Language Arts: 2nd Grade

- Speaking and Listening Standards Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text aloud or information presented orally or through other media. Comprehension and Collaboration. Presentation of knowledge and Ideas.

-Language Standards Conventions of standard English. Knowledge of Language. Vocabulary Acquisition and use.

Math: Kindergarten

-Counting and Cardinality Know number names and the count sequence. Count to tell the number of objects. Compare numbers.

-Operations and Algebraic Thinking Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.

Do you think that it is important for teachers to know and teach according to state and national standards for the level that they teach? Why or why not?

- I think it is very important for standards to be in place and to be implemented in classrooms. I believe this because it helps hold teachers accountable to what the students need to be learning in each grade level. It helps ensure that each child, no matter the school, will have to cover the same basics. I like this because it is trying to prevent some children from being left behind because of a teacher who may not have pushed to cover as much information as they should have. This way everyone knows what is expected of them and can act accordingly.