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.
Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Mathematics (2007)
The state's own standardsAdopted 2007
Minnesota never adopted Common Core math. The 2007 standards remain in effect until the 2022 standards are implemented in 2027-28.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)2020 Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in English Language Arts
The state's own standardsAdopted 2023
Written in 2020 and put into rule July 3, 2023, with full implementation in 2025-26. They replace the 2010 Common Core-based standards and are reorganized into Minnesota's own strands; 'own' is our reading of that structure.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)2019 Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Science
Based on the national science framework, with the state's own changesAdopted 2021
Based on A Framework for K-12 Science Education; adopted in rule September 27, 2021 and fully implemented in 2024-25.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)2021 Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Social Studies
The state's own standards
2026-27 is the first year these standards are in effect. We could not confirm a Grade 2 theme from an official document.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)ELA: read texts representing the perspectives and identities of historical and contemporary Dakota and Anishinaabe people, and identify Dakota and Anishinaabe authors (2.1.3.1, 2.1.6.1).
Partly coveredWeek 21 reads a book by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and teaches that Native nations live today. Add 15 minutes once a month to read a library book by a Dakota or Anishinaabe author, and name the author and their nation together.
Verified: 2026-09-30. Standards change; always check your state's official page.