Science
*Uses inquiry skills to demonstrate an
understanding of science concepts and
content.
*Uses science vocabulary correctly.
Science Topics:
Weather & Seasons
Air & Gasses
Matter
Heredity
Materials & Tools
Fossils & Rocks
How do I know if my child is
making academic progress?
The standards-based report card
measures how well your child knows and
is able to demonstrate knowledge of
grade-level standards.
Students’ ability to meet the standards
will be determined by both their oral and
written work. Rubrics have been written
to help teachers identify a child’s progress
toward meeting the standard. Common
grade-level assessments are being used
district-wide.
SEEKONK
P S
UBLIC CHOOLS
Below are the Academic Performance
Descriptors Grades 2 through Grade 5.
Grades 2-5
Social Studies
*Uses maps or globes to locate a variety of
geographic features.
*Understands and explains relationships
among past and present people, places, and
the environment.
Social Studies Topics:
Compass Rose
Oceans & Continents
Rivers & Mountain Ranges
4
exceeding the grade level
standard
3
Meeting the grade level standard
2
Approaching the grade level
standard
1
Beginning to develop the
standard, but not yet able to
produce grade level work
n/a
Art/Music/Physical Education
*Demonstrates understanding of grade level
concepts and skills.
academic achievement
standard not assessed this
trimester
PARENT/GUARDIAN
GUIDE
SECOND GRADE
ACADEMIC STANDARDS
Second Grade Teachers
Nancy Gagliardi, Principal
Mildred. H. Aitken Elementary School
Kevin Madden, Principal
George R. Martin Elementary School
The Seekonk School Department does not discriminate on
the basis of age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national
origin, race, color, or disability in accordance with applicable
laws and regulations.
*Displays active and appropriate participation
in class.
Updated: September, 2010
Seekonk Public Schools
Grade 2
Learning Expectations
End of Year
Second Trimester
First Trimester
Reading
Reading
Reading
*Reads at a Level 20.
*Reads at a Level of 24.
*Reads at a Level of 28.
*Applies strategies while reading.
*Identifies story’s structure, including character and
setting.
*Applies strategies while reading.
*Identifies story’s structure, including plot.
*Applies strategies while reading.
*Differentiates between fiction and nonfiction.
*Reads with fluency and expression.
*Identifies story’s beginning, middle, and end.
*Demonstrates comprehension, focusing on fiction and
non-fiction texts.
*Reads with fluency and expression.
Language and Composition
*Clearly expresses ideas orally.
*Given a topic sentence, writes a paragraph that
contains three supporting details and a clincher.
* Uses capitalization and punctuation appropriately.
* Applies spelling skills in writing through weekly
dictation.
* Uses correct penmanship.
Language and Composition
*Clearly expresses ideas orally.
*Given a topic, writes a narrative with topic sentences,
details, and clincher.
*Writes narratives with a beginning, middle, and end.
*Uses capitalization and punctuation appropriately.
*Applies spelling skills in writing.
*Identifies story’s beginning, middle, and end with
more detail.
*Demonstrates comprehension for a variety of genres.
*Reads with fluency and expression.
Language and Composition
*Clearly expresses ideas orally with detail.
*Writes a narrative with topic sentences, details, and
clincher.
*Uses capitalization and punctuation appropriately.
*Applies spelling skills in writing.
*Uses correct penmanship.
*Uses correct penmanship.
Math
Math
* Understands number concepts up to 100.
*Demonstrates an understanding of number concepts up
to 500.
*Solves addition and subtraction equations for 1 and 2digit numbers.
*Knows addition and subtraction facts up to 10.
*Solves story problems.
*Demonstrates knowledge and value of coins up to $1.
*Solves addition and subtraction equations for 1 and 2digit numbers with regrouping.
*Knows addition and subtraction facts up to 20.
*Solves story problems.
Math
*Demonstrates an understanding of number concepts
up to 1000.
*Identifies common fractions (1/2, 1/3, 1/4) as parts of a
whole or parts of a set.
*Solves addition and subtraction equations for 2-digit
and 3-digit numbers.
*Knows addition and subtraction facts up to 20.
*Solves story problems.
*Identifies number patterns on a 100’s chart (by 2’s, 5’s,
odd/even numbers).
*Represents an amount of money up to $3.
*Identifies and compares 2D and 3D shapes.
*Identifies symmetrical shapes.
*Tells time to the hour and half-hour.
*Tells time to the hour and half-hour.
*Measures and compares objects.
*Organizes, classifies, represents, and interprets data to
create graphs, charts, and tables.
*Tells time to the quarter-hour.
*Organizes, classifies, represents, and interprets data
to create graphs, charts, and tables.
*Communicates mathematical ideas orally and in writing.
*Communicates mathematical ideas orally and in
writing.
*Represent an amount of money up to $5.
*Organizes, classifies, represents, and interprets data to
create graphs, charts, and tables.
*Communicates mathematical ideas orally and in
writing.