Reading
ELA2R1 Phonics/Word Identification
The student quickly applies knowledge of letter-sound correspondence and spelling patterns to decode unfamiliar words.
Element: ELA2R1.a Phonics/Word Identification
Reads words containing blends, digraphs, and diphthongs.
Element: ELA2R1c Phonics/Word Identification
Reads compound words and contractions in grade appropriate texts.
Element: ELA2R1.b Phonics/Word Identification
Recognizes, reads, and writes words containing regular plurals, irregular plurals, and possessives.
Element: ELA2R1.d Phonics/Word Identification
Reads and spells words containing r-controlled vowels and silent letters.
Element: ELA2R1e Phonics/Word Identification
Reads and spells words containing irregular vowel patterns.
Element: ELA2R1f Phonics/Word Identification
Reads and divides multi-syllabic words.
Element: ELA2R1.g Phonics/Word Identification
Applies learned phonics skills when reading and writing words, sentences, and stories.
The student demonstrates the ability to read orally with speed, accuracy, and expression.
Element: ELA2R2.b Fluency
Automatically recognizes additional high frequency and familiar words within texts.
Element: ELA2R2.d Fluency
Reads second-grade texts at a target rate of 90 words correct per minute.
Element: ELA2R2.a Fluency
Applies letter-sound knowledge to decode quickly and accurately.
Element: ELA2R2.c Fluency
Reads familiar text with expression.
Element: ELA2R2.e Fluency
Uses self-correction when subsequent reading reading indicates an earlier misreading within grade-level text.
The student acquires and uses grade-level words to communicate effectively.
Element: ELA2R3.b Vocabulary
Recognizes grade appropriate words with multiple meanings.
Element: ELA2R3.a Vocabulary
Reads a variety of texts and uses new words in oral and written language.
Element: ELA2R3.c Vocabulary
Recognizes and applies the appropriate usage of homophones, homographs, antonymns, and synonyms.
Element: ELA2R3.d Vocabulary
Determines the meaning of unknown words on the basis of context.
The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text.
Element: ELA2R4.a Comprehension
Reads a variety of texts for information and pleasure.
Element: ELA2R4.n Comprehension
Uses titles, tables of contents, and chapter headings to locate information quickly and accurately and to preview text.
Element: ELA2R4.b Comprehension
Makes predictions from text content.
Element: ELA2R4.c Comprehension
Generates questions before, during, and after reading.
Element: ELA2R4.d Comprehension
Recalls explicit facts and infers implicit facts.
Element: ELA2R4.e Comprehension
Summarizes text content.
Element: ELA2R4.f Comprehension
Distinguishes fact from fiction in a text.
Element: ELA2R4.g Comprehension
Interprets information from illustrations, diagrams, charts, graphs, and graphic organizers.
Element: ELA2R4.h Comprehension
Makes connections between texts and/or personal experiences.
Element: ELA2R4.i Comprehension
Identifies and infers main idea and supporting details.
Element: ELA2R4.j Comprehension
Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading orally and silently, self-monitors comprehension, and attempts to clarify meaning.
Element: ELA2R4.k Comprehension
Identifies and infers cause-and-effect relationships.
Element: ELA2R4.l Comprehension
Recognizes plot, setting, and character within text, and compares and contrasts these elements among texts.
Element: ELA2R4.m Comprehension
Recognizes the basic elements of a variety of genres (e.g., poetry, fables, folktales).
Element: ELA2R4.o Comprehension
Recognizes the author's purpose.
Element: ELA2R4.p Comprehension
Uses word parts (i.e., prefixes, root words, common suffixes, compounds, etc.) to determine meanings.
Element: ELA2R4.q Comprehension
Writing
The student demonstrates competency in the writing process.
Element: ELA2W1.a Writing Process
Writes text of a length appropriate to address a topic and tell a story including self selected ideas.
Element: ELA2W1.b Writing Process
Uses traditional organizational patterns for conveying information (e.g, chronological order, similarity and difference, answering questions).
Element: ELA2W1.c Writing Process
Uses transition words and phrases.
Element: ELA2W1.d Writing Process
Begins to create graphic features (charts, tables, graphs).
Element: ELA2W1.e Writing Process
Begins to use appropriate formatting conventions for letter writing (e.g., date, salutation, body, closing).
Element: ELA2W1.f Writing Process
Begins to write a response to literature that demonstrates an understanding of the text and expresses and supports an opinion.
Element: ELA2W1.g Writing Process
Begins to write a persuasive piece that states and supports an opinion.
Element: ELA2W1.h Writing Process
Prewrites to generate ideas orally.
Element: ELA2W1.i Writing Process
Uses planning ideas to create a rough draft.
Element:
ELA2W1.j Writing Process
Rereads writing to self and others, revises to add deatils and edits to make corrections.
Element: ELA2W1.k Writing Process
Creates documents with legible handwriting and begins to recognize cursive letters.
Element: ELA2W1.l Writing Process
Consistently writes in complete sentences with correct subject/verb agreement.
Element: ELA2W1.m Writing Process
Uses nouns (singular, plural, possessive) correctly.
Element: ELA2W1.n Writing Process
Uses singular possessive pronouns.
Element: ELA2W1.o Writing Process
Uses singular and plural personal pronouns.
Element: ELA2W1.p Writing Process
Uses increasingly complex sentence structure.
Element: ELA2W1.q Writing Process
Uses common rules of spelling and correctly spells high frequency (sight) words.
Element: ELA2W1.r Writing Process
Uses appropriate capitalization and punctuation (periods, question and exclamation marks) at the end of sentences (declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory/ simple and compound).
Element: ELA2W1.s Writing Process
Begins to use commas (e.g., in a series, in dates, after a friendly letter greeting, in a friendly letter closure, and between cities and states), and periods after grade appropriate abbreviations.
Element: ELA2W1.t Writing Process
Uses a variety of resources (encyclopedia, Internet, periodicals, software, atlas, books) to research and share information on a topic.
Element: ELA2W1.u Writing Process
Recognizes appropriate use of quotation marks.
Element: ELA2W1.v Writing Process
Uses the dictionary and thesaurus to support word choices.
The student writes in a variety of genres, including Narrative. The student produces a narrative that:
Element: ELA2W2a
Narrative Writing: Captures a reader's interest by writing a personal story in first or third person consistently.
Element: ELA2W2b
Narrative Writing: Begins to write fantasy/imaginary stories.
Element: ELA2W2c
Narrative Writing: Begins to sustain a focus.
Element: ELA2W2d
Narrative Writing: Includes the appropriate purpose, expectations, and length for the audience and genre.
Element: ELA2W2e
Narrative Writing: Develops characters and setting using sensory details (decriptive adjectives and strong verbs).
Element: ELA2W2f
Narrative Writing: Uses organizational structures (beginning, middle, end, and sequence of events) and strategies (transitional words/phrases, time cue words)
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Element: ELA2W2g
Narrative Writing: Begins to develop characters through action and dialogue.
Element: ELA2W2h
Narrative Writing: Develops a sense of closure.
Element: ELA2W2i
Narrative Writing: May include pre-writing.
Element: ELA2W2j
Narrative Writing: May include a revised and edited draft.
Element: ELA2W2k
Narrative Writing: May be published.
The student writes in a variety of genres including Informational Writing. The student produces Informational Writing that:
Element: ELA2W2a
Informational Writing: Captures a reader's interest.
Element: ELA2W2b
Informational Writing: Begins to sustain a focused topic.
Element: ELA2W2c
Informational Writing: Includes the appropriate purpose, expectations, and length for the audience and genre.
Element: ELA2W2d
Informational Writing: Adds facts and details.
Element: ELA2W2e
Informational Writing: Uses organizational structures for conveying information (chronological order, similarities and differences, questions and answers).
Element: ELA2W2f
Informational Writing: Uses graphic features (charts, tables, graphs).
Element: ELA2W2g
Informational Writing: Uses a variety of resources (encyclopedia, Internet, books) to research and share information on a topic.
Element: ELA2W2h
Informational Writing: Develops a sense of closure.
Element: ELA2W2i
Informational Writing: May include pre-writing.
Element: ELA2W2j
Informational Writing: May include a draft that is revised and edited.
Element: ELA2W2k
Informational Writing: May be published.
The student writes in a variety of genres including Persuasive. The student produces a Persuasive Piece of writing that:
Element: ELA2W2a
Persuasive Writing: Captures a reader's interest by stating a clear position/opinion.
Element: ELA2W2b
Persuasive Writing: Begins to sustain a focus.
Element: ELA2W2c
Persuasive Writing: Includes the appropriate purpose, expectations, and length for audience and the genre.
Element: ELA2W2d
Persuasive Writing: Adds supportive details throughout.
Element: ELA2W2e
Persuasive Writing: Uses appropriate formats (letter, list of pros and cons, advertisement).
Element: ELA2W2f
Persuasive Writing: Develops a sense of closure.
Element: ELA2W2g
Persuasive Writing: May include pre-writing.
Element: ELA2W2h
Persuasive Writing: May include a revised and edited draft.
Element: ELA2W2i
Persuasive Writing: May be published.
The student writes in a variety of genres, including Response To Literature. The student produces a response to literature that:
Element: ELA2W2a
Response to Literature: Captures a reader's interest by stating an opinion about a text.
Element: ELA2W2b
Response to Literature: Demonstrates understanding of the text and expresses and supports an opinion.
Element: ELA2W2c
Response to Literature: Makes connections: text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world using details from the reading selection.
Element: ELA2W2d
Response to Literature: Uses organizational structures to ensure coherence (T-charts, compare and contrast, letter to author, rewrite the ending, beginning, middle, and end with details from the text).
Element: ELA2W2e
Response to Literature: Develops a sense of closure.
Element: ELA2W2f
Response to Literature: May include pre-writing.
Element: ELA2W2g
Response to Literature: May include a draft that is revised and edited.
Element: ELA2W2h
Response to Literature: May be published.
Listening, Speaking and Viewing
ELA2LSV1 Listening/Speaking/Viewing
The student uses oral and visual strategies to communicate.
Element: ELA2LSV1.a Listening/Speaking/Viewing
Interprets information presented and seeks clarification when needed.
Element: ELA2LSV1.b Listening/Speaking/Viewing
Begins to use oral language for different purposes: to inform, to persuade, and to entertain.
Element: ELA2LSV1.c Listening/Speaking/Viewing
Uses increasingly complex language patterns and sentence structure when communicating.
Element: ELA2LSV1.d Listening/Speaking/Viewing
Listens to and views a variety of media to acquire information.
Element: ELA2LSV1.e Listening/Speaking/Viewing
Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge