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A Sample of Second Grade English Language Arts and Literacy Common Core State Standards
A Sample of Second Grade English Language Arts and Literacy Common Core State Standards
■ Paying close attention to details, including illustrations and graphics, in stories and books to answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions
■ Determining the lesson or moral of stories, fables, and folktales
■ Using text features (e.g., captions, bold print, indexes) to locate key facts or information efficiently
■ Writing an opinion about a book he or she has read, using important details from the materials to support that opinion
■ Writing stories that include a short sequence of events and include a clear beginning, middle, and end
■ Taking part in conversations by linking his or her comments to the remarks of others and asking and answering questions to gather additional information or deepen understanding of the topic
■ Retelling key information or ideas from media or books read aloud
■ Producing, expanding, and rearranging sentences (e.g., “The boy watched the movie”; “The little boy watched the movie”; “The action movie was watched by the little boy”)
■ Determining the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix or suffix is added to a known word (happy/unhappy; pain/painful/painless)
Fundations
Fundations
Level 2 of Fundations® builds on the basic skills that were learned in Kindergarten and Level 1 and progresses further into the study of word structure. Teachers should combine Fundations with a wide variety of text experiences, and expose students to poetry, narrative and informational text.
By the end of Level 2, students will be able to:
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word-analysis skills in decoding words
Segment syllables into sounds (phonemes)–up to six sounds
Identify word structures such as vowels, consonants, blends, digraphs, and digraph blends
Identify parts of words (syllables, basewords, suffixes)
Identify all six syllable types: closed, vowel-consonant-e, open, r-controlled, vowel digraph/diphthong, and consonant-le
Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words
Read and spell words with short vowels
Read and spell words with long vowels in vowel-consonant-e and open syllables
Read and spell words with r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur)
Read and spell words with vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ey, ea, oi, oy, oa, ow, oe, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw)
Read and spell words with unexpected vowel sounds (old, ild, ind, ost, olt, ive)
Read and spell words with suffixes (-s, -es, -ed,-ing, -est, -ish, -able, -ive, -y, -ful, -ment, -less, -ness, -ly, -ty)
Read and spell words with common prefixes (un-, dis-, mis-, non-, trans-, pre-, pro-, re-, de-)
Read and spell phonetically regular one-, two- and three-syllable words
Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences
Read and spell the first 200 high frequency words including irregular words
Divide multisyllabic words
Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification
Use synonyms
Know some multiple meaning words
Apply dictionary skills
Use correct writing position and pencil grip
Write clear, legible manuscript at an appropriate rate
Spell words with options for the grapheme representation for sounds with use of a spell checker or dictionary
Apply correct punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point)
Apply capitalization rules for beginning of sentences and names of people
Read controlled stories with fluency, expression and understanding
Read approximately 90 words per minute with fluency and understanding
Retell short narrative stories, recounting key ideas and details
Retell facts from informational text
Locate facts and details in narrative and informational writing
Skim for information
Make judgments, predictions from given facts
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase
Determine the meaning of a new word when a prefix is added to a known word
Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of a compound word
Identify real life connections between words and their use — answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions with narrative and informational texts
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions with narrative and informational text
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges
Determine the central message of a story
Identify the main topic/purpose of an informational text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs
Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe
Fluency
Fluency
As students in second grade are working on using a variety of reading strategies, the emphasis on fluency becomes a priority. Fluency is the ability to read smoothly. It can also involve reading with expression. The reason we reinforce fluency is because research has shown that most students who are not fluent often have issues with comprehension. If it takes a student longer to read, it often makes it harder to remember what was actually read. One of the main prompts teachers use with students who are not fluent, is to encourage students to "put your words together like you are talking."
Comprehension Strategies
Comprehension Strategies
As students begin to read longer texts, it's important to ask them questions to be sure that they understand what they are reading. It's not only important to ask questions when students are reading the books themselves, but also when a book is being read to them. Refer to the image from Wit and Wisdom below for suggestions.
Book Lists
Book Lists
Many parents ask about where they can find books to help their child practice their reading skills. You can refer to the links below to print, purchase and/or borrow books at your child's grade level.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collections/17-18/guided-reading-book-lists-by-level/
Web Resources
Web Resources
Below you will find some interactive sites that will be helpful in reinforcing second grade reading skills.
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