2nd grade curriculum - 2011-2012


In our 2nd official year of homeschooling we're pretty much sticking with what we've been doing. Looks a lot like 1st grade.

Math - Right Start C, MEP 2
Reading - Living books in both English and Vietnamese.
Handwriting - Vietnamese practice books - cursive
Vietnamese - 1st Grade VN national curriculum
English Writing - The Complete Writer: Writing with Ease
English  Spelling - Spell to Write and Read
Social Studies - Mosaic Curriculum using The Story of the World 2: Middle Ages
and The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia Of World History

Science - Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding

Art - Artistic Pursuits
Music - Choice of RecorderKeyboard or glockenspiel. Sometimes ukulele, which is really Moms instrument.

Reading List:

Peter Pan Alice in Wonderland Five Children and It Wonderwings and other Fairy stories Aesops Fables Grimms Fairy Tales Birdies Book Phillippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister The Tail of Emily Windsnap Bad Beginning Mr Poppers Penguins The Night Fairy

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare Norse Gods and Giants Wouldn't want to be Medieval Knight Wouldn't want to be a crusader Wouldn't want to live in a Medieval Castle Wouldn't want to be a Viking Explorer

On her own:

And lots more of these series. Fortunately they are all at our library!



Other Resources:
Scholastic Read Aloud Plays - The Middle Ages
Scholastic 25 Totally Terrific Science Projects
Scholastic 25 Totally Terrific Social Studies Projects


Vietnamese Links:

http://all4kids.edu.vn/vi/forum/10-truyen-ke-cho-be-mau-giao-3-6-tuoi/478-bong-hoa-cuc-trang.html

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