Common Core Georgia Performance Standards
Below you will be able to read what your child should be able to do at the end
of 2nd grade. For students in second grade, instruction
focuses on developing literacy and proficiency in language arts with the goal
that all students become lifelong readers, competent writers, and effective
communicators. Literacy is critical to academic success and is the key to
becoming an independent learner in all other disciplines. Effective mathematics education provides students with
a balanced instructional program. Standards-based mathematics instruction
starts with basic material and increases in scope and content as the year progresses.
2nd Grade Common Core
Expectations
English Language Arts (ELA)
Students will receive
instruction in reading, writing, and listening, speaking & language.
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Students will be
able to read with accuracy and fluency to support their comprehension and
analysis of literature and informational text.
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Students
analyze the elements of narrative text, the characters, plot, and setting.
Students learn about rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration and how those techniques
add meaning to a story or poem. They compare and contrast elements within and
among texts.
·
Students
read, comparing and contrasting versions of stories written by different
authors or from different cultures.
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Students will know
and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
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Students learn to
recognize spelling correspondences, such as long and short vowels.
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Students will
learn to write narrative, informative, and opinion writing pieces. Students also learn to conduct shared research and writing
projects and to use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing.
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They
use their knowledge of individual words to predict the meaning of compound
words. They also use their knowledge of prefixes to determine the meaning of a
new word formed when a prefix is added to a known word.
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Students
begin to use electronic media to record their speaking tasks. Students create
audio recordings of their presentations of stories or poems.
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They
learn to identify and correctly use parts of speech (e.g., nouns, verbs, and
pronouns) in writing and speaking. They learn more rules for capitalization,
comma use, and spelling,
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When
students listen to the recordings of their own presentations, they can evaluate
the quality of their presentations and use that information to improve their
speaking skills.
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Students
will create readable documents with legible writing.
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Vocabulary
development is an ongoing task for students. Throughout the school year,
grade-level texts and topics introduce students to new words or alternate
meanings of known words in all subject areas.
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They will
learn to form and use the past tense of commonly used irregular verbs, and they
learn to correctly use adjectives and adverbs. They apply rules for
capitalizing holidays, product names, and geographic names. Students learn to
use apostrophes correctly to form contractions and possessives.
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Students
write compositions by using correct English conventions. They learn to use
reference materials to locate information for their written compositions and
oral reports. Their written products become longer, and students pay more
attention to the organization of their compositions. Students develop initial
skills in editing and revising text at this grade.
Mathematics
Students will be actively
engaged in developing mathematical understandings in real and relevant
contexts.
·
Students
extend their understanding of place value as they associate the digits of a
three-digit number as amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones. Add up to four two-digit numbers.
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Understand and
compare common fractions with small denominators.
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Represent
problem-solving situations using mathematical expressions, including =, <,
and >
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Describe and
classify shapes by recognizing their geometric attributes.
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Use estimation strategies in computation and problem solving with numbers
up to 1000.
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Tell time to the
nearest 5 minutes and identify time relationships
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Work with time
and money.
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Pose questions
and collect, analyze, and interpret data using simple tables, picture and bar
graphs, and Venn diagrams
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Solve problems
using strategies such as look for a pattern and guess & check.
·
They
will represent problems by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the
unknown number, use mental strategies to add within 20, and know from memory
all sums of 2 one - digit numbers.
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Students
will extend their understanding of place value (within 1,000).
·
Students
build fluency in addition and subtraction (within 100).
·
Students
will use simple concepts of multiplication and division. Use repeated subtraction and equal group sharing to
demonstrate division.
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Students
will measure the length of objects by using appropriate tools.
·
Students
will identify shapes and their attributes. Students also learn how to draw
various shapes.
Science
Students will use inquiry to
focus on questions about the world around them, including questions related to
earth science, physical science, and life science. By the end of 2nd grade, students
will be able to:
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Raise questions
about the world around them and see answers through observation and exploration
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Recognize
attributes of sun, moon, and stars
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Identify and
describe energy.
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Demonstrate
changes in speed and directions using pushes and pulls.
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Locate sources of
heat and light energy
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Form ideas about
natural and manipulated changes such as changes in the earth’s surface and
change in the attributes of materials
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Investigate life
cycles of plants, animals, and fungi
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Observe seasonal
changes of trees
Social
Studies
Students
will study important historical figures in Georgia, as well as the Creek and
Cherokee cultures in Georgia. In
addition, 2nd graders will begin to examine the basic concept of
government and continue to acquire basic economic concepts. By the end of 2nd grade, students
will be able to:
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Identify and
describe the lives of significant figures in Georgia history and show how these
figures exhibit positive traits of citizenship
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Describe the
Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures
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Locate and
describe the major topographical features of Georgia
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Describe the
cultural and geographical systems associated with historical figures in Georgia
and with the Creek and Cherokee people
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Define the
concept of government, identify the roles of specific elected officials, and
identify specific government buildings
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Relate the
concepts of opportunity costs and allocation of goods and services to prior
understanding of economics
