Second Grade
Second Grade Core Lesson Plans / Syllabus
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Core Book List
Included
Arithmetic
Reading Phonics / Spelling / Penmanship Language Lessons Baltimore Catechism No. 1 |
Required
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Recommended
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Optional
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Read Aloud Titles
There is a picture book scheduled for reading aloud each week. Purchasing all or some of the books listed below is recommended; however, many are available from your local library and some will have video or audio readings provided on the course website.
- Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh
- The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies
- McElligot’s Pool by Dr. Seuss
- The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdone
- The Ant and the Elephant by Bill Peet
- One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
- Amos and Boris by William Steig
- Cinderella by Marcia Brown
- A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart by David A. Adler
- The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Hutchit Bishop & Kurt Wiese
- Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf
- The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh
- Lucy’s Christmas by Donald Hall
- The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
- The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
- The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Chrstian Anderson, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
- The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
- Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
- George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz
- Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet
- Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent by Bill Peet
- Emily by Michael Bedard
- Sam, Bangs, & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
- Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
- The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
- Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand
- Verdi by Janell Cannon
- The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt
- Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton
- A Visit to William Blake’s Inn by Nancy Willard
- The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh
- Lucy’s Summer by Donald Hall