Grade 2
Welcome to the Grade 2 page
Below you can find out a little more about school life and what we get up to in Grade 2
Our Teachers
Anamie Bansuli
Grade 2 Teacher
Ms. Shera Pel Parcon
Teacher's Assistant
Curriculum Overview
Language Arts
Reading, Writing, Listening, Spelling and using words with:
- Use short and long vowel sounds
- Understand Consonant Blends
- Understand High Frequency Words and level appropriate words
- Read orally individually and in a group
Writing (Composition)
- Write a Friendly letter
- Write a short story from personal experience
- Write a composition using Visual prompts in a particular sequence
- Write a composition and create their own ending.
- Edit and revise their work following correct punctuation, grammar rules and with appropriate content.
Handwriting
- Write in print with appropriate strokes using the tripod grip
- Begin writing in cursive legibly
- Start note taking
Grammar
- Differentiate between phrase and sentence
- Rearrange words to create sentences
- Identify the subject and predicate of a sentence
- Identify and compare the different types of sentences and use appropriate punctuation marks
- Identify and use nouns with correct capitalization and correct form (singular or plural, common or proper)
- Change nouns to possessive nouns
- Use action words in a sentence in the simple tenses
- Use and identify the different verbs (linking verbs, helping verbs and irregular verbs)
- Identify and use pronouns, adjectives and adverbs in sentences
Reading and Comprehension
- Identify and understand the elements and events of a story
- Read aloud and answer comprehension questions on level appropriate texts
Social Studies
- Know about Early Greek Civilization (History, Significant people/leaders, religions, way of life and contributions to present society
- Make connections with the development of Math and Sciences from the Early Greek Civilization
- Identify the different Greek gods and goddesses
- Identify Landforms and Water forms and its effect on the people living in those areas in terms of ways of living
- Use Maps, Legends and Directions
- Know about oneself, ones needs and ones rights
- Identify My role in my community
- Understand different communities and how they thrive
Physical Education
- Able to show differentiation between jogging and sprinting
- Differentiate twisting, curling, bending and stretching actions
- Throw underhand using a mature pattern
- Dribble within a space with preferred hand demonstrating a mature pattern
- Tap or dribble a ball using the inside of the foot while walking in general space
- Volley an object upward with consecutive hits
- Engage actively in physical education class in response to instruction and practice
- Practice skills with minimal teacher prompting
- Work well independently and with others in partner activities.
Art
- Develop fine motor skills
- Coloring, Tracing, Drawing
- Cutting and Pasting
- Paper Folding
- Following Multiple Instructions
- Create Projects through Recycling
- Make paper crafts
- Focus on working independently
- Encourage Creativity through process -art activities
Science
Life Science
- Know what Science is and about scientists
- Know How the scientific method and tools are used by scientists
- Explain how technology and design process work
- Identify and understand the different animals (needs, classification, life cycles)
- Know about paleontologists, fossils
Earth and Space Science
- Know about the Earth and its resources
- Identify weather (patterns, effects and severe weather preparation)
- Basic understanding of the solar system
- Know what the heavenly bodies are
- Describe how day and night occurs
Physical Science
- Understandmatter
- Differentiate the states of matter
- Identify and differentiate the different changes in matter
- Value energy
- Understand how magnets work
Mathematics
Numbers, Operations & Algebraic Thinking
- Understand Number Concepts
- Master the Concept of Place Value
- Write Numbers and Number Patterns
- Compare and sequence Numbers from 1-1000
- Use models to represent numbers and equations
- Understand different ways of Addition and Subtraction
- Be able to add and subtract with regrouping up to 3 digit numbers
- Tell the Time
- Identify and use Money
- Use multi-step problems involving time, money and graphs
- Perform mental sums
Measure, Data & Geometry
- Can identify Shapes and their attributes
- Understand Fractions
- Gather Measurements
- Use Graphs and Data
ICT
Web Browsing
- Use ICT to organise and classify information and to present their findings
- Save information in desktop folder and flash drive
- Search texts, images, audio and video files
Introduction to Microsoft Word
- Create and save documents
- Format text and paragraphs
- Set up page size, margin, number of columns and orientation
- Cut, Copy, Paste and Move Text
- Format with styles and templates
- Work with spell check and thesaurus