Language Arts:
Reading and Decoding Skills - Students will use using phonics, syllabication, and word parts to decode words up to three syllables. They apply this knowledge to achieve fluent oral and silent reading.

• Recognize and use knowledge of spelling patterns (e.g., diphthongs, special vowel spellings) when reading.
• Apply knowledge of basic syllabication rules when reading (e.g., vowel-consonant-vowel = su/ per; vowel-consonant/consonant-vowel = sup/ per).
• Recognize common abbreviations (e.g., Jan., Sun., Mr., St.).
• Identify and correctly use regular plurals (e.g., -s, -es, -ies) and irregular plurals (e.g., fly/ flies, wife/ wives).
• Read aloud fluently and accurately and with appropriate intonation and expression.
• Understand and explain common antonyms and synonyms.
• Use knowledge of individual words in unknown compound words to predict meaning.
• Know the meaning of simple prefixes and suffixes (e.g., over-, un-, -ing, -ly).
• Identify simple multiple-meaning words.

Reading Comprehension - Students will read and understand a wide variety of grade-level-appropriate material. The Bob Jones Second Grade curriculum includes narrative, poetry and nonfiction text.

• Use titles, tables of contents, and chapter headings to locate information in text.
• Restate facts and details in the text to clarify and organize ideas.
• Determine the main idea or purpose of text.
• Recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a text.
• Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and graphs.
• Follow two-step written instructions.

Literary Response and Analysis

• Recognize use of figurative language
• Compare and contrast plots, settings, and characters presented by different authors.
• Identify the use of rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in poetry.

English

• Complete and incomplete sentences
• Subject and Action part of a sentence
• Identify Nouns, Action Verbs, and Adjectives
• Study and Reference Skills

Text:

• Bob Jones - Reading for Christian Schools 2
• Bob Jones-  Reading for Christian Schools 2 Work text
• Bob Jones – English 2 Writing and Grammar Work text

Writing and Handwriting:

• Learn the 6+1 Traits of writing: ideas, voice, word choice, organization, sentence fluency, conventions and presentation
• Use the 6+1 Traits of writing in daily writing assignments: ideas, voice, word choice, organization, sentence fluency, conventions and presentation
• Group related ideas and maintain a consistent focus
• Understand the purposes of various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus)
• Revise drafts to improve mechanics, spelling, word choice and descriptive detail
• Write brief narratives based on their experiences
• Write a friendly letter complete with the date, salutation, body, closing, and signature
• Create readable documents with legible handwriting
• Practice proper alignment, slant, size, shape, and spacing of written work
• Learn cursive letter formations and small words

Text:

• 6+1 Traits for Writing
• A Reason for Handwriting Transition Student Work text

Spelling:

• Focus on reliable spelling patterns
• Development of spelling consciousness in students
• Emphasis on teaching children to apply efficient study practices

Text

• Bob Jones- Spelling for Christian Schools 2

Social Studies:

• Communities Old and New
• Starting the Colonies
• Where the colonists came from
• Communities grow
• Kings and Queens – learn about 4 famous Kings and Queens and how they became rulers of a Kingdom
• Kings Make Rules – learn about different rules that Kings implemented
• The American Revolutionary War

Text

• Bob Jones- Heritage Studies 2 for Christian Schools 2nd edition
• Bob Jones- Heritage Studies 2 for Christian Schools Notebook 2nd edition

Science

• Plants
• Fossils
• Forces
• Bones and Muscles
• Earth – what it is made up of
• Living and Not Living
• Where Things Live
• Ocean shoreline

Text

• Bob Jones- Science 2 for Christian Schools 2nd edition
• Bob Jones- Science 2 for Christian Schools Notebook 2nd edition

Mathematics:

• Addition and Subtraction
• Data
• Numbers and Patterns to 200
• Money
• Add 2-Digit Numbers
• Subtract 2-Digit Numbers
• Geometry
• Fractions
• Measurement
• Multiplication
• Division
• Numbers and Patterns up to 1,000
• Add and Subtract 3-Digit Numbers

Text:

• Houghton Mifflin California Math Grade 2

Bible:

• God frees the Israelites from Egypt
• The Ten Commandments
• The Ark of the Covenant
• Wandering in the Wilderness
• Learn about Moses, Aaron, Joshua
• Apply the Greatest Commandment to their lives
• Explore the biblical models of worship, prayer, generosity, service, forgiveness
• Describe the role of a missionary
• Explore the concept of Christian unity

Text

• Biblical Choices for a new generation – 2nd grade: The God of Freedom