Summer Practice Guide
Below is a topic guide for hands-on, real-world, grade two skill practice. Have fun; build, create, fail, try again, succeed!
Math:
Second graders are responsible for numbers up to 1,000!
Addition and subtraction up to 1,000
Fluently add and subtract within 20
Mental Math and estimating amounts
Count coins up to $5.00
Count money up to $50.00
Real-world word problems involving money
Tell time to the hour, half-hour and minute
Write times in word form
Using A.M. and P.M
Practice customary measurement: inches, feet
Real-world measurement comparison and word problems
Metric measurement: centimeters, meters
Real-world measurement comparison and word problems
Multiplication tables 0-10, up to 100
Basic division
Reading and creating line plots and picture graphs
ELA:
Read 30 minutes a day- build stamina!
Use MobyMax and Spelling City
Learn homophones
Understand cause and effect in fiction and non-fiction
Read for speed!- practice minute drills
Read for meaning- practice identifying the main point of each page or paragraph, then write about it
Practice contractions
Identify and use nouns, proper nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives
Distinguish fact and opinion
Using commas, quotation marks, capital letters
Write essays with beginning, middle and end
Write narratives, research papers and persuasive essays
Retell books and stories using time-order words; verbally and in writing
Check these sites out for practice:
Join library reading programs!
Have a great summer! I will miss you all! Happy learning!
