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.
2023 New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Mathematics (NJSLS-M)
Based on the Common Core, with the state's own changesAdopted 2023
Adopted October 4, 2023, with curriculum implementation in September 2024. Grade 2 keeps Common Core content but adds a Data Literacy domain and renames Measurement (2.M).
Official standards (opens in a new tab)2023 New Jersey Student Learning Standards for English Language Arts (NJSLS-ELA)
Based on the Common Core, with the state's own changesAdopted 2023
Adopted October 4, 2023, with curriculum implementation in September 2024; a revision of the 2016 standards, which were based on Common Core.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)2026 New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Based on the national science framework, with the state's own changesAdopted 2026
Readopted June 3, 2026, for 2026-27. Grade 2 expectations match the Next Generation Science Standards*; four expectations were revised to sharpen climate-related learning, including the shared K-2 engineering standard (K-2-ETS1-1).
Official standards (opens in a new tab)2020 New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Social Studies
The state's own standards, informed by the C3 Framework
Adopted June 3, 2020, and set by the end of Grade 2 rather than for each grade: local civics and rules, maps, needs and wants, and timelines and sources. Includes state-required instruction (Amistad, Holocaust, and contributions of people with disabilities and LGBT people) and climate change. Under review as of 2026.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Math: a Grade 2 Data Literacy domain, starting with understanding that people collect data to answer questions and identifying what counts as data (2.DL.A.1, 2.DL.A.2).
CoveredCovered in Week 25, where data is taught as information gathered to answer a question, and Week 26, where your child runs surveys.
Verified: 2026-09-30. Standards change; always check your state's official page.