Month 1 of 10 · Weeks 1–4
September: Welcome to Second Grade / My Community
We set up routines, read longer words by syllables, learn how stories are built, use place value to 100 and addition strategies, describe materials by their properties, and map our school.
Goals this month
Reading & writing
Routines, short and long vowel review, multisyllabic words introduced, story structure
RF.2.3a, RF.2.3c, RF.2.3f, RF.2.4, RL.2.1, RL.2.5, RL.2.7, W.2.3, L.2.2
Math
Place value to 100, addition strategies (make a ten, doubles, near doubles)
2.NBT.1, 2.NBT.2, 2.NBT.3, 2.OA.2, 2.OA.1
Science
Properties of matter: describe and sort materials
2-PS1-1, 2-PS1-2
Social studies
School community, rules and why we have them, maps of our school
C3 D2.Civ.3.K-2, D2.Civ.8.K-2, D2.Civ.12.K-2, D2.Geo.2.K-2, D2.Geo.3.K-2
Weeks
- Week1Welcome to Second GradeShort vowels and closed syllables · Place value: hundreds, tens and ones · 5 day plans
- Week2Building Our ClassroomSilent e (VCe) review · Addition strategies: make a ten, doubles, near doubles · 5 day plans
- Week3Maps of Our SchoolTwo-syllable words: closed syllables (VC/CV) · Read, write and skip-count numbers to 1,000 (by 5s, 10s, 100s) · 5 day plans
- Week4Stories We ShareVowel teams ai, ay, ee, ea review · Add within 20 fluently; word problems · 5 day plans
Student games this month
Closed Syllable Detective Hundreds, Tens and Ones Matter Sort Map Makers Magic e Words Addition Strategies Story Parts Split the Word Best Material for the Job Vowel Teams