Reading

For our ELA units in second grade, we focus on developing your student's ability to examine a text, while also being able to write about what they have read. Key concepts include the ability to...

• Ask and answer questions such as who, what, when, why, and how

• Recount stories from a variety of genres, describe the overall structure of the story, and explain how characters respond to major events and challenges

• Connect key in-text details to real life examples

When writing, students will delve into...

• The phonics of words and how to decode multisyllabic words into a root, prefix, and suffix

• How to write in different literally styles including opinion pieces, explanatory, and informative narratives

Finally, students will be able to demonstrate English grammar standards including the use of...

• Capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

• Conventions of words (nouns, verbs, etc.)