Second Grade is built on the national frameworks that most state standards are based on or closely resemble: the Common Core State Standards for math and English language arts, the national K-12 science framework (the Next Generation Science Standards*), and the C3 Framework for social studies. Every lesson lists the standard it teaches.
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards
The state's own standardsAdopted 2021
Approved in August 2021 and used in classrooms since 2023-24. Georgia teachers wrote them to replace the earlier Common Core-based standards.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards
The state's own standardsAdopted 2023
Approved on May 11, 2023, and used in classrooms since 2025-26. The state said they removed the last parts of Common Core.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Georgia Standards of Excellence for Science
The state's own standardsAdopted 2016
Approved in June 2016 and in effect since 2017-18. Grade 2 topics differ from the Next Generation Science Standards*: stars, the sun and moon, changes to the environment, matter, pushes and pulls, and life cycles.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies
The state's own standards
Grade 2 focuses on Georgia: people from Georgia's history, the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee peoples, Georgia's landforms, and basic economics. GaDOE's standards database dates this version to February 2021; the adoption year was not confirmed.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Science: children study stars of different sizes and brightness, and patterns of the sun and moon (national standards place sun and moon patterns in Grade 1).
Add at homeAdd a 2-week sky log (5 minutes a night): your child draws the moon's shape each night and notes how some stars look brighter than others. Add 10 minutes on a sunny day to mark where the sun is in the morning, at noon and in the late afternoon.
Science: pushes and pulls that change speed and direction are taught in Grade 2 (Kindergarten in the national standards).
Add at homeAdd a 15-minute ramp test: roll a toy car and push it gently, then harder, then tap it from the side, and have your child say how each push changed its speed or direction.
Science: life cycles of different living things are taught in Grade 2 (Grade 3 in the national standards).
CoveredCovered in Week 31, where your child studies the life cycles of a frog, a butterfly and a bean plant.
Social studies: Georgia history, including people from Georgia's past and the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee peoples, plus Georgia's landforms.
Partly coveredWeek 21 teaches the Cherokee people today, and the My State add-on lessons cover state history and the state map. Add 15 minutes to learn about the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Georgia landforms such as mountains and coast, using the map skills from Week 9.
Verified: 2026-09-30. Standards change; always check your state's official page.