Second grade

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Second grade (called Grade 2 in some regions) is a year of education in America and many other nations. It is usually two years after kindergarten. Students are usually 7–8 years old, but sometimes as old as 11. It is a part of elementary school.

• In the United States, 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]].

Also, in reading, students read reading to perform a task fiction and non-fiction text, 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; subject, verb, adjectives are all some terms that are explored. They also write to inform, to express personal ideas, and to persuade.

Although the U.S. does not formally have national grade standards, there are groups selected by the Dept of Education to develop standards which are generally used by each State to set their own standards. For math, it is the National Association of Math Teachers. There are a number of guides by grade and state. A good clear English guide to the second grade math standards and expectations. This description was built by using the major states as a norm.

Preceded by: First grade

Second grade 7–8

Succeeded by: Third grade

Its English equivalent is Year 3, the fourth year of primary school.