GRADE
Your Child’s Progress
Learning standards for the 2015–16 school year
Washington has K–12 learning standards that define the knowledge and skills every student
needs to be ready for career, college, and life when they complete high school.
Below are brief examples of Washington’s key learning goals for 2nd grade.
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Washington State
Learning Goals
The Washington State Legislature
has established four learning goals
to provide the foundation for the
development of all academic learning
standards in the state:
1.
Read with comprehension, write
effectively, and communicate
successfully in a variety of ways
and settings and with a variety
of audiences;
2.
Know and apply the core
concepts and principles of
mathematics; social, physical, and
life sciences; civics and history,
including different cultures and
participation in representative
government; geography; arts;
and health and fitness;
3.
Think analytically, logically,
and creatively, and to integrate
technology literacy and fluency
as well as different experiences
and knowledge to form reasoned
judgments and solve problems; and
4.
Understand the importance
of work and finance and how
performance, effort, and decisions
directly affect future career and
educational opportunities.
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The Arts. Explore movement; develop
singing skills; demonstrate audience
skills; explore art genres and styles.
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Educational Technology. Participate in
an information exchange with students
from another area of the United States.
Math. Extend understanding of place
value to add and subtract within
1000 and solve word problems using
concrete models and drawings.
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English Language Arts (ELA).
Understand the main idea in various
texts, participate in class discussions,
and write for different reasons and
audiences.
Science. Learn about the diversity
of life in different habitats, bodies of
water, and how wind and water can
change the shape of land.
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Social Studies. Investigate the
geographic and economic aspects of
community life and how communities
organize themselves.
Health and Fitness. Learn about body
systems and the relationship between
behaviors, choices, and consequences
to prevent illness and disease.
Washington also has learning standards in Integrated Environment and Sustainability,
World Languages, Career and Technical Education (frameworks and industry standards for
middle and high school), English Language Proficiency (in ELA, math and science), as well as
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