This is our third blog on the curriculum and is for Year 2.
N.B. All details on the curriculum are taken from www.australiancurriculum.edu.au
Mathematics
By the end of Year 2, students
recognise increasing and decreasing number sequences involving 2s, 3s and 5s.
They represent multiplication and division by grouping into sets.
They
associate collections of Australian coins with their value.
Students identify
the missing element in a number sequence.
Students recognise the features of
three-dimensional objects.
They interpret simple maps of familiar locations.
They explain the effects of one-step transformations. Students make sense of
collected information.
Students
count to and from 1000.
They perform simple addition and subtraction
calculations using a range of strategies.
They divide collections and shapes
into halves, quarters and eighths. Students order shapes and objects using
informal units.
They tell time to the quarter hour and use a calendar to
identify the date and the months included in seasons. They draw two-
dimensional shapes.
They describe outcomes for everyday events. Students
collect data from relevant questions to create lists, tables and picture
graphs.
Supporting products available:
- Gillian Miles Cool Maths exercises – as a maths teacher herself, these guides are simple and effective – this will last through to grade 3, or great for an advanced year 2 $5.95
- Gillian Miles Cool Times table exercises – for years 2-5, grouped by the number of the times table, e.g exercises for 2’s, 3’s etc .A nice thick book that will last! $9.95
- Math Gear fast facts – a fun way to check maths – available in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division- this small wheel shaped book allows the child to turn the wheel to match up numbers and see the answer to simple maths problems - $12.95
- Fun factory multiplication board – a visual way to learn times tables through an abacus-like structure – good for children who prefer to learn with tangibles/visuals - $19.95
- Gillian Miles tell the time poster - $9.95 – wipe clean poster which helps with numerical and digital time, as well as 24 hour clock
- Doowell tell the time chart – learn time digitally, with words, or numbers – also gives activities structure to help children understand what happens when e.g. bedtime! $34.95
- Dicecapades Board game $39.95 – Trivia, Drawing, word and number play make this a great all round product with lots and lots of dice! Not just a game of luck, but also about the smarts of the player. Good family fun…and you learn something!
English
Receptive modes (listening, reading and
viewing)
By the
end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by
identifying text structures and language features used to describe characters,
settings and events.
They
read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary,
a significant number of high frequency sight words and images that provide
additional information.
They monitor meaning and self-correct using context,
prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge.
They identify
literal and implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make
connections between texts by comparing content.
They listen for particular
purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic sound
patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and
creating)
When
discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features
and topic-specific vocabulary.
They explain their preferences for aspects of
texts using other texts as comparisons.
They create texts that show how images
support the meaning of the text.
Students
create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and
information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in
group and class discussions and make presentations.
They accurately spell
familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation
accurately.
They legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Supporting Products available
- Usborne Young Reading Series 2 - great diverse range of stories from Robin Hood to Heidi, with notes for parents to help support and encourage your child – $12.95
- Usborne Tricky words to spell - $13.95 – age 7 plus – wide selection of wipe clean cards that helps the child look, cover, write check, then start over. Great for building vocabulary too!
- That’s my story - $14.95 – card game. Excellent new product designed by Brisbane mum. Cards show pictorially or with words suggested beginnings, middles and ends to stories and your child develops a story around those cards. Great for learning how to structure stories – relevant for ages up to grade 4.
Science
By the
end of Year 2, students describe changes to objects, materials and living
things.
They identify that certain materials and resources have different uses
and describe examples of where science is used in people’s daily lives.
Students
pose questions about their experiences and predict outcomes of investigations.
They use informal measurements to make and compare observations.
They follow
instructions to record and represent their observations and communicate their
ideas to others.
History
By the end of Year
2, students analyse aspects of daily life to identify how some have changed
over recent time while others have remained the same.
They describe a person,
site or event of significance in the local community.
Students sequence
events in order, using a range of terms related to time.
They pose questions
about the past and use sources provided (physical, visual, oral) to answer
these questions.
They compare objects from the past and present. Students
develop a narrative about the past using a range of texts.
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