Students correctly use ending punctuation marks, continue to write using an introduction and a conclusion, and write for a variety of purposes and audiences. Children identify the subject and predicate of a sentence, differentiate between common and proper nouns, and properly use singular and plural nouns. They find the perimeter and area of an object, compute the date within one week, and solve division and multiplication story problems using pictures. Same as ELEM 2A Mathematics Science Second-grade students learn how different body parts work together, how the brain receives messages from other parts of the body, how our bones support and protect other body parts, and how muscles move bones. Students discover how weather affects our lives, including temperature, wind, heat, clouds, rain, snow, and storms.
Children learn about oxygen and carbon dioxide and their effects on plants, animals, and humans.
Students identify fresh and salt water, places where icebergs and glaciers are found, and sources of air and water pollution. Free Social Studies Second-grade students learn about community services, manufacturing jobs, people who make and produce goods, and how to predict a likely outcome. Students learn that countries trade goods with one another and gain an understanding of a producer, consumer, and small-business owner. In addition, they are taught the importance of saving money and how to explore job opportunities and research the early history of our country. Children learn to read different types of graphs, use a globe and a map, and how people around the world are connected.