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Grade 2

Enhancing Basic Skills
Leading to "I did it!"

Start Grade 2 Strong!

Ready for back to school? Give your child a confident start with
Smile Zemi’s personalized learning materials tailored to their needs.

Ready for back to school? Give your child a confident start with Smile Zemi’s personalized learning materials tailored to their needs.

Math

Aligned with COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

Mathematics

Learn a Variety of Calculation Strategies

In Grade 2, your child is expected to solve 2-step word problems. This will require them to understand 2-step calculations and be able to add and subtract 2 and 3-digit numbers. They will also begin to study real-life applications of math, such as the value of money and the metric system.

Children learning Grade 2 Math

The Break Apart Addition Strategy

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My child gets confused when using the break apart strategy and the concept of place value!

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Smile Zemi teaches one step at a time, as if a teacher were sitting right beside them.
By practicing with a wide range of problems, your child will deepen their understanding of the strategies they’ve learned.

Your child can organize information and show their work by writing directly on the tablet, allowing them to make their thoughts clear and giving them a solid understanding of the process to solve the problem.

Regroup Strategy

Your child will learn various strategies found within Common Core State Standards, including the Regroup Strategy.

Two-Step Word ProblemsFoster a desire to solve word problems

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My child is struggling in solving word problems with multiple steps.

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Smile Zemi gives them hands-on videos.
Your child will learn how to organize the content of word problems and understand where to start.

MoneyUnderstand the value of money

value of money
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I'm not sure if my child fully understands the value of money.

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Your child will be able to understand different forms of currency by dragging and dropping clear images that give them a deeper understanding.

Does math seem complicated?

Interactive learning makes math exciting!

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Smile Zemi Provides an

Effective Approach
to Solve Math Problems

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ELA

Aligned with COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

English Language Arts

Establish the Foundations for Upper Grade Learning

Students in Grade 2 will learn how to find the information necessary to answer questions from the text.
They will also acquire basic knowledge of adjectives and adverbs.

Children learning Grade 2 ELA

Literature

Improve reading comprehension skills while learning about different cultures through fables and folk tales from around the world.

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Adapted from "The Boy Who Drew Cats" by Aaron Shepard, illustrated by Khoa Le, Spider, May 2018 © by Cricket Media, Inc. Reproduced with permission.
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Understanding the relation between the feelings of characters and what happens in the story is difficult for my child.

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Understanding how to ask who, what, where, when, why, and how will allow your child to more easily identify important information in a story.

Informational Text

Develop the ability to accurately identify the author’s intentions (inform/explain/describe/persuade).

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Finding information in texts is difficult and time-consuming for my child.

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Smile Zemi teaches your child the role of titles, boldface, and indexes, so that they can find information more efficiently.

Grammar

Your child will learn how to use adjectives and adverbs, which are particularly difficult to master within the confines of the second-grade curriculum.

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My child finds it difficult to distinguish between adjectives and adverbs.

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Smile Zemi offers a wide range of examples and illustrations so that even difficult concepts like adjectives and adverbs can be learned in a fun way.

Word Study

Aligned with COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

Your child will acquire literacy and vocabulary skills by mastering the phonics and affixes necessary for reading and writing words. Steady, efficient practice helps to ensure retention of new words.

Children learning Word Study

Phonics

By learning the relationship between sounds and letters, your child will learn to use sound patterns to figure out the spelling of new words.

By learning the relationship between sounds and letters, your child will learn to use sound patterns to figure out the spelling of new words.

Syllables

Clear explanations of syllable separation will help your child to recognize syllables when they see them, allowing them to read new words.

Clear explanations of syllable separation will help your child to recognizes syllables when they see them, allowing them to read new words.

Prefixes and
Suffixes

Prefixes, suffixes, and base words are explained with easy-to-understand illustrations. As your child memorizes and understands these word parts, they’ll become able to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefixes, suffixes, and word stems are explained with easy-to-understand illustrations. As your child memorizes and understands these word parts, they’ll become able to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Spelling

Improve spelling with spell-from-sound quizzes. Once a new word is learned, your child will be able to review it over time to ensure they never forget how it's spelled.

Spelling

Improve spelling with spell-from-sound quizzes. Once a new word is learned, your child will be able to review it over time to ensure they never forget how it's spelled.

Keep track with Word Bank

Word Bank keeps track of all the words your child spelled correctly. Being able to see their own progress will motivative them to learn even more words.

Word Bank

Have fun checking your spelling with the Spelling Challenge!

Your child can have fun reviewing words through games like Word Search and Word Scramble, ensuring they retain those words!

Ninja Drill

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Build brain power
for basic math and grammar skills

Repetition increases confidence and fluency. By solving a variety of math problems and completing different grammar exercises regularly, your child can establish a solid foundation for even more learning.

NinjaDrill

If your child gets stuck,
learning help is always a tap away.

If your child gets stuck,
learning help is
always a tap away.

Master Basic Skills,
Feel the Pride of ‘I did it!’ with Smile Zemi!

Master Basic Skills,
Feel the Pride of ‘I did it!’
with Smile Zemi!

Hear from Parents

I like the step by step learning plus the pen and tablet are awesome.

My granddaughter has improved in math. She panics if she doesn't understand something right away but we just look at all the hints, other lessons and we revisit older lessons and she picks it up.

Grandparent of a 2nd grader

I like that Smile Zemi is strictly a learning app.

I like that Smile Zemi is strictly a learning app. They cannot exit the app to go to something else. And it gives them obtainable goals.

Parent of a 2nd grader

It’s a tablet full of school compatible content!

I have recommended this to several family members and even to her teachers. It’s a wonderful tablet to have. It’s a tablet full of school compatible content.

Parent of a 1st grader

2025-26 School YearAll-inclusive Contents
from Grades 1–5

  • Math
  • ELA
  • Word Study
  • Ninja Drill
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