English

• Our focus is to read more! 
• Reading items we will be including as family read alouds...
• The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans C. Andersen
• Dick Whittington and His Cat by Marcia Brown
• The Little House by Virginia Burton
• Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel by Virginia Burton
• The Ugly Duckling by Lorinda Cauley
• The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
• Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
• The Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
• Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
• Doctor De Soto by William Steig
• The Box-Car Childrenby Gertrude Warner
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams
• We are also focusing on writing simple sentences,

Texts we are using: Abeka Grade 2 Kit

Math

• Our focus is fluency in numbers
• Understanding numbers up to 1000 and skip counting by 5s, 10s, 20s, 50s and 100s
• Doing 3 digit adding and or subtraction problems
• Understanding simple geometric shapes
• Completing 2-step problems
• Using a ruler successfully

Texts we are using: Abeka 2nd Grade

Science / Health

• Our focus is learning about the world God gave us
• We plan to complete additional science units with our local Co-Op class.

Texts we are using:  The Good and The Beautiful

History

• Our focus is understanding the places around us.

Texts we are using:  Notgrass History - The Great Big World (This curriculum is also literature rich, which we LOVE!)

Books to accompany the Text:

• The Turtle of Omanby Naomi Shihab Nye
• Akimbo of Africaby Alexander McCall Smith
• A Bear Called Paddingtonby Michael Bond
• Race for the Recordby Dave and Neta Jackson
• The Muddleheaded Wombatby Ruth Park
• Owls in the Familyby Farley Mowat
• Juana and Lucasby Juana Medina.

Electives

Typing  - These skills are being practiced as we type our English papers - not a set curriculum

Handwriting but moving into cursive - To become more fluid

Gym  - To promote continued body care and maintenance (We live on a farm, so gym is a daily occurrence)

Art - To improve drawing skills we are participating in a drawing class through our local Co-Op.

Music - Our Co-Op is offering a Music Appreciation class for this elective!

Bible - Our Co-Op offers a chapel class where the boys are working on verse memorization. We are also big fans of The Adventures in Odyssey and found this Devotional.

Our Learning Checklist

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