Grade 2: every topic

Every topic a child covers in Grade 2 under the Common Core State Standards · NGSS, as the app teaches it. 87 topics across 18 subjects: Spelling, Explore, Writing, Quantitative reasoning, Verbal reasoning, Mathematics, English, Brain teasers, Science, Reading, Handwriting, Art, Physical education, Health, Computing, Social studies, Music, Drama.

This is the real list, not a summary. Each line is one topic in Light Learning, in the words of the United States programme rather than reworded.

Reading

43 topics in Reading this year.

Reading · Literature

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Art

7 topics in Art this year.

Drawing

• Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Grade 2: drawing from life, line and shape.

Colour

• How color actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Grade 2: primary and secondary, mixing and matching.

Painting

• Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Grade 2: using a brush, thick and thin paint.

Printmaking and pattern

• Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Grade 2: printing with objects, repeating patterns.

Sculpture and making

• Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Grade 2: modelling, joining and construction.

Textiles and craft

• Cloth, thread and the making traditions that most of the world learned art through. Working at Grade 2: weaving and threading, sewing, collage.

Looking at art

• Being able to say something true about somebody else’s work, which is half of every art curriculum and the half usually skipped. Working at Grade 2: saying what you can see, artists from many places.

Mathematics

4 topics in Mathematics this year.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

• Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens and ones.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.

Geometry

• Reason with shapes and their attributes, recognising shapes by number of sides and angles.

Measurement and Data

• Tell and write time to the nearest five minutes, and solve word problems involving money.

Handwriting

4 topics in Handwriting this year.

Handwriting

• Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
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Physical education

4 topics in Physical education this year.

Movement skills

• The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Grade 2: running, hopping and skipping, throwing and catching, balance and coordination.

Fitness and the body

• What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Grade 2: warming up and cooling down.

Games and fair play

• How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Grade 2: playing by the rules, winning and losing well.

Safety and equipment

• The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Grade 2: kit and footwear, checking the playing area.

Health

4 topics in Health this year.

Keeping the body well

• Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Grade 2: washing and germs, teeth, sleep.

Food and nutrition

• What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Grade 2: food groups, water and drinks.

Feelings and wellbeing

• Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Grade 2: naming feelings, calming down, asking for help.

Safety and first aid

• What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Grade 2: road and water safety.

Social studies

4 topics in Social studies this year.

History

• What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Grade 2: my family and my home, then and now.

Geography

• Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Grade 2: where i live, maps and directions, continents and oceans.

Citizenship and government

• How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Grade 2: rules at home and school, rules and laws.

People, work and money

• How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Grade 2: things we need every day, needs and wants.

Computing

3 topics in Computing this year.

Algorithms and programming

• Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Grade 2: giving exact instructions, loops, debugging.

How computers work

• What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Grade 2: parts of a computer.

Online safety and citizenship

• Passwords, privacy, scams and behavior. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Grade 2: passwords, what is personal information, being decent online.

Explore

2 topics in Explore this year.

Artificial intelligence

• Understand that a machine follows instructions exactly, including the wrong ones.

Medicine

• Understand that illness can be caused by living things too small to see.

Quantitative reasoning

2 topics in Quantitative reasoning this year.

Reasoning · quantitative

• Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CogAT-style reasoning; not a Common Core standard).
• Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CogAT-style reasoning; not a Common Core standard).

Verbal reasoning

2 topics in Verbal reasoning this year.

Reasoning · verbal

• Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CogAT-style reasoning; not a Common Core standard).
• Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CogAT-style reasoning; not a Common Core standard).

Music

2 topics in Music this year.

Beat, rhythm and pitch

• The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Grade 2: finding the beat, rhythm patterns, high and low.

Listening and traditions

• Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Grade 2: instruments and families.

Spelling

1 topic in Spelling this year.

Language · Conventions of Standard English

• Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Writing

1 topic in Writing this year.

Writing

• Write complete sentences using capital letters, spacing and end punctuation.

English

1 topic in English this year.

Reading · Foundational Skills

• Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Brain teasers

1 topic in Brain teasers this year.

Puzzles and reasoning

• Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.

Science

1 topic in Science this year.

NGSS · From Molecules to Organisms

• Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Drama

1 topic in Drama this year.

Voice and performing

• Being heard, understood and believed, which is a set of learnable techniques. At Grade 2: being heard.

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