Spanish Translation

What Your 2nd Grader Needs to Know

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Illustrations are not included in the translations. Please use the page number references in the margin to find the pictures in the English book.

• Introduction

1. Language and Literature

• Reading, Writing, and Your Second Grader
• Literature
• Poetry
• Stories
• American Tall Tales
• Myths From Ancient Greece
• Learning About Language
• Familiar Sayings

2. History and Geography

• Introduction
• World History & Geography
• Civilizations in Asia
• Ancient Greece
• American History and Geography
• Our Constitution
• The War of 1812
• Westward Ho!
• The Civil War
• A Nation of Immigrants
• Civil Rights:  Liberty and Justice for All
• Geography of the Americas

3. Visual Arts

• Introduction and Visual Arts

4. Music

• Introduction 
• Some Songs For Second Grade

5. Mathematics

• Introduction, Working with Numbers to 100
• Working with Numbers to 1,000
• Money
• Word Problems
• Measurement
• Geometry
• Multiplication

6. Science

• Introduction, The Cycle of Life and the Seasons
• The Water Cycle
• Insects
• The Human Body
• Magnetism
• Simple Machines
• Stories About Scientists

Last updated: Fri, May 23 2008