Second Grade Overview
Bible
During the first six weeks in our study book, Finding God’s Promises, we discuss creation, the first sin, and God’s promises to send a Savior. The remainder of the year, we focus on the life of Moses as he leads the children of Israel from Egypt to Canaan, the Promised Land. Each week we memorize Scriptures that apply to out lives. We attend weekly chapel services featuring guest speakers and class presentations.
Positive Action for Christ Curriculum
Reading
The wide variety of quality reading selections stimulates enjoyment of reading and an appreciation of literature. The curriculum integrates Bible truths, phonics, comprehension, and reading/thinking skills in its reading material. The additional reading of the novels, Wings as Eagles, Captive Treasures, Dognapped, and Pelican Cove, enhances the students’ enjoyment of reading.
Spelling
Weekly spelling lists are arranged phonetically so the students will be able to identify the sound they hear with the pattern they see. A collection of poetry for student memorization is included. The poems have been selected for their beauty of language, literary greatness, and character-building qualities.
Penmanship
Manuscript is reviewed as the students start learning cursive at the beginning of the year. It teaches proper letter formation, slant, and spacing.
Language
Jingles are use to teach structure and parts of speech. Students are taught nouns (common, proper, singular, plural, subject nouns, object of the preposition nouns), verbs, adverbs, adjectives (including article adjectives), pronouns, and prepositions. Writing skills include identifying and writing a topic sentence for two-point expository paragraphs, descriptive paragraphs, and narrative paragraphs. Students write thank-you notes and address envelopes. Students distinguish words that are antonyms, synonyms, or homonyms. Students can recognize the simple subject, simple predicate, complete subject, and complete predicate. Subject and verb agreement can also be distinguished.
Bob Jones Curriculum supplemented with the Shurley Method
Social Studies
Social Studies is taught during the first semester. Students step back into American history and learn what life would have been like in our country’s early days. They learn the history of our flag, patriotic holidays, patriotic songs, Pilgrims, American Indians, colonists, pioneers, cowboys, and immigrants. Class discussion, underlining important information in the text, and answering study review sheets help prepare the students for test evaluations. Students enjoy acting out historical stories and doing class projects such as craft shops in Colonial America.
Book - Our America - ABEKA Curriculum
Science
Students learn to enjoy God’s world as they study His plan for creation. Both reading comprehension and knowledge of scientific concepts are increased as students learn about the human body, animals, plants, matter, energy, earth, space, and conservation. By answering “how and “why” questions, students will develop their thinking skills. Hands-on activities and activities to help increase comprehension of basic science concepts are included. This class is taught during the second semester. “Mad Scientist” parents are encouraged to get involved by doing experiments in the classroom.
Book - Enjoying God's World - ABEKA Curriculum
Math
Concepts taught or reviewed in the curriculum include counting, place value, addition and subtraction, money, time, graphs, simple geometry, multiplication and division, and Roman numerals. Story problems are used to provide practice in using the skills and facts learned and are based on concrete situations. New material is built on prior learning and encourages students to think through new concepts. Thinking Caps challenge students’ thinking ability. Speed drills and math facts contests are carried out through the year.
Book - Arithmetic 2 - ABEKA Curriculum
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