BIBLE – 2^nd Grade                                                                                           

We present the Bible as the absolute authoritative word of God.  We teach that the Bible was written to let people know God and themselves and that they can accept His free gift of salvation and live lives of service and obedience to Him.

OBJECTIVES

1.     To help students make an informed commitment to Christ as Savior and Lord and to live out that commitment through love, obedience, and service in ways that are appropriate for their spiritual maturity.

2.     To immerse students in the stories and other writings in the Bible so that they may grow in knowledge, wisdom, sensitivity and creativity.

COURSE OUTLINE

1.     Visual sequence cards and workbooks are provided for each child.  Bible videotapes, play acting, flannel board, maps, posters are used at times to clarify the stories.  Arch books are used at times.  Bibles are given to each student to use when needed.  Memory work charts are used in the classrooms, and Bible memorization is required each week for the memory.

2.     Additional Bible books are used for children to clarify certain information.  These children are encouraged to share this information with the class.  Also different Bible texts are used to clarify information - Children Bible, Picture Bible and other Bible translations.

3.     The texts have been found to be most adequate.  Audio visual material is used to help put the picture in the child's mind about the Bible story.  We have a small selection of videotapes in our school library and we rent tapes from our Bible Center for a small fee.

4.     Story-telling, drama, lecture, discussion, role playing and memorizing are some teaching methods used to help children learn in the classroom.

5.     We follow the scope and sequence in our manuals in the text for the most part.  We do skip to the Christmas and Easter stories during that time of year.  We gather all materials, tape or otherwise for each lesson.  Memory work is required almost every week.  We review each lesson taught before teaching.  We discuss scripture verses in class so the children can understand how the verses fit into the Bible story being taught.  We review the verse daily to help with memory.

6.     We do not give graded tests in Bible.  We evaluate through class participation (i.e. acting out stories), workbook activities, written and oral discussion and Bible memory work.

7.     Among the community resources available to us are the pastors and missionaries.  These community resources are used during assembly and chapel times.

8.     The nature and condition of the instructional materials are adequate.  Some lessons are harder to get the ideas across.  By the end of the year, a general Bible overview has been taught and build upon the 1st grade foundation.

HANDWRITING – 2^nd Grade                                                                              Top

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

The skill of handwriting and applying handwriting to all areas of curriculum is the basic personal tool for written communication.  God has made each of us unique and we display this uniqueness through our handwriting.

OBJECTIVES

To enable the student to:

1.       Learn the proper formation of lower and upper case letters in manuscript, as well as cursive writing using the D'Nelian form of writing.

2.       Develop good handwriting habits - spacing, size, and slant.

3.       Apply skills of handwriting consistently in daily work.

4.       Master the manuscript in the formation of letters and introduce cursive without complete mastery.

COURSE OUTLINE

I.                     Paper Position

II.                   Pencil Position

III.                  Basic strokes

IV.                Numerals

V.                  Punctuation Marks

VI.                Letter Formation

VII.               Vertical Quality

VIII.             Spacing

IX.                 Alignment and Proportion

X.                   Line Quality

SOCIAL STUDIES – 2^nd GRADE                                                                         Top

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

The child is surrounded by God's world which he wants to understand and share.  Since the child is curious about the world, it is important for his intellectual, spiritual, and emotional development that this learning begin as early as possible.  Social Studies, taught from a Biblical viewpoint, is the door to understanding that world.

OBJECTIVES

To enable the student to:

1.       Become aware of peoples of all communities depending on God, due to their physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs.

2.       Develop the concept of the neighborhood and local community.

3.       Develop the concept of larger community and that people come from other places.

4.       See the different stages of history that the county and people have gone through.  See how the Lord directed them.

5.       Develop an appreciation of the holidays, music, symbols and important places in their country.

6.       Develop skills in using resource material such as maps, globes and charts.

7.       Become acquainted with current events and their affect on our society.

COURSE OUTLINE

I.                     Learning about Community - Our Community

II.                   America - Our Hope - Our America

A.                  American Flag

B.                  B.         Patriotic Holidays

C.                  C.        American Songs

III.                  The separatist and Colonists

IV.                American Pioneers

V.                  Indians in North America

A.                  Tribes by sections of country

B.                  Customs, food, religion

VI.                American Colony

VII.               Rules and Laws

A.                  Important Government offices

B.                  Important buildings in and around Washington, DC.

VIII.             Black History

A.                  Brief history of civil rights

B.                  Important black people today

IX.                 The New Americans

X.                   Tomorrow's America

A.                  Space thus far

B.                  What will the future bring?

XI.                 Learning from Maps and Globes

A.                  Continents and Oceans

B.                  Land farms

MATERIALS

Our America

Bible

Weekly Reader

Our Community

READING AND WRITING – 2^nd Grade                                                                Top

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

Open Court Reading and Writing gives the students the tools necessary to motivate them to do the work.  They learn to ask questions, check themselves and make sure they are understood.  You teach them the skills of reading, writing and language to obtain wisdom and understanding.  Proverbs 4:7.

OBJECTIVES

To enable the student to:

1.       Develop competence in basic aspects of the reading process

2.       Build meaningful associations in reading so that one may relate the Bible and other literature to one's own experience

3.       Apply reading skills and understanding

4.       Organize ideas for retention and recall (Psalm 119:11)

5.       Develop effective study habits

6.       Develop skills in oral communication and interpretation in order to present God to others

7.       Develop speed of reading

8.       To become acquainted with outstanding literature

9.       To provide meaningful correlation of all language arts

COURSE OUTLINE

I.                     Decoding

A.                  Consonant Sounds and Spellings

B.                  Vowel Sounds and Spellings

C.                  Blending

D.                  Signals

II.                   Structure

A.                  Inflectional Endings

B.                  Contractions

C.                  Root Words

D.                  Affixes

III.                  Word Meaning

A.                  Vocabulary (Using Context Clues)

B.                  Synonyms

C.                  Antonyms

D.                  Homophones

E.                  Compound Words

F.                  Multiple-Meaning Words

IV.                Literature

A.                  Genres

1.                   Poetry

2.                   Fiction

3.                   Non-fiction

4.                   Plays

B.                  Literary Devices

1.                   Rhyme

2.                   Alliteration and Onomatopoeia

C.                  Author's Purpose

D.                  Author's Technique

1.                   Use of First or Third Person

2.                   Use of Dialogue

3.                   Development of Character

E.                  Story Elements

1.                   Characters

2.                   Setting

3.                   Point of View

F.                  Story Structure

V.                  Comprehension and Critical Thinking

A.                  Analyzing Character

B.                  Identifying the Main Idea

C.                  Finding Supporting Details

D.                  Cause and Effect

E.                  Time

F.                  Sequence

G.                 Drawing Conclusions

H.                  Predicting Outcomes

I.                     Distinguishing Between Reality and Fantasy

J.                   Classifying Information

K.                  Verifying

L.                   Reading Strategies

1.                   Setting Reading Goals and Expectations

2.                   Clarifying

3.                   Summing Up

4.                   Predicting

5.                   Question Asking

6.                   Responding to New Information

VI.                Writing (Steps)

A.                  Evaluating and Revising

1.                   Inserting Details and Missing Information

2.                   Extending Sentences

3.                   Rephrasing Sentences for Clarity

4.                   Deleting Misleading or Extraneous Material

B.                  Final Proofreading

VII.               Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

A.                  Parts of Speech

1.                   Nouns

2.                   Verbs

3.                   Pronouns

4.                   Adjectives

5.                   Adverbs

B.                  Sentences

1.                   Word Order

2.                   Parts of a Sentence

a.                   Subject

b.                   Predicate

3.                   Subject-Verb Agreement

4.                   Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

5.                   Types of Sentences

6.                   Sentence Structure (Complete and Incomplete Sentences)

C.                  Punctuation

1.                   End Punctuation

2.                   Comma

3.                   Apostrophe

4.                   Quotation Marks

D.                  Capitalization

VIII.             Study and Research

A.                  Study Aids

1.                   Learning Test-Taking Techniques

2.                   Note taking

B.                  Research Aids

1.                   Alphabetical Order

2.                   Parts of a Book

3.                   Libraries (Library Card Catalog)

4.                   Dictionary and Glossary

5.                   Geographic References Sources

a.                   Maps

b.                   Globes

6.                   Graphics

a.                   Illustrations

b.                   Time Lines

c.                   Legends, Labels, Captions

C.                  Study and Research Strategies (Note taking)

MATERIALS

Open Court Reading and Writing Skills Workbook

Slide Down the Sky

From Sea to Shining Sea

Teacher's Guide and Resource Book

Phonics kit

Phonics Workbook

SCIENCE – 2^nd Grade                                                                                       Top

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

As Christians, we believe that God is the creator and designer of everything that exists and governs it with certain laws.  Therefore, the purpose of studying science in the second grade is to discover some of these laws, interpret them, utilize them and find out how they fit into God's plan.

OBJECTIVES

To enable the student to:

1.       To enjoy God's world by increasing his/her awareness of himself/herself and the world.

2.       Developing a deeper reverence for his/her creator by better understanding the relationship of the world and its importance in his/her life.

3.       To use the scientific process by observing, classifying, inferring, communicating orally and written, by asking questions and predicting outcomes of experiments to further appreciation for God's creation.

COURSE OUTLINE

I.                     Enjoying Myself and Others

II.                   Enjoying the Animal World

III.                  Enjoying the Plant World

IV.                Enjoying the Air Around Us

V.                  Enjoying Things That Move

VI.                Enjoying Things That World Together

MATERIALS

Enjoying God's World (A Beka Book)

Big Science Book (Scholastic)

Bible

Magnets

MATHEMATICS – 2^nd GRADE                                                                Top

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

Our second grade students are guided into a more structured learning program using their own consumable workbooks.  This program emphasizes learning basic concepts and skills through the use of manipulatives, memory work of the basic facts needed for computation and developing strategies for problem solving.

OBJECTIVES

To enable the student to:

1.       Know addition and subtraction facts through 18.

2.       Add and subtract one, two, and three digit numbers with or without renaming

3.       Know place value through 999 including rounding numbers, greater and less than, and counting by twos, five and tens.

4.       Know the coins, their value and amounts to $9.99 and to problem solve with money and pictures.

5.       Know how to tell or write time to 5 minute intervals and problem solve using days, weeks, and months on a calendar.

6.