Foundational Skills

• Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.

• Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregulary spelled words. (Trimester 2 List)

• Read grade-level text fluently with purpose and understanding.

Language

• Produce, expand and rearrange complete compound sentences

• Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage, badge; boy, boil)

Vocabulary

• Determine 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.

Literature Text​

• Demonstrates comprehension of a text by recounting stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures

• Demonstrates comprehension of text by describing how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges

Informational Text

• Demonstrates comprehension of a text by determining the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

• Demonstrates comprehension of a text by explaining how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

Opinion Writing

• Introduce the topic or book; state an opinion.

• Develop an opinion about a topic or book with reasons and supporting details.

• Uses transition (e.g, first, next) and linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons

• Provide a concluding statement or section.

Narrative Writing

• Recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events

• Include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings