PCA Second Grade Course Descriptions



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Bible

First Grade: Christian Schools International, God’s Plan

Second Grade: ACSI Purposeful Design: 2nd Grade Bible

Third Grade: Positive Action for Christ, Growing With God

Fourth Grade: Positive Action for Christ, Building Life Castles

Language Arts

First Grade:

Phonics: Houghton Mifflin, Saxon Phonics 1

Reading: Pearson, Reading Street 1

Spelling: Houghton Mifflin, Saxon Phonics 1

Handwriting: Zaner Bloser, Handwriting 1

Grammar: Shurley English, Shurley English I

Writing: Shurley English 1, Collins Writing and Thinking Method

Second Grade:

Phonics: Pearson, Reading Street 2, Modern Curriculum Press, Phonics Level C

Reading: Pearson, Reading Street 2

Novels: The Courage of Sarah Noble, Helen Keller

Spelling: Modern Curriculum Press, Spelling Workout C

Handwriting: Zaner Bloser, Handwriting 2 (manuscript then cursive)

Grammar: Shurley English, Shurley English 2

Writing: Shurley English 2, Collins Writing and Thinking Method

Third Grade:

Reading: Pearson, Reading Street 3

Novels: Sarah, Plain and Tall, Skylark, Ballad of the Civil War, Thomas Edison,

and Charlotte’s Web

Spelling: Modern Curriculum Press – Spelling Workout D

Handwriting: Zaner Bloser – Handwriting 3

Grammar: Shurley English, Shurley English 3

Writing: Shurley English 3, Collins Writing and Thinking Method

Fourth Grade:

Literature: Pearson, Reading Street 4

Novels: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nihm, The Boy in the Alamo,

and The Indian in the Cupboard

Spelling: Modern Curriculum Press – Spelling Workout E

Vocabulary: Great Source, Daily Teaching Strategies – Analogies

Grammar: Shurley English, Shurley English 4

Writing: Shurley English 4, Collins Writing and Thinking Method

Mathematics

First Grade: Pearson, EnVision Math 1

Second Grade: Pearson, EnVision Math 2, Excel Math 2, Weekly review sheets

Third Grade: Pearson, EnVision Math 3, Excel Math 3, Weekly review sheets

Fourth Grade: Pearson, EnVision Math 4, Excel Math 4, Weekly review sheets

Great Source, Daily Teaching Strategies – Mathematics

Science

First Grade: Teacher created units

Second Grade: Teacher created units, Great Source, Daily Teaching Strategies – Geography

Third Grade: A Beka, Enjoying God’s World 3

National Geographic Reading Expeditions, Machines Make It Move

National Geographic Reading Expeditions, Weather and Climate

Usborne Discovery, Internet-linked, Birds

Fourth Grade: A Beka, Understanding God’s World

National Geographic Reading Expeditions, Understanding Electricity

Social Studies

First Grade: Teacher created units

Second Grade: Teacher created units

Third Grade: Scholastic, If You Lived During the Civil War,

National Geographic Reading Expeditions, The Industrial Revolution,

National Geographic Reading Expeditions, The Age of Inventions,

Scholastic, If You Changed Your Name at Ellis Island

Fourth Grade: MacMillan/McGraw Hill, Texas, Our Texas

MacMillan/McGraw Hill, World Atlas for Intermediate Students

Great Source, Daily Teaching Strategies – Geography

Foreign Language: Spanish

First Grade: Q Talk Publishing, Spanish Sprout

Second Grade: Q Talk Publishing, Spanish Sprout

Third Grade:                  Q Talk Publishing Sapling (DLS), symbol cards and Tribeca Language Games 

Fourth Grade: Q Talk Publishing Sapling (DLS), symbol cards and Tribeca Language Games 

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Resources for Lower School

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