Exam Key for Year 2
Year 2 Term 1
Bible
1. What do you know about Moses' babyhood and early life? OR, Tell about Moses and the burning bush, or a story of Moses and Aaron. (Exodus 2, or Exodus 3 and following)
2. Tell about the crossing of the Red Sea, or, how the Israelites were fed in the Wilderness. (Exodus 13-14 or Exodus 16)
3.Tell a story about Jesus. (Luke 19-22)
Writing/Penmanship
Copy "She took a book out of her desk." (Understood Betsy, ch 5 Adapt to your child's ability.)
History
1. Tell about William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings. (Child's History of the World ch 52; An Island Story ch 24)
2. Tell the story of the White Ship. (An Island Story ch 28)
Tales
1. Tell about little 'Lias. (Understood Betsy)
2. Tell about two things Christian saw in the House of the Interpreter, or about Mr. Worldly Wiseman. (Pilgrim's Progress)
Geography
1. What is a butte? Can you describe one? Or, Tell everything you know about the plains. (Tree in the Trail)
2. Describe a compass. What does it tell us? (from this term's casual geography talks)
Natural History and General Science
1. Tell what you know about a squirrel or a beaver. (Burgess Animal Book, ch 4-5 or 12)
2. Describe a favorite nature walk, and tell about something you found.
3. Choose one question matched to your term's Nature Study theme from here
Reading Skill
Father or friend should select a passage for student to read aloud.
Arithmetic (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. What is 42 + 14? (56)
2. Write this number in numerals: twenty three. (23)
3. Use <, >, or = to make this statement true: 76 __ 69. (76 > 69)
Foreign Language
1. Recite or sing something you have learned in your foreign language.
2. In your foreign language name the members of your family, using full sentences.
Picture Study
1. Describe your favorite picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, and two Bible verses learned this term for student to recite.
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.
Year 2 Term 2
Bible
1. What were the three great national festivals of the Israelites? Describe one of them. (Passover, Feast of Weeks/Harvest/Firstfruits, Feast of Tabernacles; Leviticus 23)
2. Tell about the spies Joshua sent out to spy out the land. (Numbers 13)
3. Tell a story of Jesus after He rose from the dead. (Luke 24)
Writing/Penmanship
Copy "The Badger strode up the steps." (The Wind in the Willows ch 6 Adapt to your child's ability.)
History
1. What do you know about Richard Coeur de Lion? (Child's History of the World ch 54 or Island Story ch 33, 34, 53 or 59)
2. Tell about the Siege of Calais or Wat Tyler's rebellion. (An Island Story ch 47 or 49)
Tales
1. Tell what you know about Vanity Fair or Doubting Castle. (Pilgrim's Progress)
2. Tell your favorite part of the Wind in the Willows.
Geography
1. Trace the Sante Fe Trail on a map, with any details you can remember. (Tree in the Trail) Or, What do you know about Greenland? (Seabird ch 1)
2. Can you explain why the sun never seems to remain still in the same place? (from this term's casual geography talks)
Natural History and General Science
1. What do you know about Flitter the Bat or Little Joe Otter? (Burgess Animal Book ch 21 or 25)
2. Describe from memory something you drew in your Nature Notebook.
3. Choose one question matched to your term's Nature Study theme from here
Arithmetic (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. Bo has four quarters, a dime and two nickels. If he buys a drink for 95 cents, how much money will he have left? (1.20 - 95 = 25)
2. What is 64 - 41? (23)
3. What is 238 + 104? (342)
Foreign Language
1. Recite or sing something you have learned in your foreign language.
2. In your foreign language name the colors of items in your schoolroom, using full sentences.
Picture Study
1. Describe your favorite picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, and two Bible verses learned this term for student to recite.
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.
Year 2 Term 3
Bible
1. Tell the story of Moses striking the rock, or, tell a story about Balaam. (Num. 20 or Num. 22-24)
2.What did we read in Matthew about the birth and very early life of Christ? (Matthew 1:18-2:23, i.e. foretelling of His birth, magi, escape to Egypt, return to Nazareth)
3. Tell about the wise men from the East, OR What do you know about the sermon on the mount? (Matthew 2:1-12, or Matthew 5-7)
Writing/Penmanship
Copy "For the sun it is merry and bright." (Robin Hood, "Little John Turns Barefoot Friar" Adapt to your child's ability.)
History
1. Tell about Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt or the Princes in the Tower. (An Island Story ch 53 or 59)
2. What do you know about The Hundred Years War? (Child's History of the World, ch 60)
Tales
1. Tell how Christian and Hopeful came through the waters at last. (Pilgrim's Progress)
2. Tell your favorite story from Robin Hood.
Geography
1. Describe a Pacific Island (or Hawai'i/the Sandwich Islands). (Seabird ch 12 or 20) Or, Describe China. (Seabird ch 21)
2. What are the four seasons? How do we get them? (from this term's casual geography talks)
Natural History and General Science
1. Describe from memory something you drew in your Nature Notebook.
2. Name some big and little cat cousins or some of Buster Bear's cousins. (Burgess Animal Book ch 30 or 33)
3. Choose one question matched to your term's Nature Study theme from here
Arithmetic (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. Add 405 + 142. (547)
2. Subtract: 378 - 63. (315)
3. Which number comes next? 3, 6, 9, 12 (15)
Foreign Language
1. Recite or sing something you have learned in your foreign language.
2. In your foreign language count some things in your schoolroom, using full sentences.
Picture Study
1. Describe your favorite picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, and two Bible verses learned this term for student to recite.
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.