chaik76 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I haven't completely finished deciding yet, but we're going to finish the ancients and move on the medieval for history. We use an eclectic mix for math...next year that will be Abeka, Singapore, and RightStart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 The principal has stamped the plans with his approval, so no more changing my mind, I hope ;)! Here's what we are going to use... Math-Singapore LA-Word Attack, KISS Grammar(? not sure) and CW primers(95% sure) Science-Earth Science and Astronomy for the Grammar Stage (Elemental Science) History-Story of the World 2 along with selected literature Others-poetry, artist/composer and shakespeare from Ambleside online Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) Right Start / Singapore Phonics Pathways (I hope to start Prima Latina by the second half of the year) New American Cursive and the MP Cursive Copybook based on it FLL WWE AO Year 2 lit and SOTW2, blended chronologically where applicable ;) catechism Edited April 22, 2009 by laylamcb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat in MI Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 We are using: MFW Adventures - includes Bible, Geography, Science, History, Art, Music Singapore and MUS with drill sheets or Math Shark for drill practice Primary Language Lessons Learning to Spell Through Copywork Read Alouds include Little House on the Prairie, James Herriot's Treasury for Children, and The Burgess Bird Book for Children Blessings, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoryChick Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I will be using Heart of Dakota's Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory and Singapore Math for my 2nd grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) Here's our plan (I think): Saxon 3 Evan More Daily Word Problems finish Rod & Staff English 2 and move to 3 WWE2 cursive practice finish Spelling Skills 2 (I'm not sure what we'll do next) finish Song School Latin and if I can find a way to afford it, we'll do Minimus MOH 1/SOTW 1 combo (starting the 2nd cycle with his older brothers) A Child's Geography Volume 2 Real Science 4 Kids Level 1 Memory Work (Harp & Laurel Wreath and Living Memory) Assigned reading from Everything Your Second Grader Needs to Know, along with yet-to-be-determined real books continue with Building Thinking Skills & Mind Benders Edited April 22, 2009 by JudoMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alison in KY Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 My plans: Math U See Beta WWE 1, then onto 2 Handwriting Without Tears Pathway Readers and Vocabulary (maybe 1st grade, maybe 2nd) Slowly start All about Spelling level 1 Finish Heart of Dakota Beyond (left side and storytime parts only) Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Explode the Code Natural Speller Sheldon's Primary Language Lessons (free from Google Books) WWE SOTW2 WTM 2nd grade science recs (along with other projects we are involved in) Elementary Spanish RightStart Math B/C Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcara Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Here's our plan for next year... Saxon 3 WWE 2 GWG 2 AAS 3 & 4 SOTW 2 R.E.A.L. Earth Science Seton Religion FYC 2 Poetry memorization piano lessons Artistic Pursuits, K-3, book 1 I don't know if I'm forgetting something... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) My books are all ordered or here. Rod and Staff Math 3 R&S English 2 R&S Phonics 2... I went back and forth here, and finally ordered it. I am not sure on this, and haven't chosen any spelling yet. R&S Penmanship 2 R&S Music 2, supplement w/What Your 2nd Grader Needs to Know Art: SOTW2 projects and from WY2GNTK History: SOTW 2 w/AG Science: Earth Science and Astronomy. I ordered the Usborne First Encyclopedias of Earth and Astronomy and the Magic Schoolbus Lost in Space so far. Literature: Selections from SOTW2, 1000 Great Books, and What Your 2nd Grader Needs to Know. Possibly the Little House books, some American Girl and Magic Treehouse for fun reading. Edited April 22, 2009 by 2_girls_mommy I forgot something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschooling6 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Here is what my 2nd grader will use. Math=Christian Light 3 Grammar=Christian Light 2 Reading=Christian Light 1 Science=Christian Light 2 Social Studies Christian Light 2 Writing=WWE 2 I might add in Poetry memorization Phonics=Scaredy Cat Reading System L-3, this includes spelling also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 This is what we are doing/did for second grade this year... TOG Y2 U1-2 NOEO Biology 1...switched to doing our own thing using lapbooks and unit studies as we followed whatever interested us. We will continue doing this. Right Start and Singapore Challenging Word Problems AAS...switched to Phonetic Zoo Growing With Grammar ETC WWE IEW...just doing the keyword outlines and rewriting from that. Song School Latin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura W. Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Next year my 2nd grader will be doing the following: Bible: Betty Lukens felts/Bible stories Language Arts: Italic Handwriting, Time4Learning Math: Time4Learning History: Biblioplan Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Science: Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry pre-level 1 Story Book of Science with go-along experiment kits Blessings, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeinfl Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 We only have about 3-4 weeks left to go to finish our year and I can't believe all that we've accomplished. School of Tomorrow English Paces 2nd grade (finished this) Math-we completed 4 out of the 5 Rod and Staff math 3 workbooks, but changed in our last two months of school to CLE math and couldn't be happier right now. We had to bump him down to level 1, but he's rapidly working his way up to level 2 which is where we will start the third grade since CLE is set up very differently than Rod and Staff math. (I am not sweating the grade levels, I am not sweating the grade levels. :)) Rod and Staff spelling 2-loved this! Pathway readers 2nd grade-oral and buddy reading Tatras phonogram practice-this is the only phonics we do and it's oral. Abeka 2nd grade science, health, and history (liked this, but may just go with natural learning next year for these subjects) Bible Study Guide student pages-we completed 83 lessons-loved this!!! Cathechism-free online one. (protestant) Lots of art, painting, and drawing... WWE level 1-Loved, loved, loved this!!! Map study book from MCP We also did narrations, copywork, and dictation across the board! What a great year!!! Blessings!!! Dee in Sunny FL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4boys Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Here is my plan right now for fall: ETC 5+ HWT Printing Power WWE 1 Math Mammoth Canada, My Country Canada Map Book 1 R&S Science (Patterns of Nature) R&S Social Studies (I just bought it because it looked interesting and cheap so we'll see how far we get) Studying God's Word C plus music, piano lessons, art, crafts, journals and tons of read-alouds. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaik76 Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 We only have about 3-4 weeks left to go to finish our year and I can't believe all that we've accomplished. School of Tomorrow English Paces 2nd grade (finished this) Math-we completed 4 out of the 5 Rod and Staff math 3 workbooks, but changed in our last two months of school to CLE math and couldn't be happier right now. We had to bump him down to level 1, but he's rapidly working his way up to level 2 which is where we will start the third grade since CLE is set up very differently than Rod and Staff math. (I am not sweating the grade levels, I am not sweating the grade levels. :)) Rod and Staff spelling 2-loved this! Pathway readers 2nd grade-oral and buddy reading Tatras phonogram practice-this is the only phonics we do and it's oral. Abeka 2nd grade science, health, and history (liked this, but may just go with natural learning next year for these subjects) Bible Study Guide student pages-we completed 83 lessons-loved this!!! Cathechism-free online one. (protestant) Lots of art, painting, and drawing... WWE level 1-Loved, loved, loved this!!! Map study book from MCP We also did narrations, copywork, and dictation across the board! What a great year!!! Blessings!!! Dee in Sunny FL! Wow! What a year! I hope I can be half as successful. We'll be using School of Tomorrow Paces for English this year, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 What we have planned at this point: Math: Singapore PM 3A/3B, supplementing with MEP SSL then Minimus Spelling Skills 3 FLL WWE 2 Reading Comprehension Mysteries and Passports: Understanding Text SOTW 2 with AG, tons of history read-alouds R.E.A.L. Science Oddyssey Earth & Space plus classes at the natural history museum some sort of fun, informal Spanish.... either a co-op class or Flip Flop Spanish composer studies and hoping to start piano lessons, attending concerts lots of hands-on art and art appreciation field trips continuing with ballet, tap, and swimming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowWhite Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 We just finished second grade. We did: BJU Math 2 WinterPromise Amer Story 1 WinterPromise LA2 WinterPromise World Around Me science God Made Music 2 Usborne First Book of Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Gate Academy Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 This year my second grader has done... Singapore 2B and part of 3A Miquon Green and part of yellow SWO C and D cursive copywork assigned reading using library resources and narration TruthQuest AHYS 2 and 3 Apologia Zoology 2 Memory work - poetry & Bible a few Critical Thinking resources Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Calvert math FLL WWE Spectrum Spelling and ETC Undecided cursive program Finish SOTW1, start SOTW2 Building Foundations for Scientific Understanding Mind Benders Random art, musical instrument to be decided Lots of reading Lots of science books My own version of "social studies" with some map skills, world religions, and some US history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) Heart of Dakota's Bigger Hearts for His Glory, as written - includes Singapore Math 2A & 2B, Rod & Staff English 2 and Cheerful Cursive. Other than that: homeschool p.e. atleast once weekly nature walks WinterPromise's The World Around Me (doing this now, hopefully will be able to continue with it one day a week through most of next year - we just started it recently and only do it one day a week) Hope to do Song School Greek - but it may not be ready for purchase next year. If not, we'll hold off on Greek for a year. Edited April 25, 2009 by Donna T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila in OK Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 My ds is just wrapping up his 2nd grade year. Here's what he did: - Truthquest AHYS I - Writing with Ease Level 1 - BJU Math 2 - HWT Printing Power - ETC Books 4, 5 & 6 - Readers from library (pulling from the SL list quite heavily) - Lots of library books on science topics to go along with what big sis was doing in coop I think that's it! Next year will be much the same, except I am adding in spelling and grammar (probably R&S for spelling and GWG). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malenki Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 We're switching pace with our main history program but the plan is... Heart of Dakota: Bigger Hearts for His Glory Apologia Astronomy tons of library books, magazines on science Singapore Math 2A, 2B Saxon 2 (we did both this year but may be able to drop Saxon next year... he seemed to need both this year) Hey Andrew Teach Me Some Greek 4; 5 Lively Latin Big Book 1 (will only have a few chapters left) Lively Latin Big Book 2 Rod & Staff English 2 Writing With Ease 2 (we enjoyed WWE 1 this year) SpellWell B, BB Drawn into the Heart of Reading continue copywork in cursive * may do Queen's cursive with the art (not the primer but books A-C) tons and tons of reading Mind Benders Building Thinking Skills God's World News lots of poetry selections for memory Sort of an eclectic mix but a similar mix worked great for us this year now that I can look back and see what we finished. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Tentative plans: FLL2 WWE2 -- I have the wb but I'm going to re-do some of the weeks with our own history and lit. SOTW2 with AG Reading-- from history, plus selections from SL readers, plus whatever of the lit. he is ready to read alone; reading log per TWTM Singapore Math 2A/2B REAL Earth Science, though will probably do just some of this and plenty of unschooly science, just like this year All About Spelling selections from AO year 2, for read alouds and lit. picture and composer study piano lessons, sports, scouting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshyne Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 DS will be doing the following: Math: Sing. 2B with IP, and then 3A History: SOTW 2/Some Sonlight readers, History Pockets Science: REAL Science Odyssey: Life Spelling: Finish SWO B and start C Grammar: FLL Writing: CW Primer or WWE (haven't decided yet) Art/Music: Guitar and freestyle art lessons... That's all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Dd would be a second grader in the fall. Singapore Math Sonlight's Language Arts All About Spelling viola lessons (Suzuki) Meet the Masters art curriculum either RS4K books we already have or R.E.A.L. Earth Science perhaps Prima Latina or Rosetta Stone Russian (Russian used in the home) I'm still not sure about history. She's tagging along with big brother's SL Core 3 this year, so we could go on doing that with Core 4 next year or do a Winter Promise American history part two year with her. Or maybe we'll start her with Core 1 and SOTW 1. I'm not going to decide until the end of summer. I'll probably change my mind several times before August anyway. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette0409 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Bible: Bible Study Guide Math: RightStart, probably Level B, possibly C (waiting to hear back from them) Reading: Finish up Reading Made Easy (probably over the summer), then just reading lots of books Handwriting: Italic (on her own) Spelling: All About Spelling Composition: Writing With Ease History: Mystery of History Science: Apologia Elementary Science Zoology 1 (on the weekends with her Dad) Latin/Grammar/Vocab: Prima Latina Geography: Child's Geography of the World (just for fun like a story at bedtime) Art: ?? not sure. Big sister (who is an art major & photography queen in college) will do some stuff with her over the summer Music: would love to put her in piano lessons if I can find the $ - she is making up her own songs - two handed, multi-fingered, harmonized songs that actually sound like she's had lessons believe it or not. She memorizes them and practices them over and over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisainVirginia Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 What we have planned at this point: Math: Singapore PM 3A/3B, supplementing with MEP SSL then Minimus Spelling Skills 3 FLL WWE 2 Reading Comprehension Mysteries and Passports: Understanding Text SOTW 2 with AG, tons of history read-alouds R.E.A.L. Science Oddyssey Earth & Space plus classes at the natural history museum some sort of fun, informal Spanish.... either a co-op class or Flip Flop Spanish composer studies and hoping to start piano lessons, attending concerts lots of hands-on art and art appreciation field trips continuing with ballet, tap, and swimming New to this...what is "AG"? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 New to this...what is "AG"? Thanks! AG=Activity Guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsanniep Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I started homeschooling my second-grader in January, pulling him from a Christian school that used Abeka, which is why we're still using some Abeka materials. Next year, the only Abeka curriculum I plan to use is for math and penmanship. Here's what we are using: Math: Abeka Arithmetic 2 Language: Growing with Grammar 3, Abeka Letters and Sounds, Abeka Writing with Sounds (cursive) and Abeka Spelling Latin: Prima Latina Writing: Writing With Ease and Writing Strands (I'm still trying to figure out a writing program) History: SOTW 1 and AG Science: DK books about Animals, the Human Body and Plants, following the suggested approach to Life Science from the WTM. Art: Mark Kistler's Draw Squad, the artist series by Venezia, Art Memo game available at Adoremus Books Physical Education: Tae Kwan Do 3x a week, swimming 1x a week Reading: Sonlight book lists, plus additional books HE selects (with mom approval) for independent reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 My rising 2nd grader has autism, and she's currently in a self-contained special education class in the public school, after homeschooling for 75% of the current school year -- not sure if we'll send her back in the fall or not, but I'm planning either way! Here's our tenative plan: English - Handwriting Without Tears Printing Power / Explode the Code Reading / History - Sonlight Core 2 Math - Singapore Math 1 Science - Singapore Earlybird Science Art - Not sure about this yet! Phys Ed - Swimming & Little League Baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testimony Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I did the following: I just want to tell you that it was last school year was my younger son's second grade. He did the following: Reading: Abeka Readers Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin (very important book because we did Writing Tales 1 for third grade and a lot of the stories in this book are in Writing Tales) Arithmetic: Primary Mathmetics 1B/2A Writing: First Favorites from Veritas Press Logic: Building Thinking Skills level 1 and Mindbender Warm Ups Geography: Rand-McNally Beginner Geography History and Science were books from the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 For Bible study, we use the Bible. We'll probably use the Rhyme Bible for our 4 year old, we use the NIV for our 7 year old. We're going to do RS Math over the summer. Next year, we will do Singapore, probably supplemented by RS and/or MEP and/or Miquon. I have all the spelling and phonics rules in my head after tutoring for 16 years, so my own spelling lessons as I see what she needs to work on, but basically, from "The ABC's and All Their Tricks" since that is where I got most of the info from. (And she got her info from a study of the most common 17,000 words in English by Hanna. I have the original study, too, now that's a spelling resource!) History, we'll most likely do Year 2 TOG, lightly for her, hopefully more in depth for me (depending on my husband's schedule), that's a period of history I missed out on in school. We'll finish up our chemistry and move on to something else, maybe Dad's pick and taught by Dad if his schedule is good! We'll continue Spanish using what we have, but since we'll be in California, I hope to find some native Spanish speakers to supplement our Spanish. I am also considering Rosetta, but it's a steep price. I do like it, however. I'll have my daughter try it out at our upcoming convention in May. This is all subject to change after I go to the convention! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TengoFive Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I put mine on my blog a few weeks ago. http://wearepreparing.blogspot.com/2009/04/2nd-grade-plans.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 My daughter will officially be a 2nd grader this fall. I'm going to use: Sonlight 2 - readers, read alouds, bible, history and science RS Math C/D and supplementing with Singapore workbooks CLE 2 A Reason for Handwriting T WWE 2 IEW Poetry Memorization Sheppard Software for Geography Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Math: Singapore Language Arts: K12 LA for lit and comp, GWG, SWO or AAS for spelling, maybe HWT cursive Science: K12 Science with supplemental reading History: SOTW 2 with *lots* of supplemental reading Latin: Lively Latin (if I can manage it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Oy-vey! Thus far (and I include the books for kiddo, and what I am doing to prep myself): History Odessey with SOTW 2 and the books mentioned in WTM. I'll reread Will Durant's Story of Civilization volumes dealing with this time (I read this series in college instead of having a TV or radio, and am glad I did). I have an early middle ages lecture series from the Teaching Company. REAL level one earth sciences plus all resources mentioned in WTM (we stress science). In addition, I am almost done with the Teaching Company's intro to geology and will probably move on to astronomy ( I firmly believe, at this age, that educating ME, so that I can use the nomenclature naturally and frequently, is the single best thing I can do/use.) SWR with ETC or Plaid Phonics for any extra practice (I got the latter 2 used, wouldn't buy it new for this). Primary Language Lessons (I also got a throw away copy of EFTTC years back). GWG the first book. Z-B handwriting. Kiddo is not yet ready for cursive. For me, I'm reading, and really liking, English Grammar for Students of Latin. I love this series. I got a cheapo copy of the EG for S of Spanish years ago, and I encourage others to take a look if they want a compact synopsis of grammar, with examples. I re-read the Elements of Style yearly. SM, almost starting 2A now, but am slowing down and doing reinforcements to make his mind more math-fascile. Plus math readalouds like You Can Count to One Million and Math Curse. Artistic Pursuits, What Makes an X an X (these are very good, I think), and OOP books by a lady named Chase who published children's art appreciation books in the 50's and 60's. Cont. the Vox Music Masters (my son must have listened to Berlioz a dozen times), Bernsteins Children's DVD's (the PBS broadcasts from the 60's) on the intro to the orchestra, and piano basics. Homeschool gym 4 hours per week during "the school year" (of others) plus hiking, biking, kayaking, and generally tromping about through nature and museums (plus being a carpenter's helper fixing up house to sell) M-F with SAH-Papa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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