Standards
Wondering what your child will be learning this year in 2nd grade? Here are some reading "I can" sentences that will show what we'll be working on this year!
Reading
- I can understand what I read by using the skills I have learned.
Word Analysis
- I can use what I know about words to read, write, and spell.
- I can read, write, and spell words because I know the letter sounds and spelling patterns.
- I can read, write, and spell sight words.
- I can blend sounds to read and write words.
- I can read words in sentences and paragraphs.
- I can use what I know about words to read.
- I can tell if I read a word correctly.
Fluency
- I can read smoothly and correctly so that it sounds like I am talking.
- I can read smoothly to help me understand what I am reading.
- I can read sight words correctly and smoothly.
- I can read with appropriate expression.
- I can speed up or slow down my pace to help me understand what I read.
Vocabulary
- I can learn new words.
- I can figure out what words mean.
- I can use new words to talk about things in my world.
- I can find and use clues to figure out the meaning of new words.
- I can tell how words are related.
- I can find the meaning of words by looking in different places.
- I can use ABC order and guide words to find words.
Comprehension
- I can understand what I read.
- I can tell why the author wrote the story to help me understand what I read.
- I can identify the characters, the setting, and the plot in a story.
- I can retell a story.
- I can explain different ways authors use words.
- I can retell and summarize the main idea from informational text.
- I can tell how informational text is organized.
- I can use what I know about text features to find information and understand what I read.
- I can identify the characteristics of different kinds of stories and books.
- I can compare and contrast characters and events to myself, to others, and to the world.
- I can ask and answer questions by using what I already know and have read.
- I can tell why I read.
- I can connect what I know to what I read, to other texts, and to the world.
- I can check my own comprehension and self correct the errors.
- I can make a prediction, decide if it is right or wrong, and change it.
- I can respond to what I read in different ways.
To see these and more I can statements, take a look at this website!