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Second Grade Curriculum
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
Daily seatwork practice in all academic areas
Creative journal, Guided creative writing, Introduction to 3/4-space writing
Spelling and Poetry
Weekly phonics-based word list
Vocabulary words and definitions second semester, Weekly Tests
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
Word Usage rules, Writing letters and thank-you notes, Creative Writing

History and Geography America, Our Home
My American Flag, My American
Our Flag, Our patriotic Holidays, Our Songs
The People Who Built America
The Separatists, American Indians The Colonists, American Pioneers, America's Cowboys, the New Americans, Tomorrow's America
Health, Safety and Manners Health
Eating good foods, Exercising, Rest, Cleanliness, Disease
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
Science Plants
Enjoying the Plant World
Animals
Enjoying the Animal World
Health and Human Biology
Enjoying Myself and Others
Earth and Science
Enjoying the Stars and Planets
Enjoying Planet Earth
Matter
Enjoying the Air Around Us
Energy
Enjoying the Air Around Us
Enjoying Things that Move
Conservation
Enjoying Things that work together
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
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 the 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

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