— 2nd Grade Scope —

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Language Arts

Reading

1. Resources

  • A Beka Readers
  • Slide Down the Sky Open Court Reader
  • From Sea to Shining Sea Open Court Reader
  • Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey
  • Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Dalgliesh
  • Three Dollar Mule by Bulla 
  • The Little House in the Big Woods by Wilder
  • The Courage of Sarah Noble by Dalgliesh
  • Nate the Great and the Lost List by Sharmat
2. Concepts / Skills
  • Review and mastery of phonics skills
  • Continued instruction in fluency and comprehension skills
  • Recognized and identify story types, elements of a story, and characters in stories
  • Read aloud from quality literature daily
  • Increase vocabulary and context skills
Grammar
1. Resources - First Language lessons for the Well Trained Mind Level III
2. Concepts / Skills
  • Kinds of sentences, complete sentences
  • Introduce diagramming
  • Punctuation (end marks; commas in series, dates addresses, letters; quotations apostrophes, underlining)
  • Capitalization (beginning of sentence, proper noun, pronoun)
  • Parts of speech
  • Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms
  • Dictionary skills
  • Parts of a book
  • Recite selected poems
Writing
1. Resources
  • First Language lessons for the Well Trained Mind Level III
  • Teaching Writing: Structure & Style - Institute for Excellence in Writing
  • Progymnasmata (Step 1 – fables, Step 2 – narratives )
2. Concepts / Skills
  • Thank you notes, friendly letter
  • Retelling fables and narratives 
  • Oral Speaking and presence in front of peers
  • Teaching writing structure and style
  • Penmanship review
Spelling
1. Resources
  • A Beka Charts
  • W.I.S.E. Guide to Spelling; Spell to Read and Write
  • Learning Log
2. Concepts / Skills
  • Transition from A Beka charts to Wise phonograms
  • Mastery of Wise phonograms
  • Mastery of spelling lists
  • Correctly spell age appropriate words in all school work
  • Correctly place up to 20 words in alphabetical order
  • Introduction/mastery of age appropriate spelling rules

II. Mathematics

A. Resources
  • Houghton Mifflin- Math in Focus
  • Variety of manipulatives
B. Concepts / Skills
  • Numbers to 1,000
  • Addition and subtraction up to 1,000 
  • Using bar models: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Multiplication and division concepts
  • Multiplication tables of 2,3,4,5 and 10
  • Metric measurement of length: meters, cm
  • Mass: kilograms, grams
  • Volume: liters
  • Mental math and estimation
  • Money: $1, $5, $10, pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars
  • Fractions: ½ , 1/3 ,1/4 
  • Customary measurement of length: feet, inches
  • Time: hour, ½ hour, ¼ hour, 5 minutes, minute
  • Picture graphs
  • Lines and surfaces
  • Shapes and patterns

III. History/Bible

A. Resources
  • NIV Bible
  • Veritas History Curriculum
  • Senefer by Lumpkin
  • Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found by Donnelly
B. Concepts / Skills
  • Memorize Hebrews 11
  • Recite the books of the Bible in order
  • Identify key people, dates and events from Creation through the Reign of Solomon, as well as Egyptian history
  • Locate key historical places on the map of Ancient Egypt

IV. Latin

A. Resources
  • Elementary Latin by Nancy Sattler
  • Elementary Latin audio tapes
B. Concepts
  • Recite noun and verb chants
  • Learn simple songs in Latin
  • Learn simple vocabulary words in Latin

V. Science

A. Resources
  • Purposeful Design Science- Level III
  • Laboratory experiments, activities and field trips

B. Concepts
Physical Science
  • Solar system
  • Measurement
Life Science

  • Mummification
  • Five senses
  • Botany

VI. Music

A. Resources
  • David E. Knauss Music Curriculum
  • Rhythm Flashcard Kit
  • Musical Games, Fingerplays and Rhythmic Activities for Early Childhood
  • “I Sing, You Sing”, Sally Albrecht
  • Various folk songs and hymns
B. Concepts / Skills
  • Note values, symbols, singing technique and pitch recognition
  • Learn how to measure time in music
  • Duple and triple time signatures
  • Listen to various styles of music , sing hymns and folk songs
  • Perform in Christmas concert

VII. Art

A. Resources
  • Gardener’s Art Through the Ages
  • History of Art for Young People, Janson
  • The Annotated Mona Lisa, Strickland
  • Various internet sites including, but not limited to: Artlex, Kinderart, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, The Getty, NAEA, IAM –International Arts Movement, National Gallery of Art, Smart History
B. Concepts / Skills
  • Elements of Art, and Principles of Design: Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Pattern, Space, Color, etc.
  • Symmetry
  • Realism vs. Abstract
  • Illusion of Depth
  • Working with clay
  • Assemblage