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:

  1. Genesis to Joshua

  2. Judges to Kings

  3. Chronicles to Malachi and Job

  4. Gospels

  5. Acts to Revelation

History cycles:

  1. Old Testament & Ancient Egypt

  2. New Testament, Greece & Rome

  3. Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation

  4. Explorers to 1815

  5. 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