Second Grade

This section provides a summary of the key second grade learning objectives for reading, language arts, and math. A more detailed description of each subject is provided below, including links with more information on the hundreds of learning activities. The Time4Learning language arts and math curriculum correlate to state standards.

Second grade is a year of highly visible progress in reading and language arts. The major milestones in second grade reading and language arts are:

Developing an extensive sight word vocabulary
Applying more complex phonics strategies
Writing competently for many purposes
Using punctuation appropriately
Experiencing a variety of literary genres
Second grade is also a year of exploration and discovery of the numbers in the world around us. Major milestones for 2nd grade math include:

Applying numbers sense to the four basic operations
Understanding the use of money in real life situations
Developing spatial reasoning in relation to geometric shapes
Applying the various method s of measurement
Exploring probability and using data