A Look at…

A Look at...

Second Grade

in California Public Schools

and the Common Core State Standards

CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES DIVISION

INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING SUPPORT BRANCH

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

October 2011 Edition

Contents

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Second-Grade Curriculum................................................................................................................................ 2.1

English Language Arts ...................................................................................................................................... 2.2

Overview.......................................................................................................................................................... 2.2

What Second-Grade Students Should Know ................................................................................................... 2.2

What Students Learn in Second Grade ............................................................................................................ 2.3

Reading ........................................................................................................................................................ 2.3

Writing ......................................................................................................................................................... 2.5

Speaking and Listening ................................................................................................................................ 2.5

Language ...................................................................................................................................................... 2.6

Extra Support for Struggling Readers.............................................................................................................. 2.6

Support for English Learners ........................................................................................................................... 2.7

The Standards................................................................................................................................................. 2.12

Mathematics ..................................................................................................................................................... 2.18

Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 2.18

What Second-Grade Students Should Know ................................................................................................. 2.18

What Students Learn in Second Grade .......................................................................................................... 2.19

Operations and Algebraic Thinking ........................................................................................................... 2.19

Number and Operations in Base Ten ......................................................................................................... 2.19

Measurement and Data .............................................................................................................................. 2.20

Geometry.................................................................................................................................................... 2.20

Support for English Learners ......................................................................................................................... 2.20

Transition to the Common Core State Standards........................................................................................... 2.21

The Standards................................................................................................................................................. 2.25

CCSS Domains .......................................................................................................................................... 2.29

History?Social Science..................................................................................................................................... 2.30

Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 2.30

What Second-Grade Students Should Know ................................................................................................. 2.30

What Students Learn in Second Grade .......................................................................................................... 2.30

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Families Today and in the Past .................................................................................................................. 2.30

Geography and Mapping Skills: People, Places, and Environments ......................................................... 2.31

Government Institutions and Practices ...................................................................................................... 2.31

Economics: People Who Supply Our Goods and Services........................................................................ 2.31

Biographies: People Who Made a Difference............................................................................................ 2.32

The Education and the Environment Initiative .............................................................................................. 2.32

Support for English Learners ......................................................................................................................... 2.33

The Standards................................................................................................................................................. 2.34

Science ............................................................................................................................................................... 2.37

Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 2.37

What Second-Grade Students Should Know ................................................................................................. 2.37

What Students Learn in Second Grade .......................................................................................................... 2.38

Physical Sciences ....................................................................................................................................... 2.38

Life Sciences .............................................................................................................................................. 2.38

Earth Sciences ............................................................................................................................................ 2.39

Investigation and Experimentation ............................................................................................................ 2.39

The Education and the Environment Initiative .............................................................................................. 2.39

Science Across the Content Areas ................................................................................................................. 2.41

Support for English Learners ......................................................................................................................... 2.41

The Standards................................................................................................................................................. 2.42

Visual and Performing Arts ............................................................................................................................ 2.44

Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 2.44

What Second-Grade Students Should Know ................................................................................................. 2.44

What Students Learn in Second Grade .......................................................................................................... 2.44

Dance ......................................................................................................................................................... 2.44

Music.......................................................................................................................................................... 2.44

Theatre ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.45

Visual Arts ................................................................................................................................................. 2.45

The Standards................................................................................................................................................. 2.45

Key Content Standards .............................................................................................................................. 2.45

Health ................................................................................................................................................................ 2.52

Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 2.52

What Second-Grade Students Should Know ................................................................................................. 2.52

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What Students Learn in Second Grade .......................................................................................................... 2.53

Nutrition and Physical Activity ................................................................................................................. 2.53

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs .......................................................................................................... 2.53

Mental, Emotional, and Social Health ....................................................................................................... 2.54

Support for English Learners ......................................................................................................................... 2.54

The Standards................................................................................................................................................. 2.55

Physical Education........................................................................................................................................... 2.60

Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 2.60

What Second-Grade Students Should Know ................................................................................................. 2.60

What Students Learn in Second Grade .......................................................................................................... 2.60

Overarching Standard 1: Students demonstrate the motor skills and movement patterns needed to

perform a variety of physical activities...................................................................................................... 2.61

Overarching Standard 2: Students demonstrate knowledge of movement concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the learning and performance of physical activities. ............................................ 2.61

Overarching Standard 3: Students assess and maintain a level of physical fitness to improve health and performance. .............................................................................................................................................. 2.61

Overarching Standard 4: Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance. .......................................................................................... 2.62

Overarching Standard 5: Students demonstrate and utilize knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the learning and performance of physical activity. ...... 2.62

Support for English Learners ......................................................................................................................... 2.62

Support for Students with Special Needs....................................................................................................... 2.63

The Standards................................................................................................................................................. 2.63

World Languages ............................................................................................................................................. 2.68

Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 2.68

What Second-Grade Students Should Know ................................................................................................. 2.68

What Students Learn in Second Grade .......................................................................................................... 2.68

Organization of the Standards........................................................................................................................ 2.69

Content ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.69

Communication .......................................................................................................................................... 2.69

Cultures ...................................................................................................................................................... 2.69

Structures ................................................................................................................................................... 2.70

Settings....................................................................................................................................................... 2.70

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Stages of Proficiency ..................................................................................................................................... 2.70

The Standards................................................................................................................................................. 2.71

School Library.................................................................................................................................................. 2.73

Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 2.73

What Second-Grade Students Should Know ................................................................................................. 2.73

What Students Learn in Second Grade .......................................................................................................... 2.73

The Standards................................................................................................................................................. 2.75

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