Grade 2 · Christian · NGSS/CCSS-aligned
Judges, kings and prophets in a year, ending on the promise the Old Testament is leaning toward. Each week you read a short passage aloud from the King James, tell it back in the plain words printed under it, learn one verse, ask three questions, and do one thing. At seven the doing starts to include a pencil: copying the verse, writing a sentence, making a list. Twenty to thirty minutes, three times a week.
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Nine weeks in Judges and Ruth: a nation with no king, going round and round the same circle of forgetting and being rescued. Deborah, Gideon, Samson, and then one quiet family in Bethlehem.
Read, retell and talk about “Everybody did what they wanted” (Judges 2:6-19), and say Judges 21:25 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Deborah under the tree” (Judges 4:1-16), and say Psalm 27:1 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The smallest one in the family” (Judges 6:11-16), and say Judges 6:12 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Three hundred men” (Judges 7:1-22), and say Zechariah 4:6 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The strongest man” (Judges 13:1-5 and 13:24, then 16:4-21), and say Proverbs 16:32 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The last prayer” (Judges 16:22-30), and say Judges 16:28 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Where you go, I will go” (Ruth 1), and say Ruth 1:16 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Picking up leftovers” (Ruth 2), and say Proverbs 19:17 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “A family for Ruth” (Ruth 3:1-11 and 4:13-17), and say Psalm 68:6 (part) by heart.
Samuel is born, hears his name, and anoints two kings. The people ask for a king and are told exactly what it will cost them. Saul rises and falls, David is chosen from a field, and waits.
Read, retell and talk about “Hannah asks for a son” (1 Samuel 1:1-20 and 1:24-28), and say 1 Samuel 1:27 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Samuel hears his name” (1 Samuel 3:1-14), and say 1 Samuel 3:10 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Give us a king” (1 Samuel 8:1-22), and say Psalm 118:8 by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The tall king hiding” (1 Samuel 9:1-2 and 10:17-24), and say Jeremiah 17:7 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Saul does it his own way” (1 Samuel 15:1-23), and say 1 Samuel 15:22 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “God looks at the heart” (1 Samuel 16:1-13), and say 1 Samuel 16:7 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “David and the giant” (1 Samuel 17:1-11 and 17:32-50), and say 1 Samuel 17:47 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Two friends” (1 Samuel 18:1-4 and 20:12-17 and 20:41-42), and say Proverbs 17:17 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The king in the cave” (1 Samuel 24:1-15), and say Matthew 5:44 (part) by heart.
David reigns, dances, sins, is caught and forgiven, and leaves behind a songbook. Solomon asks well, builds the temple, and drifts. Then one rude answer splits the country in two.
Read, retell and talk about “David becomes king” (2 Samuel 5:1-10), and say 2 Samuel 5:10 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Dancing in the street” (2 Samuel 6:12-19), and say Psalm 150:6 by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The LORD is my shepherd” (Psalm 23), and say Psalm 23:1 by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The man with one little lamb” (2 Samuel 12:1-13), and say Psalm 51:10 by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Songs for every kind of day” (Psalm 100 and Psalm 13), and say Psalm 100:1 by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Solomon asks for the right thing” (1 Kings 3:5-14), and say 1 Kings 3:9 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “A house for God” (1 Kings 6:1-3 and 8:22-30), and say Psalm 122:1 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The kingdom splits in two” (1 Kings 12:1-20), and say Proverbs 15:1 by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Fed by birds” (1 Kings 17:1-16), and say Philippians 4:19 (part) by heart.
Elijah, Elisha and Isaiah warn a kingdom that will not listen. Jerusalem falls and the people are carried away. Daniel keeps his window open, Esther speaks up, the exiles come home to rubble, and Malachi points forward into four hundred years of silence.
Read, retell and talk about “Fire on the mountain” (1 Kings 18:17-39), and say 1 Kings 18:21 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “A very small voice” (1 Kings 19:1-13), and say 1 Kings 19:12 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Wash seven times” (2 Kings 5:1-14), and say Luke 16:10 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Isaiah sees a light coming” (Isaiah 9:2-7), and say Isaiah 9:6 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The city falls” (2 Kings 25:1-12 and Lamentations 3:21-23), and say Lamentations 3:23 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “The window and the lions” (Daniel 6:1-23), and say Daniel 6:22 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “For such a time as this” (Esther 2:5-11, 3:8-11 and 4:1-16), and say Esther 4:14 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Going home to build” (Ezra 3:10-13 and Nehemiah 8:1-12), and say Nehemiah 8:10 (part) by heart.
Read, retell and talk about “Four hundred quiet years” (Malachi 3:1 and 4:2, then Ezra 9:1-3 for context), and say Malachi 4:2 (part) by heart.
From the parent guide
Judges, kings and prophets in a year, ending on the promise the Old Testament is leaning toward. Each week you read a short passage aloud from the King James, tell it back in the plain words printed under it, learn one verse, ask three questions, and do one thing. At seven the doing starts to include a pencil: copying the verse, writing a sentence, making a list. Twenty to thirty minutes, three times a week.
Unit 1 · what to expect
Nine weeks in Judges and Ruth: a nation with no king, going round and round the same circle of forgetting and being rescued. Deborah, Gideon, Samson, and then one quiet family in Bethlehem.
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