Second graders in Miss Gutierrez and Mrs. Rudy’s class have homework every day except Friday. The schedule is as follows:

Monday: Check last week’s work. Make corrections. Write spelling words out.

Tuesday: Read Scholastic News. Complete the questions on the back page.

Wednesday: Math work.

Thursday: Practice for Friday’s spelling test.

Please help your child to be responsible and finish his/her homework each day.

Second Grade Expectations and Skills

By the end of second grade, students are expected to be proficient in all of the following skills, which are based on the Colorado State Standards:

Represent (with objects and pictures) whole numbers including odds and evens from 0 to 1000

Apply equalities and inequalities with whole numbers from 0-1000 using the symbols =, >,<, and .

Demonstrate the meanings of fractions, including halves, thirds, fourths, eighths, and tenths of sets and wholes (Use concrete materials to do this)

Combine coins up to $1.00

Read and write whole numbers to 1000 in meaningful contexts

Read and write the number words for zero to one hundred

Group objects by ones, tens, and hundreds

Order according to place value

Write 3-digit numbers in expanded form (ex. 450=400+50+9)

Count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s

Count from 1 to 1000 by 10’s

Use ordinal positions for first through thirty-first

Sequence selected whole numbers from 0 to 1000

Locate and label the halfway point between whole numbers on the number line

Locate and label a point in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane (ex. Locates the point 4,1)

Verify the commutative and associative properties of addition of whole numbers

Verify that subtraction of whole numbers is not commutative

Estimate sums and differences first by rounding to the nearest ten prior to performing the operation, and then using the estimate to determine the reasonableness of the solution

Verbally describe patterns

Create and extend patterns using symbols, such as words and numbers

Find missing elements of a repeating pattern (ex. 1,3,5,__,9,11)

Match tables and graphs of points on a coordinate plane

Verbally describe the relationship between a graph and a table

Using concrete or pictorial patterns, determine how the change in one variable affects the change in another (ex. How changing the number of hands changes the number of fingers)

Design a survey and collect data

Display data using tallies, bar graphs, pictographs, or tables

Interpret and compare data from displays, using the terms "least often", "most often", "how much more", and "how much less"

Generate, analyze, and make predictions based on data obtained from surveys and chance devices

Recognize shapes and their relationships using a variety of materials

Verify congruent figures, symmetry, and lines of symmetry

Identify, describe, draw, compare, classify and build physical models of circles, triangles, quadrilaterals, cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, and pyramids.

Relate geometric ideas to measurement and number sense

Tell time to the nearest 15 minutes, using an analog and digital clock

Use AM and PM

Estimate and measure length of objects to the nearest half-inch, foot, yard, centimeter, and meter

Measure temperatures to the nearest 2 degrees and 10 degrees Fahrenheit

Estimate and measure the capacity of a container in cups, pints, quarts, and gallons

Describe the units for measuring time, length, capacity, weight, and temperature

Know the number of hours in a day, months in a year, inches in a foot, feet in a yard, and cups in a pint

Compare and order objects according to the measurable attributes of length, capacity, weight, and temperature

Compare and order various times

Use paper and pencil and concrete materials to demonstrate and verbally explain addition and subtraction of whole numbers with and without regrouping for 2-digit numbers

Use concrete materials or pictures to demonstrate multiplication (ex. Using an array or group sets of objects)

Use concrete materials or pictures to demonstrate division of whole numbers (without remainders) as partitioning of sets

Demonstrate inverse relationship of addition and subtraction

Demonstrate multiplication as repeated addition

Use concrete materials to add and subtract halves, thirds, and fourths

Demonstrate automatic recall of addition and subtraction facts to 20

Given a real-world problem-solving situation, use the correct operation and appropriate method (mental arithmetic, paper-and-pencil, calculator, estimation, make a picture, find a pattern) to solve the problem

Read, listen to, and understand a variety of materials

Retell a story

Predict what is next in a story, then check for accuracy

Recognize sight words

Use word attack skills to decode unfamiliar text

Know story elements

Identify problem, solution, characters, and setting

Identify cause and effect

Identify main idea and recalls facts and details in text

Count syllables in a word

Answer questions about text

Ask questions about text

Write stories and poems

Describe people, places and things

Explain the difference between fiction and non-fiction

Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and graphs

Write to a prompt

Use personal vocabulary and familiar sight words in writing

Organize ideas in a logical sequence

Use graphic organizers to analyze and synthesize information

Speak and write in complete sentences using correct grammar

Use capital/lower case letters, basic punctuation, and spacing correctly

Develop conventional spelling skills using sight words, phonetic spelling, blends, word families, and irregular vowels

Write a variety of short pieces such as lists, letters, stories, etc.

Use a variety of short, simple, and compound sentences

Include topic sentence, details, conclusion and transitions in expository text

Edit for specific writing traits in writing and speaking

Publish a final product using researched information

Identify themes or information from text

Tell about point of view

Identify author, title, illustrator, glossary, and vocabulary