Saint Jude Catholic School
Second Grade Syllabus
Religion
(Student book-Faith First/ Publisher: Benziger)
This is a very exciting year for your child as he/she will be receiving the
Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist. Along with the two sacraments,
we will be focusing on the following concepts in each chapter of the text:
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Divine Revelation; Creation; Jesus; The Church; Belief; Faith Holy Trinity; God the Father, Creator; Our soul; God the Son, Son of God;
God the Holy Spirit Attributes of God: Creator, Almighty, Father Psalms; Psalm 148 Covenant: Noah, Abraham, Moses; Birth of Jesus; Saint Joseph; Blessed
Virgin Mary; Ministry of Jesus Work of John the Baptist; Elizabeth and Zechariah; John the prophet Jesus Christ the Savior, sent by the Father; The name Jesus; Jesus
shows his love; Crucifixion; Resurrection
Apostles, first Christians; Gospels; New Testament; Emmaus story; Jesus
is alive in a new way; Breaking of bread Promise of the Holy Spirit; Ascension; Pentecost; Holy Spirit received at
Baptism; Holy Spirit always with us People of God; Catholic Church; Pope’s and bishops’ roles; Body of
Christ; Communion of Saints; Mary, Mother of God, of the Church, of all
Words and actions of Jesus; Words and actions of the Church; Worship;
Seven sacraments Sacraments of Christian Initiation; Baptism; Confirmation
Jesus the teacher; Use of parables; Forgiveness; Mercy and love; Sin
Making choices; Forgiveness; Sacrament of
Reconciliation 15. Praising
and thanking God; Introductory Rites; Liturgy of the Word Passover; Last Supper; Eucharist
Liturgy of the Eucharist; Preparation of the Gifts; Eucharistic Prayer; Holy
Communion
Honoring God; Jesus and the children; Jesus is the way, the truth, and the
life; Grace Jesus teaches in the Temple; Great Commandment First three Commandments: love for God; Fourth through Tenth
Commandments: love for others Proverbs; Wise choices; Book of Proverbs; Living as children of God Making choices; Heaven; Consequences of choices; Gift of conscience 
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Sanctifying grace; Choosing to live a holy life; Mortal sin; Venial sin;
Reconciliation; Forgiveness
Prayer, talking and listening to God; Times and places to pray
Jesus and prayer; Our Father, Lord’s Prayer Learning about and praying the Our Father
Math
(Student book-Math/ Publisher: Houghton Mifflin)
Unit 1 looks at number concepts through 50, ordering numbers, comparing
numbers, and estimating.
Unit 2 focuses on addition facts, addition strategies such as doubles, doubles
plus one, and using the number line to find sums.
Unit 3 looks at subtraction and fact families.
Unit 4 deals with graphs.
Unit 5 focuses on place value.
Unit 6 will be focusing on patterns and ordinal numbers.
Unit 7 and 8 will explore plane and solid shapes.
Unit 9 will touch on fractions.
Unit 10 and 11 focus on regrouping with addition and adding three numbers.
Unit 12 and 13 deals with regrouping with subtraction and estimating differences.
Unit 14,15, 16 discusses counting and using money, time, and the calender.
Unit 17 and 18 will look at measurement and temperature.
Unit 19 will focus on multiplication and division.
Unit 20, 21, and 22 will look at numbers through 1,000 adding and subtracting
three digit numbers.
Reading with Spelling
(Student book-Reading Book and Practice Book/ Publisher: Houghton Mifflin)
We will be incorporating a reading series including spelling words that go along
with the stories. We will focus on reading strategies with emphasis on
comprehension. Our themes will include the following: Nature Walk, Around
Town, Amazing Animals, Family Time, and Talent Show. A corresponding
practice book will reinforce vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, writing, and
grammar skills. Each theme will be followed up with a reading test that will
include phonics, reading comprehension, spelling, grammar, and following
directions.
Phonics
(Student book- Phonics/ Publisher: Modern Curriculum Press)
The concepts that will be taught in Phonics include the following: beginning,
middle, and ending consonant sounds, blends, short and long vowel sounds, rcontrolled vowel sounds (ar, er, ir, or, ur) and y as a vowel, vowel digraphs, and
dipthongs. We will also learn more about syllables, compound words,
contractions, plurals, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms.
Along with identifying these concepts, the students will also be able to read and
write the skills taught,
Social Studies
We will be focusing our Social Studies themes around the holidays. Important
people in the world/American history will be covered in Weekly Readers. Our
main themes will be Native Americans, Immigration, Geography, and American
Government
Science
(Student book- Science/Publisher: Harcourt)
Unit A-Living Things Grow and Change
Unit B-Home for Living Things
Unit C-Exploring Earth’s Surface
Unit D-Space and Weather
Unit E-Exploring Matter
Unit F-Energy in Motion
Handwriting
(Zaner Bloser)
The review of manuscript (printing) and the introduction of cursive will be taught
this year. A corresponding workbook will reinforce the formation of writing.