|Understand and use ordinals 1-20 | | |

|Understand even and odd numbers | | |

|Understand place value of hundreds, tens, one | | |

|Given a math fact, construct the other three in the fact family | | |

|Know addition and subtraction facts through 20 by recall | | |

|Add and subtract 2 digit numbers with renaming | | |

|Add and subtract 3 digit numbers with no renaming | | |

|Add a series of three numbers | | |

|Using a number line, explain rounding to nearest ten | | |

|Write, add, and subtract money using appropriate symbols | | |

|Understand situations that entail multiplication and division, i.e. equal| | |

|groupings of objects and sharing equally | | |

|ALGEBRA | | |

|Use patterns to make generalizations and predictions | | |

|Analyze patterns in tables and graphs | | |

|Describe qualitative and quantitative changes involving addition and | | |

|subtraction | | |

|Understand equivalence concepts using symbols, such as 5 + 3 = 8 and 8 = | | |

|5 + 3 or | | |

|GEOMETRY | | |

|Investigate and predict the results of assembling and disassembling 2- | | |

|and 3-dimentional shapes | | |

|Find locations using simple coordinates | | |

|Recognize prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones | | |

|Relate ideas in geometry to number and measurement | | |

|MEASUREMENT | | |

|Select and use appropriate measuring tools | | |

|Select and use appropriate units of measurement | | |

|Use different units to measure the same thing | | |

|Use nonstandard units to compare weight of real objects and capacity of | | |

|real containers | | |

|Estimate the weight of an object | | |

|Apply and use measurements in problems and “real life” situations, e.g. | | |

|gathering data for mi/km- odometer and map reading | | |

|Tell time to the nearest minute (digital), and the nearest 5 minutes | | |

|(analog) | | |

|Use and compare A.M. and P.M. time designations | | |

|Count coins and dollars to $5.00 | | |

|Determine correct change to $1.00 by counting | | |

|Estimate to the nearest dollar | | |

|Demonstrate the “real world” practice of spending money to the penny | | |

|Use correct symbols in writing money amounts | | |

|Understand one hour of elapsed time | | |

|Identify days and dates on a calendar | | |

|Understand one week before and after a certain date on a calendar | | |

|DATA ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY | | |

|Construct and interpret data using a simple bar graph | | |

|Interpret data as represented in a simple table or chart | | |

|Make predictions and test validity | | |

|Do a probability study with 50/50 chance | | |

Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

SCIENCE (Biological Science) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|ANIMALS | | |

|Amphibians: | | |

|Identify the characteristics of amphibians | | |

|Explain how amphibians adapt to the environment | | |

|Birds: | | |

|Identify the characteristics of birds | | |

|Identify common birds | | |

|Describe the migratory habits of birds | | |

|Explain how birds adapt to the environment | | |

|Insects/Arthropods: | | |

|Identify characteristics of insects | | |

|Identify common insects | | |

|Explain how insects adapt to the environment | | |

|Identify stages in the life cycle of an insect | | |

|Distinguish between moths and butterflies | | |

|Mammals: | | |

|Identify the characteristics of mammals | | |

|Explain how mammals adapt to the environment | | |

|Describe how humans adapt to the environment | | |

|Describe the migratory habits of mammals | | |

|Reptiles: | | |

|Identify the characteristics of reptiles | | |

|Explain how reptiles adapt to the environment | | |

|CAREER EDUCATION | | |

|Careers: | | |

|List biological careers | | |

|Provide opportunity for exposure to careers in a biological science | | |

|ECOLOGY | | |

|Environmental Issues: | | |

|Understand personal responsibility for wise use of natural resource | | |

|Explain responsible methods for decreasing pollution | | |

|Natural Resources: | | |

|Identify resources found in mountains | | |

|Identify plants and animals that live in mountain | | |

|Identify resources found in oceans | | |

|Identify plants and animals in oceans | | |

|Identify resources found in plains | | |

|Identify plants and animals that inhabit plains | | |

|Explain the importance of the rich soil found in the plains | | |

|Identify resources found in deserts | | |

|Identify plants and animals that inhabit deserts | | |

|Describe adaptations of plants and animals in deserts | | |

|HUMAN BODY | | |

|Body Organization: | | |

|Recognize the organization of the body’s systems and organs | | |

|PLANTS | | |

|Classification: Identify common plants | | |

|Resources: Explain how plants adapt to the environment | | |

Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

SCIENCE (Earth/Space Science) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|CAREER EDUCATION | | |

|Careers: | | |

|List earth and space careers | | |

|Provide opportunities for exposure to careers in earth and space science | | |

|GEOLOGY | | |

|Dinosaurs: | | |

|Identify examples of common dinosaurs | | |

|Understand dinosaurs varied in size | | |

|Earth’s Structure: | | |

|Understand God created a perfect Earth for human habitation | | |

|Describe the surface features of the Earth | | |

|Define mountain | | |

|Define ocean | | |

|Define plain | | |

|Define desert | | |

|Define oasis | | |

|Define island | | |

|Fossils: | | |

|Understand fossils as the remains or evidence of living organisms that | | |

|once lived on Earth | | |

|Explain a creationists interpretation of fossils | | |

|METEOROLOGY | | |

|Climate: | | |

|Explain how mountains affect climate | | |

|Explain how oceans and large bodies of water affect climate | | |

|Explain how plains affect climate | | |

Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

SCIENCE (Health Science) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|CAREER EDUCATION | | |

|Careers: | | |

|List health careers | | |

|Provide opportunity for exposure to careers in health science | | |

|CONSUMER HEALTH | | |

|Health Care: | | |

|Explain ways medical personnel help us maintain good health | | |

|Identify people who help us maintain good health | | |

|DISEASES/DISORDERS | | |

|Infectious/Noninfectious Disease: | | |

|Define disease | | |

|Describe how the body fights disease | | |

|Understand the relationship of good health habits to disease prevention | | |

|DRUGS | | |

|Drugs: | | |

|Define drug | | |

|Define drug abuse | | |

|Describe the effects of abusing drugs | | |

|Drug effects: | | |

|Describe the effects of alcohol | | |

|Describe the effects of nicotine | | |

|Inhalants: | | |

|Define inhalants | | |

|Describe the effects of inhalants on the body | | |

|Medicines: | | |

|Understand the value of medicines | | |

|Identify where to find the telephone number for the poison control center| | |

|FAMILY/SOCIAL HEALTH | | |

|Relationships: | | |

|Recognize the uniqueness of each person | | |

|Understand the importance of treating others with respect | | |

|HEALTH PRINCIPLES | | |

|Natural Laws: | | |

|Identify the benefits of good health | | |

|Explain the importance of exercise to health | | |

|Explain the importance of rest to health | | |

|MENTAL/EMOTIONAL | | |

|Decision Making: | | |

|Describe the decision making process | | |

|Explain how one uses the power of reason | | |

|Understand the importance of making appropriate decisions | | |

|Define values | | |

|Identify important personal values | | |

|Emotions: | | |

|Define emotion | | |

|Identify appropriate ways of controlling emotions | | |

|Understand that God makes provision for our emotional needs | | |

|Self-Concept: | | |

|Recognize one’s significance as a unique individual | | |

|Understand that God’s love is unconditional | | |

|NUTRITION | | |

|Food Pyramid: | | |

|Recall the food pyramid as a guide for choosing a balanced diet | | |

|Recall principles of vegetarianism | | |

|SAFTEY/FIRST AID | | |

|Accidents: | | |

|Understand that medicines should not be taken without adult supervision | | |

|Identify common hazards at home | | |

|Public Safety: | | |

|Recall rules for school safety | | |

|Recall rules for motor vehicle safety | | |

|Recall rules for pedestrian safety | | |

|Recreational Safety: | | |

|Identify rules for safety in and around water | | |

|Identify safe camping practices | | |

|Identify rules for safe hiking | | |

|Demonstrate safe practices when riding a bicycle | | |

Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

SCIENCE (Physical Science) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|CAREER EDUCATION | | |

|Careers: | | |

|List physical science careers | | |

|Provide opportunity for exposure to careers in the physical sciences | | |

|CHEMISTRY | | |

|Matter: | | |

|Understand that matter exists in three forms | | |

|Identify the characteristics of the states of matter | | |

|Understand that matter can change form | | |

|ENERGY WAVES | | |

|Heat: | | |

|Define heat | | |

|Describe how heat affects matter | | |

|Describe how heat is conducted | | |

|Explain how heat is essential to everyday life | | |

SCIENCE (Method/Processes) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|MANIPULATION SKILLS | | |

|Classification: Develop skills for organizing scientific data | | |

|Communication: Develop skills for sharing scientific information | | |

|Conclusions: Develop skills for reaching explanations from scientific | | |

|experiences | | |

|Experimentation: Develop skills for investigating and testing hypothesis| | |

|Hypothesizing: Develop skills based upon observation and inferences | | |

|Lab Safety: Develop skills for practicing safe behavior in the science | | |

|lab | | |

|Measurement: Develop skills for measuring a variety of quantities in | | |

|science | | |

|Observation: Develop skills for observing objects and events in science | | |

|Organization: Develop skills for organizing scientific data | | |

|Prediction: Develop skills for predicting the outcomes of | | |

|experimentation | | |

|Processing Data: Develop skills for collecting and displaying scientific| | |

|data | | |

Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

INTEGRATED (Spiritual Values/Attitudes) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|GOD | | |

|Creator: Accept God as the creator of the universe | | |

|Eternity: Understand God’s gift to us is eternal life | | |

|Knowledge: Accept God as the source of all knowledge and wisdom | | |

|Revelation: Value God’s created works as a source of His revelation | | |

|Sin: Recognize the effects of sin on God’s original plan | | |

|Truth: Have a developing knowledge of God’s word as truth | | |

|NATURE | | |

|Creation: Develop an appreciation of god’s creation | | |

|Design: Value God’s craftsmanship of beauty and harmony | | |

|Environment/Ecology: Assume an active role in preserving and nurturing | | |

|one’s environment | | |

|Natural Laws: Understand the purpose of God’s law and order in the | | |

|universe | | |

|Sin: Understand that sin brought a curse upon nature revealing both good| | |

|and evil | | |

|MANKIND | | |

|Attitudes: Evaluate lifestyle choices based on Biblical principles | | |

|Human Beings: Understand God created us in His image | | |

|Health/Nutrition/Physical Being: Recognize that human existence depends | | |

|on God’s natural laws for health | | |

|Sexuality: Exhibit lifestyle choices consistent with Biblical principles| | |

|Sin: Understand that sin has brought the degeneration of man | | |

|Values: Apply Biblical principles of Christian morality, integrity, and | | |

|ethical behavior to all aspects of life | | |

Curriculum Guides Checklists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Second Grade

INTEGRATED (Thinking Skills) Date(s) Taught/Completed Textbook Pages and Notes

|Analyzing: Develop skills for identifying key elements or relationships | | |

|among elements | | |

|Application: Develop skills for applying scientific information to new | | |

|situations | | |

|Cause and Effect: Develop skills for recognizing the relationship | | |

|between cause and effect | | |

|Compare and Contrast: Develop skills for determining the characteristics| | |

|of items and events | | |

|Evaluation: Develop skills for evaluation scientific data and events | | |

|Follow Directions: Develop skills for following both oral and written | | |

|Problem Solving: Develop skills for using critical thinking to solve | | |

|problems | | |

|Reference Skills: Develop skills for the use of photos, drawings, | | |

|diagrams, charts, and graphs | | |

|Sequencing: Develop skills for ordering items and events | | |

|Synthesis: Develop skills by using deductive reasoning to draw | | |

|conclusion and give explanations based on observation and experimentation| | |

|Vocabulary Development: Develop skills for the understanding and usage | | |

|of scientific words | | |

Created & shared by Juliette Horton, Ruth Murdoch Elementary School Grade 2 Teacher, juliette@andrews.edu 2007

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