Grade 2 Outcomes
January
Literacy
Speaking and Listening:
GCO 1F: Ask and respond to questions to clarify or gather information
GCO 2G: Respond to and give instructions that include two or three components
GCO 3F: Recognize volume of voice and politeness in conversation and cooperative play
Reading and Viewing:
GCO 4H: select independently and with teacher assistance, texts appropriate to interests and learning needs
GCO 4I: use some feature of written text to determine content, locate topics, and obtain information
GCO 4K: use a variety of strategies to create meaning
GCO 6D: Express and begin to support opinions about texts and the word of authors/illustrators
CAFÉ Reading Strategies: Review of all strategies taught last term
Comprehension – Check for Understanding, Retell & summarizing, understanding nonfiction vs. fiction
Accuracy – cross checking
Fluency – use of capital letters for emphasis
Expanding Vocabulary –
Sound Teams:
Review: December sounds
Introduce: oi/oy, er, k, oa, ue
Writing: GCO 8C, 10B/C/D, Personal Narratives
Trait Focus – Sentence Fluency
Ideas - (on-going)
Organization – Introduce Writer's Notebook as a prewriting strategy (on-going)
Word Choice - (on-going)
Conventions - Introduce prefixes (un, dis, mis, im) and suffixes (s, es, ies) , capital letters for emphasis, beginning dictionary skills.
Math: Addition and Subtraction to 18
Number (N)
8. Demonstrate and explain the effect of adding or subtracting zero to/from a number
9. Demonstrate an understanding of addition (of 1 and 2 digit numerals) with answers to 100 and the corresponding subtraction by:
· using personal strategies for adding and subtracting with and without manipulatives
· creating and solving problems that involve addition and subtraction
· explaining that the order in which numbers are added does not affect the sum
· explaining that the order in which numbers are subtracted may affect the difference
10. Apply mental math strategies to determine addition/subtraction facts to 18, such as:
· using doubles
· making 10
· one more/ one less
· two more/ two less
· addition for subtraction
Patterns and Relations (PR)
3. demonstrate and explain the meaning of equality and inequality by using manipulatives and diagrams
4. record equalities and inequalities symbolically using the equal symbol or the not equal symbol. For example, 10 = 6 + 4 and 3 + 6 ≠ 10.
You can help your child achieve these goals by exploring “real life” addition and subtraction situations at home.
You & Your World
In You & Your World the focus in January is Physical Environment Changes. We will look at how people in the past and today depend on their environment to survive and to build communities. Outcomes include:
2.3.5A: explain how and why physical environments change over time
2.3.5B: give examples of how Aboriginal peoples interacted with the environment
2.3.5C: describe how people depended on their environment to survive and build communities
2.3.5D: Describe how our local environment has changed over time as people's needs and wants have changed.