2nd Grade (Language Arts)

2ND GRADE

• English Lessons Through Literature - Level A: Aspiring (Three Times Weekly)

• The Harp and Laurel Wreath (Laura M. Berquist) - memorize one poem each term.

Term 1, 2, & 3 (Once Weekly)

• Classic Myths to Read Aloud (William F. Russell) - read and narrate or draw a picture

Optional Extra Free Reads

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis
• All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L.Baum
• Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
• Little House in the Big Woods and other books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Story of the Treasure Seekers and other books by E.Nesbit
• The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
• Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
• The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald
• The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
• Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
• Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
• Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

Optional Extra Science Reads

• The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess
• Plant Secrets by Emily Goodman
• Science With Plants (Usborne Science Activities)