2nd Grade Curriculum

CORE LANGUAGE COURSE

Reading & Phonics

Strengthen reading fluency, phonics skills, comprehension, and confidence as students move from beginning reading toward greater independence.

✓ Phonics and word-reading skills

✓ Reading fluency

✓ Reading comprehension

✓ Vocabulary in context

CORE LANGUAGE COURSE

Spelling & Vocabulary

Build stronger spelling habits and expand vocabulary through structured word study, practice, review, and application.

✓ Spelling patterns

✓ Word meaning

✓ Vocabulary development

✓ Practice and review

CORE SUBJECT

2nd Grade Math

Strengthen number sense, addition and subtraction, place value, measurement, money, time, geometry, patterns, and early multiplication thinking.

✓ Addition and subtraction

✓ Place value and number sense

✓ Time, money, and measurement

✓ Shapes, patterns, and early multiplication

CORE SUBJECT

2nd Grade Science

Encourage curiosity through observation, questioning, clear explanations, hands-on learning, review, and age-appropriate scientific thinking.

✓ Observation and questioning

✓ Scientific thinking

✓ Hands-on learning when appropriate

✓ Review and application

CORE SUBJECT

2nd Grade History

Help students understand people, places, geography, communities, historical sequence, and connections between the past and present.

✓ People and communities

✓ Geography and maps

✓ Historical sequence

✓ Past and present connections

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2nd Grade Bundles

Keep the core subjects together with a complete 2nd Grade bundle, or choose the Core + Health option.

✓ Reading & Phonics

✓ Spelling & Vocabulary

✓ Math, Science, and History

✓ Core + Health option available

Health K–2

Help young learners develop healthy habits, personal-care skills, safety awareness, emotional understanding, and everyday wellness knowledge.

✓ Healthy choices

✓ Personal care and hygiene

✓ Safety and responsibility

2nd Grade Handwriting Practice

Give students additional practice with letter formation, spacing, neatness, and comfortable handwriting habits.

✓ Letter formation

✓ Word and sentence practice

✓ Spacing and neatness

2nd Grade Cursive

Introduce cursive writing gradually with guided practice designed to help students form letters clearly and build confidence.

✓ Beginning cursive strokes

✓ Cursive letter formation

✓ Guided writing practice

2nd Grade Bible

Bible curriculum is available separately for families who choose to include Bible study as part of their homeschool program.

✓ Separate from the secular core

✓ Structured Bible study

✓ Age-appropriate lessons and activities

Strengthen Core Skills

✓ Develop stronger reading fluency and comprehension

✓ Build spelling and vocabulary knowledge

✓ Strengthen mathematical reasoning

✓ Explore Science and History with growing understanding

Grow in Independence

✓ Follow clear lesson routines

✓ Apply new skills through meaningful practice

✓ Review earlier learning regularly

✓ Build confidence completing more work independently