Upon completing the second grade, Lockwood School District 26 has mandated that your child is to have mastered the following skills:

SECOND GRADE ANNUAL
ESSENTIAL SKILLS

COMMUNICATION ARTS
I. READING
1. PERSONAL READING DEVELOPMENT
The student:
___ .06 reads appropriate stories fluently at the developing/fluent reader level
3. WORD AWARENESS
The student:
___ .01 acquires a sight vocabulary of words at a second grade reading level
___ .05 recognizes word constructions
___ word families
___ contractions
___ compound words
___ base words and endings ( -ing, -ed, -er, -est)
4. READING SKILLS AND STRATEGIES
The student:
___ .08 uses decoding/cueing strategies to identify new words
___ uses beginning, middle, and ending sounds
___ locates repeated phrases, rhyming words, patterns,and sight words when
returning to a familiar text
___ uses letter sound association including digraphs, blends, vowel sounds
___ .14 use reading strategies before, during, and after reading
___ prediction
___ main idea
___ drawing conclusions
___ sequencing events
___ supporting details
___ cause and effect
___ categorizing
___ brainstorming
___ generating new endings or additional events for stories read
___ comparing, contrasting, or relating stories to other stories and to personal
experiences
5. RESEARCH AND REFERENCE
The student:
___ .03 locates words and their definitions in the dictionary
___ .04 alphabetizes words using the first and second letters
6. LITERARY AWARENESS
The student:
___ .04 listens and responds to stories, poems, and other content material that is read
___ expresses opinions
___ asks questions
___ draws conclusions
___ .06 identifies some story elements
___ character
___ setting
___ events

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II. WRITING
1. PERSONAL WRITING
The student:
___ .03 writes independently on a self-chosen or teacher-directed topic
2. CONVENTIONS OF PRINT
The student:
___ .01 uses conventions of print when writing
___ letter and word spacing
___ size consistency
___ staying within the lines
___ correct letter formation
3. GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS
The student:
___ .01 puts words together to form complete sentences (a minimum of five words)
___ .02 recognizes and understands the use of
___ periods
___ question marks
___ exclamation points
___ capitalization
4. SPELLING
The student:
___ .02 progresses from letter/name to the transitional stage of spelling (see Appendix II)
5. WRITING AS A PROCESS
The student:
___ .01 begins to show story structure in imaginative writing (beginning, middle, end)
6. GUIDED WRITING
The student:
___ .03 writes in various forms such as stories, lists and journals

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III. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
The student:
___ .01 participates as a speaker and listener in large and small groups
___ .03 follows directions when pursuing a task
___ .08 uses complete sentences in speaking

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MATH
1. COMPUTATION
Students will
___ 01. use speed and accuracy, to add and subtract facts from 0-18.
___ 02. double digit addition and subtraction without regrouping
2. PROBLEM SOLVING
Students will
___ 01. develop and apply a variety of strategies to solve problems based on grade-level
appropriate essential skills.
4. NUMERATION/NUMBER THEORY
Students will
___ 01. construct number meanings and understand our numeration system:
___ b. skip count to 100 by 5’s, 10’s, and 2’s both orally and written
___ d. count backwards from 50
___ j. recognize “10” as 10 ones and also 1 ten
___ k. determine the place value for a given digit in a number less than 100
___ n. compare numbers by using the symbols, “=”. “<”, and “>” up to 20
7. PROBABILITY, STATISTICS, DATA ANALYSIS
Students will
___ 01. collect, organize and interpret data
9. MEASUREMENT
Students will
___ 01. measure to the nearest inch in customary units
___ 04. add coins to a combination of a dollar; quarter, dime, nickel, and penny
___ 05. tell time to the fifteen minute intervals
___ 06. name months of the year in the correct order

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SOCIAL STUDIES
1. COMMUNITY
The student will
___ 01. develop an understanding of the location of their home.
___ 02. develop an understanding that their home is part of a larger community.
___ 04. be given the opportunity to identify and explore their role as a family and community
member.
2. CULTURES
The student will
___ 01. identify the common needs of people in all cultures (food, clothing, homes, services).
___ 02. examine the ways communities work to meet the needs of their people.
___ 03. develop an awareness of cultural traditions and heritage.
___ 04. identify and describe various holidays celebrated around the world.
3. GEOGRAPHY
The student will
___ 01. develop awareness of maps, globes, atlas, directions and simple map keys.
___ 02. identify their home address, city and state.
___ 03. identify the United States outline on a map.
___ 04. name and locate the seven continents and four oceans of the world.
4. HISTORY
The student will
___ 01. explore historical events which shaped our country (Lewis and Clark expedition, Columbus,
Thanksgiving, etc.).
5. GOVERNMENT
The student will
___ 01. explore the need for rules and laws.
___ 02. develop skills of social participation, citizenship, and communication.
___ 03. gain an awareness of school, local, and community government.
6. ECONOMICS
The student will
___ 02. gain an awareness of the groups and resources in the community that meet their basic
needs for food, clothing, shelter and safety.
7. CURRENT EVENTS
The student will
___ 01. explore current events

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SCIENCE
I. LIFE SCIENCE
Animals
Students will
___ 1.01 Explore characteristics of different groups of living things.
___ 1.02 Identify different dinosaurs.
Plants
Students will
___ 4.01 Identify parts of a plant.
___ 4.02 Identify elements necessary for plant growth.
II. EARTH SCIENCE
Students will
___ 5.01 Recognize and name four seasons of the year.
___ 6.01 Explore the concept of day and night.
___ 6.02 Observe different phases of the moon.
___ 6.03 Develop awareness of the nine planets that revolve around the sun.
III. PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Seasons and Weather
___ 5.01 Describe seasonal weather changes and their effect on living things.
IV. CURRENT SCIENCE ISSUES
___ 7.01 Explore current science issues.

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© 2004 to date. [J. Guenther]. All rights reserved.
Email:guentherj@lockwood.k12.mt.us