Second Grade

Our 1st/2nd combo class alternates between Bible 1 and Bible 2.

Second graders will enjoy learning about a variety of Bible characters including Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Jonah, and Moses. The Abeka Flash-a-Cards help students visualize events as they study the life of Moses and his journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. Students will learn about Moses’ decision to suffer with God’s people rather than live in luxury; they will also learn that even though Moses chose to follow God, he still faced many trials. By studying Bible characters such as Moses, students will learn how to respond to real-life joys and struggles.

Texts Used: Abeka Bible 2

Math with Confidence Level 2 is a full-year, hands-on math curriculum designed to help second-grade students develop strong number sense and essential math skills. Through a blend of engaging lessons, real-life applications, and playful activities, students explore place value, addition and subtraction within 1,000, mental math, time, money, geometry, and beginning multiplication and division concepts. Each week includes review and practice to ensure mastery and confidence. With its clear instruction and gentle, spiral approach, Math with Confidence Level 2 builds a solid foundation for future math success while helping students enjoy learning math.

Texts Used: Second Grade Math with Confidence

Phonics instruction is the culmination of the Abeka intensive phonics program. After reviewing vowel sounds, consonant sounds, and how to blend them together, students learn consonant blends, diphthongs, digraphs, and clue words to help them remember these sounds. Students apply what they have learned on a deeper level than first grade. Language concepts learned in first grade are expanded as students learn to apply the following concepts: recognizing and correctly punctuating four kinds of sentences; identifying and correctly using nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; identifying subject and predicate of sentence; using and identifying compound words, rhyming words, antonyms, synonyms, contractions, and singular possessive words; forming plural nouns by applying spelling rules.

Texts Used: Abeka Language 2

Students will advance their reading and comprehension skills as they reinforce the application of phonics rules. The early readers correlate with the progression of the concepts and sounds presented in the phonics curriculum. Subsequent readers include children’s classics, stories from America’s past, selections by famous authors, and stories with heroes that the children can emulate. One reader is a juvenile novel, another presents life in Israel in the days of Christ, and others include fables, animal tales, stories from children’s classics, biographical stories, poetry, Scripture readings, and patriotic stories. 

The spelling curriculum continues to be correlated with phonics. By the end of the year, students will be learning vocabulary words and their definitions. Poems for memorization have been selected for their beauty of language, literary greatness, and character-building qualities.

Texts Used: Abeka Spelling & Poetry 2

Writing with Phonics 2 emphasizes neatness and correct letter formation in daily practice. 

Creative Writing: Beginning in lesson 81, penmanship class will focus primarily on creative writing skills and some penmanship review. Creative writing skills will be taught in a sequence that will prepare students to write their own stories incorporating higher level thinking skills into imaginative writing.

Texts Used: Abeka Writing with Phonics 2

Our America takes students back into history to learn what life would have been like in our country’s early days. Students will study the lives of groups of people who have made valuable contributions to our American heritage: the Pilgrims, Native Americans, early colonists, pioneers, cowboys, and immigrants. In addition to maps and geographical facts, Our America also features information about our flag and the history behind our patriotic holidays and songs. 

Texts Used: Abeka Our America

Enjoying God’s World guides the student’s study of God’s plan for creation. Students will increase both their reading comprehension and their knowledge of scientific concepts while learning about the human body, plants, animals and their habitats, matter and energy, and earth and space from God’s viewpoint. Through the “how” and “why” questions that are answered in this text, children will learn about the world around them while developing their thinking skills. Enjoying God’s World also includes hands-on activities and demonstrations that help to increase each student’s comprehension of basic science concepts.

Texts Used: Abeka Enjoying God's World

Art Projects 2 is a full-color book designed to expand each student's creativity and imagination. The month-by-month seasonal, patriotic, academic, and keepsake projects teach students not only to appreciate the beauty of art but also to express themselves in a way that is pure, lovely, and of good report. Studying the color wheel helps students build a foundational understanding of art concepts and techniques, while exploring the new medium of chalk. Includes glossary of Art terminology.

Texts Used: Abeka Art Project 2