Second grade
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In the United States, second grade (called grade 2 in metric system countries) is a year of primary education. Second grade is the second school year after kindergarten. Students are traditionally 7–8 years old, depending on when their birthday occurs.
In mathematics, students are taught place value to hundreds or thousands, and renaming with addition and subtraction. Measurement is extended to the meter, foot, yard, kilogram, pound, and pint. Usually multiplication and division is introduced towards the end of the school year. Addition and subtraction facts are practiced throughout the year. Students also learn about plane and solid shapes in geometry and explore how they are apparent in our everyday lives. Some second grade topics in math can be explored at the following website.[1]
In reading, students read to perform a task using fictional and non-fictional texts, and learn about story elements, text features, and character traits. In many counties and districts, schools have reading benchmarks that students need to meet by the end of each quarter and/or school year.
Students in second grade also learn the basics of grammar in writing, including subject, verbs, and adjectives. They also write to inform, to express personal ideas, and to persuade. In the U.S. it is also common for second graders to be introduced to cursive.
Although the U.S. does not formally have national grade standards, there are groups selected by the Department of Education to develop standards which are generally used by each State to set their own standards. For mathematics, it is the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. There is an English guide to the second grade maths standards and expectations.[2] This description was built by using the major states as a norm.
In Ireland, the equivalent is known as Senior Infants (for 5-6 year olds) which is year 2 of Primary School.
In England, the second year of school is called year 1, and the pupils are 5 to 6 years old.[3]
At the same age, Scottish and Welsh pupils are in their third year of compulsory education and in their fourth year in Northern Ireland.
In Greece it can be referring either at the second grade of primary school, or the second grade of the Greek Gymnasium or at the second grade of Lycium.
In Brazil now, the time for elementary school were recently raised from 8 to 9 years, and the minimum age required to the second grade was changed from 6 to 7 years old.
In New Zealand, it's Year 3.
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| Preceded by First grade |
Second grade age 7 & 8 |
Succeeded by Third grade |
