Franconian
International School
Curriculum Overview – Grade 2
This is a
broad overview of the curriculum that will be taught in the second grade at the
The FIS
curriculum has been developed and organized to incorporate components from a
variety of concepts and institutions. The FIS Curriculum consists of central
elements of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program, The National
Curriculum from
We have listed
the major topics or themes that will be covered during the year for each
subject. This is a guide and it is our goal to teach our curriculum as
comprehensively and consistently as possible. In the primary grades, many
topics will not be taught in isolation as separate subjects, but will be
integrated as meaningful experiences that the children will be able to relate
to in their everyday life.
Language Arts
¨ Exploring, explaining, planning,
predicting, investigating and sharing ideas, insights and opinions
¨ Reading aloud, telling and
enacting stories and poems
¨ Reporting, describing, and
presenting
¨ Developing listening skills
¨ Develop reading strategies and
phonics skills
¨ Improving fluency, accuracy,
understanding and enjoyment
¨ Various texts: Fiction,
non-fiction, poetry, traditional stories, legends, etc.
¨ Deepen understanding of plot,
ideas, characters, vocabulary and use of language
For a variety of purposes - stories, poetry,
letters, factual reports, journals, etc.
¨ Features of layout and
presentation
¨ Punctuation and grammar
¨ Planning and drafting processes
¨ Spelling, use of dictionary
¨ Develop legible handwriting
¨ Counting, properties of numbers
and number sequences
¨ Place value and ordering
¨ Estimating and rounding
¨ Fractions
¨ Understanding addition and
subtraction
¨ Rapid recall of addition and
subtraction facts
¨ Mental calculations strategies (addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division)
¨ Pencil and paper procedures
(addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)
¨ Understanding multiplication and
division
¨ Checking results of calculations
¨ Making decisions, word problems
using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
¨ Reasoning about number and
shapes
¨ Problems in "real
life": money and measures
¨ Organising and interpreting data
¨ Measures: Length, mass, capacity
¨ Time: Digital and analogue clock
¨ 2-D and 3-D shapes
¨ Forces
¨ Materials and their properties
¨ Properties and Classification of
Plants
¨ Nutrition and Health
¨ Me, my school and my
neighborhood
¨ Weather: Study of Rain Forest
¨ Settlement: Rural, suburban, urban
¨ Environmental change
¨ Local History (Herzogenaurach)
¨ First Settlers in
German
¨
Developing
of speaking skills: Telling, reporting, describing, explaining, opinions
¨
Reading
for accuracy, fluency and facts
¨
Writing of
stories / free writing
¨
Spelling
of nouns, words with st/sp d/t g/k
¨
Main parts
of speech
¨
Syllabification
Stress on reading of German
children’s literature and poems
¨
Oral
language
¨
Acquisition
of the language through songs, rhymes, games, fairy tales, puppet show
¨
Vocabulary
from child–related everyday situations (family, friends, school)
¨
Basic
reading and writing
¨ Safety
¨ Friendship
¨
¨ Fairness
¨ Problem solving
¨ Respecting others / property and
self
¨ Elementary
movement combinations (fine motor skills)
¨ What can
the human body do?
¨ Partner
and Team Games – competition
¨ Improve
self-confidence / appreciate and enjoy PE
¨ Learning
about sports equipment (Introduction to basic equipment – ball, rope, hoop,
stick, mat, box, long bench, rings, beam)
Art & Technology
¨ Developing skills in the
techniques of:
Drawing, painting,
printing, collage, fabric work and work in 3-D
¨ Continued work in the use of
pattern, texture, colour, line, tone, shape, form
¨ Study of the work of chosen
artists
¨ Computing
¨ Songs
¨ Movement / Dance
¨ Singing Games
¨ Rhythm
¨ Dynamics
¨ Percussion instruments
¨ Responding to Music
¨ Music Appreciation
¨
Life –
Learning – Judging: I’m glad that I’m able to see
¨
To be glad
– to be sad: Wishes; reasons for being sad
¨
Schedule
of time is necessary
¨
Work: Ways
to evaluate our work
