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Second Grade Curriculum Guide |
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Language, Arts, Phonics and ReadingReview 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 WritingReview of letter formation. Guided creative writing. Creative writing journal. Daily seat work practice in all academic areas. Introduction to 3.4-space writing.
Spelling and PoetryWeekly phonics-based word list. Vocabulary words and definitions second semester. Weekly test Reinforcement activities. Spelling glossary. Seven poems committed to memory.
LanguageCapitalization 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 (Native Americans)
- 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 others and myself.
- Energy: Enjoying things that move. Enjoying the air around us.
- Conservation: Enjoying things that work together.
- Health: Posture, Nutrition, Exercise, Rest, Cleanliness, and Diseases.
- Earth and Space: Enjoying the Stars and Planets. Enjoying Planet Earth
- Matter: Enjoying the Air Around Us
Health, Safety, Manners Manners: Politeness, Thoughtfulness, Kindness, Thankfulness, Cheerfulness, Patience, & Respect. 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)
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