Second Grade

Students learn phonics, reading, language, cursive writing, poetry, numeracy, history and geography, science, health, Bible stories, music, and arts and crafts.

Phonics & Language

After reviewing vowel sounds consonant sounds and how to blend them together, students learn consonant blends diphthongs, digraphs, and clue words to help remember these sounds. Students apply what they have learned on a deeper level than first grade. Concepts learned in first grade are expanded as students learn to apply the following concepts: recognizing and correctly punctuating four kinds of sentences; identifying and correctly using nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, subject and predicate of sentence; using and identifying compound words, rhyming words, antonyms, synonyms, contractions, and singular possessive words; forming plural nouns by applying spelling rules. By year's end, students will have a strong phonics and language foundation.

History & Geography

Students travel back in time to learn what life was like in our country's early days. Students will study the lives of groups of people who have made valuable contributions to our American heritage: the Pilgrims, Native Americans, early colonists, pioneers, cowboys and immigrants. In addition to maps and geographical facts, the curriculum also features information about the U.S. flag and the history behind patriotic holidays and songs.

Arithmetic

A foundation for learning more abstract concepts is built to teach students to apply mathematical concepts to real life situations. Concepts taught and reviewed include counting, place value, addition, subtraction, money, time, graphs, simple geometry, multiplication, division, and Roman numerals. Students will apply skills and facts they have learned as they complete word problems based on concrete situations. New material is built on prior learning and encourages students to think through new concepts. Curriculum includes daily reasoning questions that challenges students' thinking ability.

Bible

Students will learn more about the character, strengths, and weaknesses of men and women from the Bible.
By studying the lives of Bible characters, students will learn practical truths to apply their own lives, such as our actions will bring about either rewards or consequences.

Spelling

The spelling curriculum correlates with Phonics. The spelling lists reinforce the phonics concepts which the students learn. By the end of the year students will learn vocabulary words and their definitions.

Health

Students will learn basic facts of health and safety; courtesy at home, school, and everywhere, and to instill within students a desire to take care of the body God has given them.

Arts & Crafts

Designed to give month-by-month variety in enjoyable art activities. Working with various types of media, students learn elementary art techniques such as incorporating basic shapes, coloring and drawing techniques, painting using primary and complementary colors, and creating three-dimensional forms.

Creative Writing

Creative writing skills are taught in a sequence that prepares students to write their own stories incorporating higher level thinking skills into imaginative writing.

Poetry

Poems have been selected for their beauty of language, literary greatness, and character-building qualities.

Cursive Writing

Students are introduce to cursive writing. Building upon each grade, the consistent, step-by-step approach to good penmanship emphasizes neatness and correct letter formation in daily practice.

Science

Students increase both their reading comprehension and their knowledge of scientific concepts while learning about the human body, plants, animals and their habitat, matter, energy, and Earth and space from God's viewpoint. Through the "how" and "why" questions that are answered in this curriculum, students will learn about the world around them while developing their thinking skills.

Reading

Students will advance their reading and comprehension skills as they reinforce the application of phonics rules. Early readers correlate with the progression of the concepts and sounds presented in the phonics curriculum.