Welcome to Grade 2

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Paying close attention to details, including illustrations and graphics, in stories and books to answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions
Determining the lesson or moral of stories, fables, and folktales
Using text features (for example, captions, bold print, indexes) to locate
key facts or information efficiently
Writing an opinion about a book he or she has read, using important details from the materials to support that opinion
Writing stories that include a short sequence of events and include a clear beginning, middle, and end
Taking part in conversations by linking his or her comments to the remarks of others and asking and answering questions to gather additional information or deepen understanding of the topic
Retelling key information or ideas from media or books read aloud
Producing, expanding, and rearranging sentences (for example, “The boy watched the movie”; “The little boy watched the movie”; “The action movie was watched by the little boy”)
Determining the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix or suffix is added to a known word (happy/unhappy; pain/painful/painless)

Solving challenging addition and subtraction word problems with one or two steps (for example, a “one-step” problem would be: “Lucy has 23 fewer apples than Julie. Julie has 47 apples. How many apples does Lucy have?”)
Quickly and accurately adding with a sum of 20 or less (e.g., 11 + 8); quickly and accurately subtracting from a number 20 or less (for example., 16 – 9); and knowing all sums of one-digit numbers from memory by the end of the year
Understanding what the digits mean in three-digit numbers (place value)
Using understanding of place value to add and subtract three digit numbers (for example, 811 – 367); adding and subtracting two-digit numbers quickly and accurately (for example, 77 – 28)
Solving addition and subtraction word problems involving length (for example, “The pen is 2 cm longer than the pencil. If the pencil is 7 cm long, how long is the pen?”)
Building, drawing, and analyzing 2-D and 3-D shapes to develop foundations for area, volume, and geometry in later grades

$A proctractor, an example of a right angle, and ruler$