Grade 2 Learning Goals
(Week of Nov 28th-Dec 2nd)
Language:
- proofread and correct their writing using a simple checklist or a few guiding questions developed with the teacher and posted for reference
- Identifying parts of a letter (heading, greeting, body, closing, signature)
- Writing friendly letters to specific audiences
- establish a personal voice in their writing, with a focus on using familiar words that convey their attitude or feeling towards the subject or audience
Math:
- represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 100 (e.g., ten frames, base ten material, hundreds chart, number line)
- compose and decompose two-digit numbers in a variety of ways, using concrete materials (e.g., place 42 counters on ten frames to show 4 tens and 2 ones)
Social Studies:
- identify continents, significant bodies of water, the equator, poles, and hemispheres, using a globe
- identify cardinal directions on a map (i.e., N, S, E, W), and use these directions when locating selected countries
- demonstrate an understanding that there are a variety of countries, continents, physical features, and bodies of water around the world and that their locations can be represented in different ways (map, digital/interactive maps, globes)
Upcoming assessments:
Language:
Looking at friendly letters and using editing skills to check their own personal letters and letters of their peers
Math:
Making groups of ten using classroom items, adding groups of ten onto numbers and looking for number patterns when adding by 10s.
Social Studies:
Labeling a world map with continents, major bodies of water, hemispheres and cardinal directions.
