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

Cursive Writing

Review of letter formation
Guided creative writing
Creative writing journal
Daily seatwork practice in all
academic areas

Spelling and Poetry

Weekly phonics-based word list
Vocabulary words and definitions
second semester
Weekly test
Reinforcement activities
Spelling glossary
Seven poems committed to
Memory

Language

Capitalization of first word in
a sentence, days of the week,
months of the year, special
holidays, people, and places
Correct punctuation at the ends
of sentences

Complete sentences, questions, and
exclamations
Words using suffixes, prefixes,
abbreviations, compound words,
rhyming words, opposite words,
same-meaning words, singular and
plural words, singular possessive
words, and contractions
Alphabetizing words and other
dictionary skills
Word usage rules
Writing of complete sentences,
questions, exclamations, 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 Built America


The Separatists
America’s Indians
The Colonists
America’s Pioneers
America’s Cowboys
The New Americans

Tomorrow’s America
Science Plants

Enjoying the Plant World

Animals

Enjoying the Animal World

Health and Human Biology

Enjoying Myself and Others

Earth and Space

Enjoying our Earth and Sky

Matter

Enjoying the Air Around Us

Energy

Enjoying the Air Around Us
Enjoying Things That Move

Conservation

Enjoying Things That Work
Together

Health,
Safety,
Manners
Health

Posture
Nutrition
Exercise
Rest
Cleanliness
Diseases

Safety

At home and away from home
On streets
Around water
During bad weather

Manners

Politeness
Kindness
Cheerfulness
Respect
Thoughtfulness
Thankfulness
Patience
Table and telephone manners

Arithmetic Number recognition, counting,

and writing 1–10,000 and
beyond
Numbers greatest and least
1–1,000
Counting and writing to hundred
thousands, threes to 36, fours
to 48
Ordinal numbers
Addition facts through 18,
column addition, four-digit
addition with carrying
Subtraction facts through 18,
four-digit subtraction with
borrowing

Multiplication facts 0–5

Division facts 1–5
Story problems
Multiple combinations
Estimation
Rounding
Numbers before and after by
ones, twos, threes, fours,
fives, and tens
Counting and combining coins
and bills
Telling time to the nearest minute
English and some metric measures

Drawing and measuring lines to

one-half inch
Developing listening skills
Calendars
Place value to thousands
Unit fractions
Making change
Reading a thermometer
Reading pictographs, bar graphs,
and line graphs
Roman numerals

Bible Lessons such as Salvation Series, Life of Moses, Tabernacle, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Jonah

(includes memory verses, hymns /choruses, and Bible doctrine)

Music
Arts & Crafts
Traditional, patriotic,
fun songs
Development of art techniques in
multiple types of media