SECOND GRADE

 

 

 

Language
Arts

Phonics and Reading

Language

 

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

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

Word usage rules

Writing complete sentences, questions, explanations and short stories

Writing letters and thank-you notes

Creative writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History

and

Geography

America Our Home

Our Flag

Our Patriotic Holidays

Our Songs

The People Who Build America

The Separatists

America’s Indians

The Colonists

America’s Pioneers

America’s Cowboys

The New Americans

Tomorrow’s America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science

Health and Human Biology

Enjoying Myself and Others

Animals

Enjoying the Animal World

Conservation

Enjoying Things That Work Together

 

 

 

 

 

Energy

Enjoying the Air Around Us

Enjoying Things That Move

Plants

Enjoying the Plant World

Matter

Enjoying the Air Around Us

 

 

Earth and Space

Enjoying the Stars and Planets

Enjoying Planet Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health,
Safety,
Manners

Health
Safety

 

Posture

Nutrition

Exercise

Rest

Cleanliness

Diseases

 

At home and away from home

On streets, playgrounds, water

 

 

Manners

At home, school, Church, public

 

 

 

 

Arithmetic

Number recognition, counting, and writing 1-1,000 and beyond

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Bible

Bible Truths- A Servant’s Heart

Memory Verses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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