Second Grade

Curriculum Guide:

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

Reading: 

The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading

Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

The Door in the Wall

Thee, Hannah!

The Hundred Dresses

 Wee Gillis

Caroline And Her Kettle Named Maud

 The Apprentice

Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky

The Battle for the Castle

The Castle in the Attic

 A New Coat for Anna

 Along Came Galileo

 Fine Print: A Story About Johann Gutenberg

 The Apple and the Arrow

 Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare

 Joan of Arc

 Leonardo da Vinci

 Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess

Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England

Michelangelo

Adventures of Marco Polo

Grammar:

Rod & Staff Level 2

Spelling:

Rod & Staff Spelling Level 2

Custom Word Searches I put in the spelling words each week.

Penmanship:

Spencerian Handwriting

Mathematics:

The Math Worksheet Site

Houghton Mifflin Math Grade 3

History:

The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 2: The Middle Ages

Geography:

Scholastic Success With Maps Workbook Grade 2 and Grade 3

Science:

Usborne Complete First Book of Nature

Finding Out About Everyday Things

The Usborne Book of Science Activities, Vol. 2

Art:

What Can You Do with a Paper Bag?

Things to Make and Do

How to Draw Faces

You Can Draw Animals

Child’s Book of Art

We use modeling clay,  washable watercolors, watercolor pencils, paper, pencils, crayons, glue, construction paper, etc.

Music:

700 Years of Classical Treasures: The Complete History of Classical Music…The Composers, Their Instruments, and Works