2ND GRADE POWER STANDARDS

LANGUAGE ARTS

    COMPREHENSION

I can ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to show that I understand stories.

I can tell the main topic of a story.

I can understand and describe the beginning, middle and end of a story.

I can compare and contrast two stories.

    PHONICS/WORD RECOGNITION

I can show what I have learned about letters and sounds by figuring out words.

I can read second grade words that are not spelled the way they sound.

I can figure out the meaning of words when I am studying a second grade topic.

    FLUENCY

I can fluently read second grade texts with fluency.

    WRITING

I can express written ideas.

    LANGUAGE

I can use correct grammar, mechanics, and spelling.

MATHEMATICS

    NUMBER AND OPERATIONS

I can read, write, and represent numbers using place value up to the hundreds place.

I can compare, order, estimate and round whole numbers to 1,000.

I can use strategies to compute addition and subtraction facts while solving real world problems.

I can demonstrate fluency with basic addition and subtraction facts.

    ALGEBRA

I can use addition and subtraction to create and obtain information from tables, bar graphs and tally charts.

I can identify, write and describe simple number patterns.

    GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT

I can demonstrate an understanding of measurement by using a ruler to the nearest cm. or in.

I can tell time to the nearest quarter hour and a.m./p.m.

I can identify coins and find the values of coins up to a $1.00 and find combinations of coins that equal a given amount.

MUSIC

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Music Knowledge

Motor Skills and Movement Patterns

Music Performance

Physical Activity and Fitness

Effort/Behavior

Cooperative Behavior