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.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Mathematics
The state's own standardsAdopted 2012
The elementary math TEKS (19 TAC Chapter 111) were adopted in 2012. Grade 2 has its own strand on personal financial literacy.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for English Language Arts and Reading
The state's own standardsAdopted 2017
Adopted in 2017 (19 TAC Chapter 110) and in effect since August 2019. Grade 2 includes cursive and early research skills such as telling primary sources from secondary sources. The State Board also approved a statewide literary works list in June 2026, which starts in 2030-31.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science
The state's own standardsAdopted 2021
Adopted in 2021 (19 TAC Chapter 112) and in classrooms since 2024-25. Texas writes its own science standards. Grade 2 covers matter, forces, sound, Sun and Moon, weather, natural resources, food chains and animal life cycles.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Social Studies
The state's own standards
Grade 2 is a study of the local community and how important people and events shaped the community, the state and the nation (19 TAC 113.13, adopted 2010 and last amended effective 2024). New K-12 social studies TEKS were approved in June 2026, and grades K-5 start them in 2030-31.
Official standards (opens in a new tab)Math: a personal financial literacy strand (TEKS 2.11). Children learn how savings grow, deposits and withdrawals, responsible borrowing, lending, and producers and consumers.
Partly coveredWeek 28 teaches saving, what a bank does and interest, and Week 27 teaches producers and consumers. Add a 15-minute pretend bank: keep a record of deposits and withdrawals, and talk about borrowing and paying back.
ELA: Grade 2 includes forming all cursive letters. Common Core has no cursive standard.
Add at homeAdd 10 minutes of cursive practice 3 times a week from Week 19, starting with the lowercase letters c, a, d and g, then joining them into short words like cat and dad. Keep going until all upper- and lowercase letters are formed.
Social studies: children say both the Pledge of Allegiance and the Pledge to the Texas Flag and learn about named figures such as Irma Rangel.
Partly coveredWeek 18 teaches the Pledge of Allegiance. Add 10 minutes to say the Pledge to the Texas Flag and talk about what it means, and choose Irma Rangel as the person in the My State, Part 2 add-on lesson.
Science: Grade 2 covers weather observation, the Sun and Moon, and animal life cycles including metamorphosis. The Next Generation Science Standards* place weather in Kindergarten, the Sun and Moon in Grade 1 and life cycles in Grade 3.
Partly coveredWeek 23 covers weather observation and Week 31 life cycles, including a butterfly. Add a 2-week moon log (5 minutes a night) and mark where the sun is at three times on one sunny day.
Verified: 2026-09-30. Standards change; always check your state's official page.