Language Arts: ABeka Book

Phonics and Reading

• Review of vowels, consonants, blends, one- and two-vowel words, consonant blends
• Recognition and use of all phonics special sounds in reading
• Spelling rules: doubling consonants, dropping silent e, changing y to i
• Oral reading

Spelling and Poetry

• Weekly phonics-based word list
• Vocabulary words and definitions second semester
• Weekly test
• Reinforcement activities
• Spelling glossary
• Seven poems committed to memory

Language and Writing

• Complete sentences with subject/verb agreement
• Varying sentence lengths and beginnings
• Capitalize proper nouns, places, dates, first word in a sentence and the pronoun I
• Use of grade level phonetic skills
• Uses grade level resources
• Application of second grade spelling words and high frequency words
• Use of end marks, commas in a series, commas in dates, and periods in common abbreviations
• Editing for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling of grade level words
• Indenting the first sentence of a paragraph
• Words using suffixes, prefixes, abbreviations, compound words, rhyming words, opposite words, same-meaning words, singular and plural words, singular possessive words, and contractions
• Alphabetizing words and other dictionary skills
• Word usage rules
• Writing of short stories, reports, letters and thank-you notes
• Creative writing

History and Geography: ABeka Book

History and Geography

• Calendar
• Timelines
• Maps and globes
• Continents
• Oceans
• Major rivers
• Mountains and ranges
• Other countries-traditions, customs, sites, landmarks

Civics and Government

• Rights and responsibilities
• CitizenshipQualities of leaders
• Achievements of individuals of great distinction

 Economics

• Producers and consumers

Science: Purposeful Design

Life Science

• Plants
• Vertebrates
• Invertebrates
• Habitats
• Living and nonliving things
• Heredity
• Fossils

  Physical Science

• Heat Energy
• Light

  Earth Science

• Weather
• Oceans

Arithmetic: ABeka Book

Numbers and Number Concepts

• Number recognition, counting, and writing 1-10,000 and beyond
• Numbers greatest and least 1-1,000
• Counting and writing to hundred thousands, threes to 36, fours to 48
• Ordinal numbers
• Numbers before and after by ones, twos, threes, fours, fives and tens
• Place value to thousands
• Unit fractions
• Roman numerals

Computation

• Addition facts through 18, column addition, four-digit addition with carrying
• Subtraction facts through 18, four-digit subtraction with borrowing
• Multiplication facts 0-5
• Division facts 1-5
• Story problems
• Rounding

Time, Money, and Measurement

• Counting and combining coins and bills
• Telling time to the nearest minute
• English and some metric measures
• Drawing and measuring lines to one-half inch
• Calendars
• Making change
• Reading a thermometer
• Reading pictographs, bar graphs, and line graphs

Bible: Biblical Choices for a New Generation

God Frees His People

• God’s Covenant/Noah, Abraham
• God’s People Were Unhappy in Egypt
• God Prepares a Leader for His People
• God Calls Moses to Free Israel
• Moses Shows Pharaoh God’s Power
• The Passover
• Passing Through the Water

 Freedom with Rules

• The Ten Commandments
• God’s People Forget God God’s Plan for His People
• God’s People Doubt His Promises
• God Chooses a New Leader
• God’s People Invade the Promised Land
• God’s People Settle the Promised Land

 Jesus Sets Us Free to Obey the Great Commandment

• The Great Commandment
• Free to Worship
• Free to Read God’s Word
• Free to Pray
• Free to Care for Others
• Free to Be “Best Friends” With Jesus

 Jesus Sets Us Free to Serve

• Ears Serve When They Listen
• Hands Serve When They Help
• Love Serves When It Forgives
• Money Serves When It Supports
• Voices Serve When They Tell Others
• Feet Serve When They Go toTell Others
• Christians Serve When They Unite