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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