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2ND GRADE SUPPLY LIST

Student Supply

• 1 plastic pencil box- standard size
• 2 glue sticks
• 1 box of crayons
• 1 small pair of scissors
• 1 whiteboard Expo marker
• 1 pack of markers
• 1 pack of colored pencils
• 1 Sharpies marker
• 1 highlighter
• 1 set of earbuds/headphones

Class Supply

• tissues (boys)
• baby wipes (girls)
• 1 package of white copy paper
• Extra glue sticks

2nd Grade expectations

Incoming Second Graders should be able to:

Writing/Language Arts:

• Know basic sentences format (begins with a capital letter, ends with a punctuation mark)
• Write one paragraph with a topic, 3 details, and a closing sentence
• Write letters, legibly on the line (with proper letter placement)
• Write words with adequate spacing
• Use spelling patterns to help spell words and spell frequently used words correctly
• Know common opposites

Reading:

• Know how to use decoding strategies and context clues to sound out words and develop
• word knowledge
• Read chapter books or beginning chapter books (depending on reading level)
• Sit and read silently for 20 minutes or more
• Distinguish vowels from consonant letters and know their sounds
• Be able to read at least 55 words per minutes

Math:

• Count by twos, fives, and tens
• Know the addition and subtraction facts to 10 (complete 20 problems in one minute)
• Know the value of coins, and count an amount of money
• Tell time to the hour and half hour
• Be familiar with doubles math facts
• Know place value- Ones, tens and hundreds

Technology:

• Know the parts of a computer: mouse, screen, keyboard, etc.
• Know what a computer can be used for
• Have beginning keyboard skills (space, shift, return)
• Other Skills:
• Raise his/her hand to ask question
• Read words, such as in, out, over, beneath, under, left, right, etc.
• Have hallway and bathroom etiquette skills
• Be able to communicate needs and wants
• Be able to keep desk organized

Outgoing Second Graders should be able to:

Writing/Language Arts:

• Know basic expanded sentences format (begins with a capital letter, ends with a
• punctuation mark)
• Write one paragraph with a topic, 3 details with description, 3 follow-up sentences and a
• closing sentence (8 sentence paragraph)
• Write letters, legibly on the line (with proper letter placement) with adequate spacing
• Use spelling patterns to help spell words and spell frequently used words correctly
• Know and use common parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.)

Reading:

• Know how to use reading strategies such as decoding, context clues, semantics
• Read chapter books or extended higher level picture books (depending on reading level)
• Sit and read silently for 35 minutes or more
• Know frequently used phonic patterns (common and irregular)
• Be able to read at least 105 words per minute
• Comprehend key ideas/characters, sequence of story, details and the author’s purpose
• Begin to use reading materials for research purposes

Math:

• Count on by twos, fives, tens and twenties not starting with zero (37,47,57, etc)
• Be fluent in basic addition and subtraction facts
• Know the value of coins, and count an amount of money
• Tell time to the hour, half hour and quarter hour as well as differentiate between AM and PM
• Know place value- Ones, tens, hundreds and thousands
• Use invented algorithm to solve up to 3 digit addition and subtraction problems
• Begin to understand repeated addition as multiplication and basic understanding of division
• Begin to understand fractions in terms of equal parts of a whole, halves, thirds and quarters
• Identify and describe basic 2D and 3D shapes
• Interpret data from a variety of graph types (bar, picture, tally)
• Use rulers to measure to the nearest inch and centimeter and know what tool to use

Technology:

• Have beginning keyboard skills (space, shift, return and home row)
• Working knowledge of Google Slides, Classroom, Docs and Drive
• Navigate Google Chrome (bookmarking, searching, new tabs, etc)
• Other Skills:
• Raise his/her hand to gain the teacher’s attention
• Know and implement the Seven Habits of Happy Kids
• Have hallway, library and bathroom etiquette skills
• Be able to keep work space (desk, floor, pencil box) organized and the classroom clean
• Always choose kindness