- Author:
- Kelly Rawlston, Letoria Lewis
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Material Type:
- Curriculum, Reference Material, Vocabulary
- Level:
- Lower Primary
- Grade:
- 2
- Tags:
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- 2nd Grade
- ELA
- NCDPI
- Rethink
- RethinkPR
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
- Language:
- English
- Media Formats:
- Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the 2-3 grammar continuum.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the 2-3 conventions continuum.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Compare formal and informal uses of English.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate understanding of nuances in word meanings.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs and closely related adjectives.
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Use words and phrases learned through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Print all upper- and lowercase letters legibly and proportionally.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Learning Domain: Reading Foundational Skills
Standard: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: By the end of grade 2, read and understand informational texts within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: Identify the author's main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: Identify the reasons an author gives to support ideas in a text.
Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Standard: Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: By the end of grade 2, read and understand literature within the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story, the events unfold in the middle, and the ending concludes the action.
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Distinguish differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Build on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent and complete sentences.
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write informative /explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal transition words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools and resources to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Participate in shared research and writing projects.
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
2nd Grade English Language Arts Parent Guide
Overview
This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 2nd Grade English Language Arts content.
Rethink Parent Guides
As part of our Rethink Education mission, we will provide parent guides to accompany our high-quality, standards-aligned and culturally relevant remote learning content for grades K-8. We want to support parents of students who are engaged in remote learning. We know from COVID 19 that many parents were at a loss in how to support their children in an online learning environment. In order to build parent capacity for future learning disruptions, here is the parent guide to accompany 2nd Grade English Language Arts. This parent guide explains the content in straightforward terms so they can support their children’s learning at home and will encourage caretaker engagement with lessons.