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.
Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics
The state's own standardsAdopted 2022
Approved September 2, 2022. Nebraska never adopted Common Core; Grade 2 is organized as Number, Geometry and Data.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Nebraska's College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts
The state's own standardsAdopted 2021
Approved September 2, 2021; Grade 2 includes a handwriting standard (legible, correctly formed letters with proper spacing).
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Nebraska Science Standards (2024)
Based on the national science framework, with the state's own changesAdopted 2024
Approved September 6, 2024; built on A Framework for K-12 Science Education, with Nebraska examples added.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Nebraska Social Studies Standards (2019)
The state's own standards
Approved November 8, 2019. Grade 2 theme is 'Neighborhood': civics, economics, geography and history applied to the child's community, including using money.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Math: subitizing is a Grade 2 standard (recognizing quantities in briefly shown arrangements without counting) (2.N.1).
Add at homeAdd a 5-minute dot-card game 3 times a week: draw 1 to 10 dots on cards in different arrangements, flash each for 2 seconds and have your child say how many without counting.
Math: students ask their own questions to generate data before graphing it (2.D.1).
Partly coveredWeeks 25 and 26 collect data and make graphs from survey questions. Add 10 minutes for your child to write their own survey question, ask the family, and graph the answers.
Science: compare Nebraska habitats, and use Nebraska bodies of water and examples like floods and tornadoes, along with solutions such as sandbagging, windbreaks and terracing (SC.2.7.2, SC.2.13.3).
Partly coveredWeek 9 compares habitats, Week 20 shows how plants slow erosion, and Week 23 records weather. Add 15 minutes with a Nebraska map or book: find a river and a habitat, and talk about floods and tornadoes and fixes such as sandbags, windbreaks and terraces.
Verified: 2026-09-30. Standards change; always check your state's official page.