Academics
2nd Grade Core Knowledge Sequence Curriculum
LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH
- Reading and Writing
- Poetry
- Fiction (Stories, Greek Myths, Tall Tales)
- Sayings and Phrases
- Spelling
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
- World Geography
- Early Civilizations: Asia, India, China
- Modern Civilizations and Culture: Japan
- Ancient Greece
- American Government: The Constitution
- War of 1812
- Westward Expansion
- American Civil War
- Immigration and Citizenship
- Civil Rights
- Geography of the Americas
VISUAL ARTS
- Elements of Art
- Sculpture
- Kinds of Pictures: Landscapes
- Abstract Art
- Architecture
MUSIC
- Elements of Music
- Listening and Understanding
(Orchestra, Keyboards, Composers)
- Songs
MATHEMATICS
- Numbers and Number Sense
- Fractions
- Money
- Time
- Calendar
- Computation
- Measurement
- Geometry
SCIENCE
- Cycles in Nature (Seasonal Cycles,
Life Cycles, Water Cycle)
- Insects
- Human Body (Cells, Digestive and
Excretory Systems)
- Magnetism
- Simple Machines
- Science Biographies
SPANISH
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Conversation
- Reading and Writing
- Culture
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
