Second Grade Curriculum
Math: Saxon Math (according to placement test)
Natural Philosophy: Biology & Earth Science
Grammar: Spell to Write and Read (phonics), WISE Guide to Spelling, Shurley English 2
Rhetoric: IEW & Classically Cursive 2
Theology: Veritas Press Bible (see below), Heidelberg Catechism
History & Geography: Veritas Press History (see below), Map Drawing (Bortins)
Latin: Song School Latin 1
Literature: Covenant Classical 2nd Grade Book List:
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit
St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
The Kitchen Knight by Margaret Hodges
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Fox in Socks by Dr. Suess
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express by Eleanor Coerr
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Music and jingles are integrated throughout the curriculum, and we hope to add PE, music, and art as formal specials when resources are available.
The curriculum plans will be subject to ongoing Board and faculty review and fine-tuning.
Bible & History will rotate for the school from 1 to 5 depending on the year; depth of study will correspond to grade level (2nd - 6th).
Bible cycles:
Genesis to Joshua
Judges to Kings
Chronicles to Malachi and Job
Gospels
Acts to Revelation
History cycles:
Old Testament & Ancient Egypt
New Testament, Greece & Rome
Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation
Explorers to 1815
1815 to Present
“Before we can pretend to do anything about the present, we must know what we are, what the world is, and yes, what God is. Construction of a civilization that knows little or nothing of these realities can only make things worse.”
- James V. Shall, foreword to Leisure by Josef Pieper