In France, second grade corresponds to CE1 (Cours Élémentaire 1), the second of five years of elementary school.
In Peru, "second grade (Segundo Grado)" is the common term, with pupils between 7–8 years old.
In the Philippines, Grade 2 (Filipino: Baitang Dalawa) is the second year of Primary Level and Elementary School curriculum.
[2] The British education system differs slightly between the four individual countries of the United Kingdom.
In the United States, second grade students study arithmetic, working with multi-digit addition and subtraction of natural and whole numbers.
In language arts, students work with regular and irregular verbs, plurals, homophones, compound words, and comparative and superlative adjectives.
Natural science in the second grade includes basic physics like simple machines, magnets, and heat.