Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool

Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool

Grade 2Grade 2

Curriculum for 2005 - 2006Curriculum for 2005 - 2006

Language Arts

First Semester

Reading Comprehension Process• Reading Strategies

Reading Response• Theme and Author’s Message• Personal Connections• Story Elements• Familiar Genres

First Semester (continued)

Writing• Writing Process• Rhetoric

-Traits of Writing -Step Up To Writing

• Conventions and Skills -Spelling

Oral Communication• Discussion & Presentation• Critical Listening• Delivery

Second Semester (cont.)Reading Comprehension Process

• Reading StrategiesReading Response

• Theme and Author’s Message• Personal Connections• Story Elements• Familiar Genres

Writing• Writing Process• Rhetoric

-Traits of Writing -Step Up To Writing

• Conventions and Skills -Spelling

Oral Communication• Discussion & Presentation• Critical Listening• Delivery

Mathematics

First Semester

Numbers and Operations• Addition & Subtraction• Place Value• Comparing• Estimating

Measurement • Money• Time

First Semester (cont.)Patterns, Functions and

Algebra

• Create and describe patterns

• Comparing patterns• Problem solving

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability• Graphs and Tables• Interpreting Data

Second SemesterNumbers and Operations

• Double-digit addition/subtraction (with regrouping)• Fractions• Multiplication & Division

Measurement• Length• Weight• Volume (Capacity)• Area• Temperature

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability• Graphs and Tables• Interpreting Data

Second Semester (cont.)

Geometry• Flips, Slides and Turns• Shapes• Solids• Symmetry

Patterns, Functions and Algebra • Problem solving

Science

First Semester

Physical Science• Magnets• Changes

Earth Science• Soil• Conservation• Technology

Second Semester

Life Science (Research)• Life in the Ocean

-Aquarium-Sea Life Park-Reef Walk

Social Studies

First SemesterPolitical Science

• Rules and laws• Citizenship

History• Causes and effects (current events)

Cultural Anthropology• Cultural Diversity and Unity

-Cultural values, beliefs and practicesGeography

• Human Systems (Community Unit)• Map skills (Daily Geography)• Places and Regions

Economics• Consumers and Producers• Goods and Services

Second Semester

History• Cause and effect (current events)

Cultural Anthropology• Cultures change over time

- How the Mililani community has changed

Geography (Community Unit)• World In Spatial Terms

Economics• Role of government

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