Educational Programs - Second Grade
| Language Arts |
Phonics and Reading
- Review of vowels, consonants, blends, one- and two-vowel words, consonant blends
- Recognition and use of all phonics special sounds in reading
- Spelling rules; doubling consonants, dropping silent e, changing y to i
- Oral reading
- Manuscript
Cursive Writing
Review of letter formation
Guided creative writing
Creative writing journal
Daily seatwork practice in all academic areas
Introduction to 3/4 space writing
Spelling and Poetry
Weekly phonics-based word list
Weekly test
Reinforcement activities
Spelling glossary
Vocabulary words and definitions second semester
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Language
- Capitalization of first word in a sentence, proper names
- Days of the week, months of the year, special holidays, people, and places
- Correction punctuation at the ends of sentences
- Recognition of complete sentences
- Words using suffixes, prefixes, abbreviations, compound words, rhyming words, opposite words, same meaning words, contractions, singular and plural words, and singular possessive words
- Alphabetizing of words and other dictionary skills
- Writing complete sentences, questions, explanations and short stories
- Writing letters and thank-you notes
- Creative writing
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| History and Geography |
America Our Home
Our Flag
Our Patriotic Holidays
Our Songs
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The People Who Build America
The Separatists
America’s Indians
The Colonists
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America’s Pioneers
America’s Cowboys
The New Americans
Tomorrow’s America
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| Science |
Health and Human Biology
Enjoying Myself and Others
Energy
Enjoying the Air Around Us
Enjoying Things That Move
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Animals
Enjoying the Animal World
Plants
Enjoying the Plant World
Earth and Space
Enjoying the Stars and Planets
Enjoying Planet Earth
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Conservation
Enjoying Things That Work Together
Matter
Enjoying the Air Around Us
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| Health, Safety, Manners |
Health
Posture
Nutrition
Exercise
Rest
Cleanliness
Diseases
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Safety
At home and away from home
On streets, playgrounds, water
Manners
At home, school, Church, public
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| Arithmetic |
- Number recognition, counting, and Writing 1-1,000
- Numbers greatest and least 1-1,000
- Counting and writing by tens, fives, twos, to hundred thousands, threes to 36, fours to 48
- Rounding
- Ordinal numbers
- Addition facts through 18, column addition 4-digit addition with carrying
- Subtraction facts through 18, 4-digit. Subtraction with borrowing
- Story problems
- Numbers before and after by ones, twos, threes, fours, and tens
- Multiple combinations
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- Counting and combining coins and bills
- Telling time to the nearest minute
- Estimation
- English and some metric measures
- Drawing and measuring lines to one-half inch
- Unit fractions
- Reading a thermometer
- Place value to thousands
- Division facts 1-5
- Multiplication facts 0-5
- Calendars
- Reading pictographs, bar graphs, and line graphs
- Developing listening skills
- Roman numerals
- Making change
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| Bible |
Bible Truths - A Servant’s Heart
Memory Verses
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