What your second grader needs to know: fundamentals of a good second-grade education

Language and literature. Reading, writing, and your second grader: a note to parents ; Literature ; Poetry ; Stories ; American tall tales ; Myths from Ancient Greece ; Learning about language ; Familiar phrases

History and geography. World history and geography ; Early Asian civilizations ; Modern Japan ; Ancient Greek civilization ; American history and geography ; The constitution ; The war of 1812 ; Westward expansion ; The civil war ; Immigration and citizenship ; Civil rights: fighting for a cause ; Geography of the Americas ; Suggested resources

Visual arts

Music. Many kinds of music ; Meet some great composers ; Families of instruments: a closer look ; Some songs for second grade ; Suggested resources

Mathematics. Working with numbers to 100 ; Working with numbers to 1,000 ; Money ; Word problems ; Measurement ; Geometry ; Multiplication

Science. Life cycles ; The water cycle ; The human body ; Insects everywhere! ; Magnetism ; Simple machines ; Suggested resources.