Grade 2 Progress Report Information
Information for Parents and Guardians
Overview
The information below helps you understand how the curriculum your child is learning aligns to the progress report standards. The items listed under each standard outline the content students learn over the course of the year. Not all standards will be taught each quarter. Content not taught in a particular classroom or school (e.g., band, strings, World Languages) will be marked as “nt” (not taught) on the progress report.
Language Arts
PRS = Progress Report Standard
- Produce and expand complete sentences, both simple and compound.
- Use indefinite (e.g., anybody, anything) reflexive (e.g., yourself, herself) pronouns.
- Form and use regular and frequently occurring irregular plural nouns.
- Use frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships.
- Use proper verb tense, including for frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., ran, told, went).
- Use subject-verb agreement in simple sentences.
- Use common abbreviations.
- Use contractions and singular possessives.
- Eliminate double negatives when speaking.
- Participate in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade two topics and texts. This includes:
- Listening actively and following agreed upon rules for participating in discussions.
- Respectfully building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
- Asking and responding to questions that acquire or confirm information on a topic.
- Demonstrating active engagement when listening to a speaker and asking for clarification to ensure understanding.
- Use topic specific language and vocabulary to communicate ideas.
- Speak audibly with appropriate pacing, prosody, and voice level.
- Engage the audience by asking and/or responding to questions.
- Create and participate in oral language activities that include oral storytelling and dramatics.
- Retell information in an organized manner, focused on a key topic or experience.
- Create a simple presentation using multimodal tools that enhance the topic or presentation.
- Discuss meanings of new words or phrases acquired through conversations and literature.
- Use vocabulary across content areas.
- Determine the meaning of an unknown word using frequently occurring root words and inflectional affixes.
- Use the context of a sentence to apply knowledge of homophones.
- Apply knowledge of morphology, synonyms, and antonyms to determine the meaning of new words.
- Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs and adjectives.
- Develop breadth of vocabulary knowledge by listening to and reading high quality, complex text.
- Use newly learned words and phrases in discussions and speaking activities.
- Use prior (experience) and background (content) knowledge as context for new learning.
- Identify a topic and generate questions to explore the topic.
- Locate information in reference texts, electronic resources, interviews, or provided sources.
- Use templates to organize the information collected (e.g., charts, graphs).
- Record information on sources using own words, organizing evidence into provided categories.
- Share information orally in writing, or through visual display, avoiding plagiarism and using own words.
- Isolate sounds in four and five phoneme words.
- Demonstrate the ability to blend words with four and five phonemes, including words with consonant digraphs.
- Demonstrate the ability to segment words with four and five phonemes, including words with consonant digraphs.
- Decode and encode words with short vowels to include blends, digraphs, and trigraphs in closed syllables and open syllables.
- Decode and encode words with vowel teams and r-controlled vowels.
- Use knowledge of syllabication and syllable types to decode words.
- Use knowledge of affixes (e.g., suffixes, prefixes) to decode words.
- Read grade-level high frequency words with automaticity and accuracy.
- Read a variety of grade-level text with accuracy, automaticity, appropriate rate, and meaningful expression in successive readings to support comprehension.
- Proficiently read and comprehend texts from a variety of literary forms.
- When responding to text through discussion and/or writing, draw several pieces of evidence from read-alouds and grade-level texts.
- Regularly engage in listening to a series of conceptually related texts organized around topics of study to build knowledge and vocabulary.
- Retell stories sequentially, including their overall structure, essential story events, and the central message, lesson, or moral.
- Identify a story’s central conflict using events from the plot as evidence.
- Describe character’s attributes (e.g., traits, motivations, or feelings) and how they respond to major events and challenges.
- Generate predictions about story characters and events using the text.
- Set a purpose for reading by providing guiding questions, activating prior (experience) and background (content) knowledge.
- Recognize dialogue in text and explain how it can reveal characters’ thoughts and perspectives.
- Compare and contrast characters, settings, and plots in two versions of the same story from different cultures.
- Ask and answer literal and inferential questions (who, what, where, when, how, and why) about key details in a text.
- Retell key details of texts that demonstrate an understanding of the main topics of texts.
- Differentiate facts from opinions within a text.
- Use text features (table of contents, headings, pictures, captions, maps, and charts) to preview, set a purpose for reading and gain information.
- Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
- Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
- Describe the interactions between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in texts.
- Write narratives that recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events and include details about the events and characters and use of time-related words to signal the event sequence.
- Write informative/explanatory texts that introduce a topic and develop the ideas with facts and examples.
- Write opinion pieces on topics or texts that support a point of view with reasons.
- Write in response to text(s) read or heard to share thinking with a couple supporting details from the text.
- Engage in writing as a process to plan writing based on purpose and genre. This includes:
- Writing a clear topic sentence focusing on the main idea.
- Identifying the audience and purpose of the writing.
- Developing, selecting, and organizing ideas and details relevant to the topic, purpose, and genre.
- Providing a concluding statement or section.
- Maintain legible printing and begin to make the transition to cursive.
- Begin to write capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet in cursive.
- Begin to sign his/her first and last names.
- Use sound/symbol correspondence to spell single-syllable words containing closed syllables, open syllables,
- Vowel-consonant-e, vowel teams, and r-controlled vowels.
- Use sound/symbol correspondence to spell multisyllabic words.
- Use sound/symbol correspondences to spell grade-level high-frequency words with automaticity and accuracy.
- With guidance and support from adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising for quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, and word choice.
- With guidance and support from adults, edit writing for conventions e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation.
- Identify statements, questions, and commands and use correct ending punctuation.
- Use commas in salutation and closing of a letter.
- Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.
HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Explains how the people and events of the past have influenced the present
- Demonstrates knowledge of United States history by describing important developments and innovations including communication and transportation
- Compares the lives and contributions of American Indian cultures of the past and present, with emphasis on: Powhatan of the Eastern Woodlands, Lakota of the Plains, and Pueblo peoples of the Southwest
- Describe how the contributions of selected individuals changed the lives of Americans with emphasis on: Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington Carver, Helen Keller, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, Cesar Chavez, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Describe why United States Citizens celebrate major holidays including: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, George Washington Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, and Thanksgiving Day
- Describes explorations of Columbus, Ponce de León, Cartier, and Newport
Reads maps and understands the impact of geography on culture
- Locate and describe the relationship between the environment and culture of American Indians
- Locates regions of Powhatan, Lakota, and Pueblo Indians
- Describes how people in different regions related to environment
- Recognizes the equator, Prime Meridian, hemispheres, seven continents and five oceans on a map
- Locates the United States major rivers, mountain ranges, lakes, and other physical features on a map and globe
- Recognizes regions in America explored by Columbus, Cartier, etc.
- Constructs simple maps using a title, map legend, and compass rose
Recognizes the structure of government and the relationship among rules, laws, and becoming a good citizen
- Respects and protects the rights and property of others
- Takes part in the voting process when making classroom decisions
- Describes actions that can improve the school and community
- Demonstrate self-discipline and self-reliance
- Practice honesty and trustworthiness
- Explain the purpose of rules and laws
- Understand that people of the United States make contributions to their communities, are united as Americans by common principals, and have the individual right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as well as equity under the law
- Understands that people vote to elect government officials
- Understand and explain the meaning of symbols and traditional practices that honor and foster patriotism in the United States (American flag, bald eagle, Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty)
- Learn the words to and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance
Understands economic concepts and the impact of economics on culture
- Describes natural, human, and capital resources
- Distinguishes between the use of bartering and the use of money in exchange for goods and services
- Explains that scarcity requires people to make choices
MATHEMATICS
Represents numbers accurately and understands number relationships
- Reads, writes, and identifies the place value of each digit in a three-digit number
- Rounds two-digit numbers to the nearest ten
- Compares two whole numbers between 0 and 999
- Identifies and writes the ordinal numbers first through twentieth
- Identifies, writes, and compares fractions using a model
- Counts forward by twos, fives, and tens to 100
- Counts backward by tens from 100
- Recognizes even and odd numbers
Computes numbers with fluency, makes reasonable estimates
- Recalls addition and subtraction facts to 20
- Estimates and finds the sum of two numbers (99 or less)
- Estimates and finds the difference of two numbers (99 or less)
- Creates and solves addition and subtraction problems using data
- Recognizes and describes the relationship between addition and subtraction
Measures with accuracy and estimates measurements
- Counts and compares a collection of coins that is $2.00 or less
- Correctly uses symbols related to money
- Estimates and measures length to the nearest centimeter and inch
- Estimates and measures weight/mass in pounds, ounces, kilograms, and grams
- Estimates and measures liquid volume in pints, quarts, gallons, and liters
- Tells and writes time to the nearest five minutes
- Determines past and future days of the week
- Identifies specific days and dates on a given calendar
- Reads temperature on Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometer to nearest ten degrees
Analyzes characteristics of geometric figures and demonstrates an understanding of spatial relationships
- Draws a line of symmetry in a figure
- Identifies and creates symmetrical figures
- Identifies, describes, compares, and contrasts two dimensional and three dimensional geometric shapes
Uses data to describe, interpret, and predict events
- Constructs and analyzes data using picture graphs, pictographs, and bar graphs
- Uses data from experiments to predict outcomes of repeated experiments
Represents situations and relationships with algebraic symbols
- Identifies, creates, and extends a wide variety of patterns
- Solves problems involving basic facts and complete numerical sentence
- Demonstrates an understanding of equality
SCIENCE
Investigates and demonstrates understanding of the natural world in a systematic way like a scientist and applies these skills and knowledge to solve problems
- Makes observations, predictions, and forms questions
- Differentiates observations from personal interpretation
- Repeats observations to ensure accuracy
- Classifies items using two or more characteristics or properties
- Makes measurements in metric units and standard English units
- Measures time using both digital and analog clocks
- Makes inferences
- Collects and records data; constructs picture and bar graphs with numbered axes
- Analyzes data; recognizes unexpected or unusual quantitative data
- Draws conclusions from investigations
- Communicates observations and data
- Constructs simple physical models to clarify explanations
- Applies science content to current issues and applications
Demonstrates understanding of the concepts of physical science including matter, force, motion, and energy
Investigates and understands the following:
- magnetism, iron, magnetic/nonmagnetic, poles, attract/repel
- applications of magnetism (magnetic compass)
- characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases
- mass and volume of solids and liquids
- changes in phases of matter
Demonstrates understanding of the concepts of life science including life processes and living systems
Investigates and understands the following:
- animals and plant life cycles
- living organisms are interdependent with their surroundings
- animal’s habitat includes food, water, shelter, space
- habitats change over time due to many influences
- important plant products; availability affects development
- plants provide oxygen, homes, food, and prevents soil erosion
Demonstrates understanding of Earth’s patterns, cycles, changes, and Earth/Space Systems
- Investigates and understands the following:
- temperature, wind, precipitation, drought, flood, storms
- effects of weather and seasonal changes on living things
- importance of tracking and using weather data over time
- weathering and erosion of the land surfaces
HEALTH
Acquires, interprets, and understands health concepts
- Identify body systems
- Identify food sources and healthy food and beverage choices
- Identify communicable germs
- Describe the effects of medicines, alcohol, and tobacco has on the body
- Explain the importance of personal safety
- Explain emotions associated with loss and grief
- Identify teasing and bullying and describe situations involving conflict
- Define self-image and identify how the media influences behaviors
Identifies valid and accurate health information, products, and services to make healthy decisions
- Identify consequences of not caring for body systems
- Describe how choices and habits affect body systems and health, identify positive choices
- Identify the importance of regular health checkups and health records
- Describe the effects of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and identify appropriate ways to take medicine
- Describe and demonstrate refusal skills, strategies to object to teasing and bullying, conflict resolution, and cooperation
- Explain ways to express emotions, needs, and wants appropriately
- Describe trusted friends and adults
- Describe how self-image influences success
Demonstrates appropriate health practices and behaviors to promote a safe and healthy community
- Describe how heredity and dietary customs and traditions impact health and wellness
- Design a meal and describe how to keep food safe from harmful germs
- Demonstrate ways to prevent the spread of germs
- Explain why ingesting or sniffing unknown substances is unsafe
- Identify emergency resources and adults who can help with loss and grief
- Develop strategies against teasing and bullying and resolving conflict
- Identify ways to respect others
- Describe environmental influences and how to protect the environment
ART
Engages in the creative process to develop artworks and express meaning
- Develops ideas for artworks before beginning
- Reflects on art and art making by describing and explaining own artwork
- Expresses personally relevant ideas in artworks
Applies art media and techniques appropriately to produce artworks
- Uses a variety of art materials to produce artwork
- Follows appropriate steps in art making
- Uses art materials safely and appropriately
- Demonstrates control and craftsmanship with art materials
Demonstrates an understanding of art by engaging with art history, culture, criticism, and aesthetics
- Engages in discussions about artworks from different places and times to inform art making
- Responds to own and other’s artwork
- Uses art vocabulary appropriately to identify and describe artwork
- Uses and applies knowledge from other subject areas when creating artwork
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Develops and Demonstrates competency in motor skills
- Demonstrate manipulative skills individually, with a partner, and with varying force
- Demonstrate movement skills in educational gymnastics
- Demonstrate moving to a rhythm
- Demonstrate locomotor skills
- Demonstrate and differentiate between jogging and running
- Demonstrate jump rope skill with self-turn and long rope
Applies knowledge of fitness and active lifestyles to evaluate and plan for personal fitness
- Describe the components of fitness; muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, cardiorespiratory endurance, and body composition
- Identify one activity to promote each component of fitness
- Identify opportunities to participate in physical activity outside of school
Demonstrates skills and behaviors leading to personal and group success in physical activity, both in and out of school
- Identify activities enjoyed outside of physical education class
- Identify on activity that is challenging and one way to improve
- Demonstrate cooperative skills, safe participation, and identify two class safety rules
Demonstrates knowledge of the basic nutrition and fitness concepts of energy balance
- Explain that dairy is important for bone growth
- Identify healthy snack and hydration choices
- Explain the components of being healthy
GENERAL MUSIC
Develops and demonstrates skills in singing
- Sing phrases and simple songs with increased accuracy
- Sing with expression, using dynamics and tempo
- Improvise vocally
Develops and demonstrates skills in playing instruments
- Maintain an underlying steady beat while playing pitched and non-pitched classroom instruments
- Maintain individual part while performing two-part instrumental compositions
- Perform and improvise melodies, accompaniments and ostinati
Responds to music with movement
- Maintain an underlying steady beat while moving to music
- Perform and improvise movement to a wide variety of music
- Demonstrate simple musical form
- Participate in action songs, singing games, and dances
Describe music and music performances from a variety of styles periods and cultures with music terminology
- Aurally and visually identify orchestral instruments
- Identify selected compositions and composers from four periods of musical history
- Collaborate with others in music performance
WORLD LANGUAGES
FLES
Category 1 & 2 Languages* (French, German, Spanish)
Communicates effectively in the target language in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes
- Recognize repeated words, taglines, or short quotes from jingles, ads, movies, songs, rhymes, chants, or book titles, including content vocabulary
- Read and understand a few individual words, taglines, or short quotes in children's songs, simple rhymes, poems, chants, or book titles, including content vocabulary
- Follow classroom instructions, routines, and schedules when listening and reading
- Greet and leave people in a polite way when speaking and writing
- Ask and answer a few simple questions such as name and age, personal information, food, seasons, or any other content-related topic when speaking and writing
- Use words and list/assign preference to items related to content when speaking and writing
- Provide simple information related to content in other classes using a graphic organizer when speaking and writing
Interacts with cultural competence and understanding
- Identify and name typical products and practices from native and other cultures, such as seasons, habitats, or school schedules
Category 3 & 4 Languages* (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
Communicates effectively in the target language in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes
- Recognize repeated words, taglines, or short quotes from jingles, ads, movies, songs, rhymes, chants, or book titles, including content vocabulary
- Recognize a few individual words, taglines, or short quotes in children's songs, simple rhymes, poems, chants, or book titles, including content vocabulary
- Follow classroom instructions and routines when listening and speaking
- Greet peers and teachers when speaking and writing
- Ask and answer a few simple questions when speaking and writing
- Use words and list/assign preference to items related to content
- Tell favorite foods to eat, places to visit, or games to play, or as related to content
- Provide simple information related to content in other classes using a graphic organizer when speaking
- Write letters of the alphabet, characters, simple words, or numbers related to content in other classes
Interacts with cultural competence and understanding
- Identify and name typical products and practices from native and other cultures, such as seasons, habitats, or school schedules
*Language Categories 1, 2, 3, & 4 follow US Department of State Foreign Service Institute guidelines for language acquisition. Languages are placed into categories based on the level of difference from English, such as pronunciation and/or writing systems.
Immersion
Category 1 & 2 Languages* (French, German, Spanish)
Communicates effectively in the target language in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes
- Identify words, phrases and basic information related to personal everyday life and content taught when listening to familiar audio texts
- Read and understand words, phrases and basic information related to personal everyday life and content taught from familiar texts
- Exchange some personal and content information
- Exchange personal and content information with patterned texts and simple sentences.
- Present simple information with some details related to a content topic
- Create simple texts with some details related to a familiar content topic
Interacts with cultural competence and understanding
- Identify similarities and differences in everyday products and practices of own and other cultures when listening and reading
- Exchange basic information, directions, or plans with teachers and peers while interacting through speaking and writing
- Describe favorite activities during the school week, weekend, or vacation for oneself and for peers in other cultures when speaking and writing
Category 3 & 4 Languages* (Japanese, Korean)
Communicates effectively in the target language in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes
- Identify words, phrases or basic information related to personal everyday life and content taught from familiar audio texts
- Recognize words, phrases or simple facts related to content taught in picture-supported reading materials
- Exchange some personal and content information
- Exchange some personal and content information by creating lists
- Present simple information with some details related to a content topic when speaking
- Display very simple information related to content topics when writing
Interacts with cultural competence and understanding
- Identify similarities and differences in everyday products and practices of own and other cultures while listening to audio texts
- Identify products and practices of own and other cultures while reading
- Exchange basic information, directions, or plans with teachers and peers while interacting through speaking
- Correspond with multilingual staff to meet basic daily needs through text and pictures
- Describe favorite activities during the school week, weekend, or vacation for oneself and for peers in other cultures when speaking
- Create lists to rank favorite culturally relevant content items and compare them to other cultures when writing
*Language Categories 1, 2, 3, & 4 follow US Department of State Foreign Service Institute guidelines for language acquisition. Languages are placed into categories based on the level of difference from English, such as pronunciation and/or writing systems.