Unit 1 Standards

• RL.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

• RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

• RL.2.2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

• RI.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

• RL.2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

• RI.2.3: Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

• RL.2.4: Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

• RI.2.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.

• W.2.3: 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 words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

• W.2.7: Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

• SL.2.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

  • SL.2.1A: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

  • SL.2.1.B: Build on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.

  • SL.2.1.C: Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

• SL.2.4: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

L.2.6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).

Reading Literature and Informational Writing Speaking and Listening Language

• RL.2.5/RI.2.5 W.2.5 SL.2.2 L.2.1

• RL.2.6/RI.2.6 W.2.6 SL.2.3 L.2.2

• RL.2.7/RI.2.7 W.2.8 SL.2.5 L.2.3

• RI.2.8 SL.2.6 L.2.4

L.2.5