BIBLE
- encouraged to respond in obedience to God
- encouraged to develop a personal relationship with God
- understand that God is in direct control of our lives
- review Bible stories from creation to David
- study the divided kingdom
- study the work of Israel’s and Judah’s prophets
- understand God’s work during the Exile
- understand God’s plan of salvation throughout history, culminating in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection
- study the parables of Jesus
- understand the parables related to their heavenly meanings
- study the story of Christ from his birth through the escape to Egypt
- study Jesus’ ministry: his baptism, temptation, calling of disciples, Sermon on the Mount, miracles, Great Commission, and the Transfiguration
- understand that Jesus is both God and man
- understand the events leading to Jesus’ death, resurrection, ascension, and Pentecost
MEMORY WORK
- Psalm 105:1-6
- Psalm 103:8-12
- Isaiah 55:6-7
- Jeremiah 10:5-7
- Jeremiah 10:11-13
- Jeremiah 29:11-13
- Micah 6:8
- Matthew 4:19, 20, 23
- Matthew 5:43-44
- Matthew 11:28-30
- Matthew 16:24-25
- Matthew 28:1-8; 18-20
- Luke 2:6-20
- John 13:34-35
READING, LANGUAGE, PHONICS, HANDWRITING, WRITING PROCESS & NOVELS
- understand that language is a gift from God
- express ideas orally and practice writing neatly
- develop an appreciation for quality literature
- read orally with expression and fluency
- apply phonetic skills to decode words
- recognize sight words
- summarize stories and sequence events
- use prior knowledge, context clues, and prediction strategies to help comprehend the text and draw conclusions
- identify realistic versus fantasy text
- differentiate between fact and opinion
- draw inferences, make comparisons, and draw conclusions
- understand multiple meanings, and figurative language
- demonstrate phonetic knowledge of: the sound/symbol correspondence, long and short vowels,
vowel diphthongs, blends, digraphs, suffixes, prefixes, rhyming words, the schwa sound, and spelling changes
- divide words into syllables
- identify compound words, synonyms, antonyms, and homophones
- use possessives and contractions properly
- master a given second grade spelling list that allows for individualizing and challenging words
- learn to form manuscript correctly
- write in complete sentences
- use correct punctuation and capitalization
- organize sentences to form simple paragraphs
- organize written stories with a beginning, middle, and ending
- recognize the structure of letter writing
- develop editing skills for context and mechanics
- share writing orally in a variety of ways
- use research skills and reference materials to complete a research project
- begin to recognize and/or use the six writing traits
Read Aloud Books
A wide variety of student selected books are read aloud to the class. Choices include age-appropriate children’s authors
MATH
- understand God’s world as a world of order and precision
- recall addition and subtraction facts through eighteen
- grasp number concepts and comparisons, and object/number relationships
- grasp the concepts of greater than and less than
- understand skip counting by twos, threes, fours, and fives
- recognize patterns
- interpret graphs and graph data
- recognize and use place value to the hundreds position
- tell time at five minute intervals and elapsed time
- count groups of coins to $.99
- estimate, measure, and compare lengths using standard and non-standard units
- add two digit numbers with and without regrouping
- explore meaning of fractions using manipulatives
- solve word problems using computational skills
- collect, organize, and graph information for problem solving
SCIENCE
- recognize that God is the creator and sustainer of everything as we study animal groups and plant parts
- recognize and begin to understand the earth’s weather patterns and water cycle
- understand ways to keep safe at home, at school, and in the community
- learn about how to care for the earth and its plants and animals
- understand that God has created each person uniquely with special talents
- develop empathy and communication skills
- identify healthy habits
- understand the importance of regular exercise
- classify foods into the five food groups
- understand fire safety rules and ways to prevent fires
SOCIAL STUDIES
- understand the uniqueness of each individual in God’s eyes
- continue to acquire basic knowledge about family, community, and country
- acquire basic understanding of geographic concepts
- know and write their address and phone number
- use maps and globes to compare and examine various locations
- define and recognize the differences among continents, countries, and cities
- know leaders of a city, state, and country
- know what a community is, worker functions, needs/wants, products/services
- learn the names and locations of all seven continents
- be exposed to several different countries: climate, culture, customs, geography
- be exposed to various careers and God’s calling in our lives
- acquire basic knowledge of key people in American History
- study Whidbey Island history