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🌟 How to Use This Plan
1️⃣ Choose the books you want to start with — or follow the order we suggest.
2️⃣ Explore the skills each book builds — comprehension, vocabulary, empathy, creativity, and early academic thinking.
3️⃣ Add the matching Jool companion workbook — these transform each story into structured learning with writing tasks, vocabulary, and projects.
📘 You also receive a FREE Jool workbook voucher in your email to help you get started.
📚 Grade 2 Literature Plan
48 weeks · The year your child grows in confidence, clarity, and curiosity.
Grade 2 builds stronger reading, richer thinking, and clearer writing.
Your child begins to move from learning to read toward reading to understand, while exploring the world through science, history, stories, and early logic.
📘 Study this book list with:
Literature Grade 2
Science - Grade 2
Grade 2/Year 3: Exploration of the Human Body
and the World Around Us
Textbook: DK Encyclopedia Human Body!
Focus: Dive deeper into the structure and functions of the human body.
Key Topics:
• Anatomy of major systems (respiratory, circulatory, skeletal)
• Nutrition and health
• Introduction to motion (push, pull, gravity)
• Simple machines (levers, pulleys, inclined planes)
Additional Book: DK Find Out! Science
Goal: Develop a deeper understanding of human biology and health.
Gap: 2 years ahead of School curriculums.
📘 Study this book list with:
Science - Grade 2
🏛️ Grade 2 History & Society
Grade 2/Year 3: Ancient Civilisations and Early Empires
Textbook: Story of the World 1 by Susan Wise Bauer
Focus: Explore the beginnings of human civilisation, from ancient Egypt to
the fall of the Roman Empire.
Key Topics:
• • The first nomads and farmers
• Early kingdoms and empires (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome)
• The rise and fall of early civilisations
Goal: Develop a chronological understanding of early human history and
the foundation of modern societies.
📘 Study this book list with:
History Grade 2
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At Jool, we believe every student deserves inspiring, challenging books that prepare them for success. That’s why we offer a free reading list curated by our expert educators to support academic growth and exam prep like AP Literature and GCSEs 🎓. Let’s make learning extraordinary.
Enjoy,
James
Principal & Founder, Jool
