ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADE TWO
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COMPREHENSION
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7.4 AUTHOR, TITLE 7.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 8.6 PREDICT AND CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM FOR IMAGINARY TEXTS 8.7 RETELL BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END OF IMAGINARY TEXTS 8.8 DISTINGUISH CAUSE FROM EFFECT IN IMAGINARY TEXT 8.9 PREDICT ABOUT CONTENT OF EXPOSITORY TEXT USING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, TEXT FEATURES, AND CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM 8.10 RESTATE MAIN IDEAS IN EXPOSITORY TEXT~SUMMARIZE 8.17 FANTASY/REALISM AND FACT/OPINION 11.1 RELATE THEMES TO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 12.1 CHARACTERS~IDENTIFY, COMPARE AND CONTRAST 13.2 IDENTIFY AND USE GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.3 MAKE PREDICTIONS USING GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.4 CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM PREDICTION BASED ON GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.5 RESTATE MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS |
7.4 AUTHOR, TITLE 7.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 8.6 PREDICT AND CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM FOR IMAGINARY TEXTS 8.7 RETELL BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END OF IMAGINARY TEXTS 8.8 DISTINGUISH CAUSE FROM EFFECT IN IMAGINARY TEXT 8.9 PREDICT ABOUT CONTENT OF EXPOSITORY TEXT USING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, TEXT FEATURES, AND CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM 8.10 RESTATE MAIN IDEAS IN EXPOSITORY TEXT~SUMMARIZE 11.1 RELATE THEMES TO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 12.1 SETTING~MAKING JUDGEMENTS 13.2 IDENTIFY AND USE GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.3 MAKE PREDICTIONS USING GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.4 CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM PREDICTION BASED ON GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.5 RESTATE MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS 16.1 IDENTIFY FAMILIAR FORMS OF TRADITIONAL LITERATURE THAT ARE READ ALOUD 16.2 RETELL OR DRAMATIZE TRADITIONAL LITERATURE 16.3 IDENTIFY AND PREDICT RECURRING PHRASES IN TRADITIONAL LITERATURE |
7.4 AUTHOR, TITLE 7.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS, GLOSSARY 8.6 PREDICT AND CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM FOR IMAGINARY TEXTS 8.7 RETELL BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END OF IMAGINARY TEXTS 8.9 PREDICT ABOUT CONTENT OF EXPOSITORY TEXT USING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, TEXT FEATURES, AND CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM 8.10 RESTATE MAIN IDEAS IN EXPOSITORY TEXT~SUMMARIZE 11.1 RELATE THEMES TO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 12.1 PLOT~DRAWING CONCLUSIONS 13.1 HEADINGS, CAPTIONS, KEY WORDS 13.2 IDENTIFY AND USE GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.3 MAKE PREDICTIONS USING GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.4 CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM PREDICTION BASED ON GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.5 RESTATE MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS 14.1 IDENTIFY A REGULAR BEAT AND SIMILARITIES OF SOUNDS IN WORDS IN RESPONDING TO RHYTHM AND RHYME IN POETRY 17.1 IDENTIFY THE ELEMENTS OF DIALOGUE AND USE THEM IN INFORMAL PLAYS 18.1 REHEARSE AND PERFORM STORIES, PLAYS, AND POEMS FOR AN AUDIENCE USING EYE CONTACT, VOLUME, AND CLEAR ENUNCIATION APPROPRIATE TO SELECTION |
7.4 AUTHOR, TITLE 7.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS, GLOSSARY 8.6 PREDICT AND CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM FOR IMAGINARY TEXTS 8.7 RETELL BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END OF IMAGINARY TEXTS 8.9 PREDICT ABOUT CONTENT OF EXPOSITORY TEXT USING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, TEXT FEATURES, AND CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM 8.10 RESTATE MAIN IDEAS IN EXPOSITORY TEXT~SUMMARIZE 9.1 IDENTIFY SIMILARITIES IN PLOT, SETTING AND CHARACTER AMONG THE WORKS OF AN AUTHOR 9.2 IDENTIFY DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF PLOT, SETTING, AND CHARACTER IN THE SAME WORK BY DIFFERENT ILLUSTRATORS 10.1 FIND SIMILARITIES/DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FICTION AND NONFICTION TEXT 11.1 RELATE THEMES TO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 12.1 CHARACTER, PLOT, SETTING 13.2 IDENTIFY AND USE GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.3 MAKE PREDICTIONS USING GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.4 CONFIRM/DISCONFIRM PREDICTION BASED ON GRAPHIC FEATURES 13.5 RESTATE MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS
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FLUENCY
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7.4 RECITE THE ALPHABET 7.4 WORDS ARE SEQUENCES OF LETTERS 7.4 MATCH ORAL TO PRINTED WORDS 7.4 RECOGNIZE CORRECT SPELLINGS FOR WORDS 7.4 READ HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS WITH AUTOMATICITY 7.4 FEATURES OF A SENTENCE ~ CAPITALIZATION AND END PUNCTUATION 7.6 SIGHT WORDS (SEE DOLCH LIST) WITH AUTOMATICITY |
7.4 RECOGNIZE CORRECT SPELLINGS FOR WORDS 7.4 READ HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS WITH AUTOMATICITY 7.4 FEATURES OF A SENTENCE ~ CAPITALIZATION AND END PUNCTUATION 7.6 SIGHT WORDS (SEE DOLCH LIST) WITH AUTOMATICITY |
7.4 RECOGNIZE CORRECT SPELLINGS FOR WORDS 7.4 READ HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS WITH AUTOMATICITY 7.6 SIGHT WORDS (SEE DOLCH LIST) WITH AUTOMATICITY |
7.4 RECOGNIZE CORRECT SPELLINGS FOR WORDS 7.4 READ HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS WITH AUTOMATICITY 7.6 SIGHT WORDS (SEE DOLCH LIST) WITH AUTOMATICITY
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PHONEMIC AWARENESS
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7.4 BLEND SOUNDS TO MAKE WORDS 7.5 LETTER SOUNDS AS INITIAL, MEDIAL OR FINAL 7.5 CONSONANT SOUNDS ~ VCCV PATTERN 7.5 REVIEW SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS 7.5 LONG VOWELS ~ CVCe, VCe PATTERNS 7.5 INITIAL CONSONANT BLENDS ~ st, br, tr, cl, fl, gl, pl, sw 7.5 FINAL CONSONANT BLENDS ~ st, sk 7.7 DECODE ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS 7.7 DECODE PHONETICALLY REGULAR MULTI-SYLLABLE WORDS AND NONSENSE WORDS 7.7 USE WORD FAMILIES TO DECODE WORDS ~ -ight, -ould, -ought |
7.4 SUFFIXES ~ -ful, -ly 7.4 ADD -es TO WORDS ENDING IN sh, ss, x, and zz TO MAKE THEM PLURAL 7.4 NOUNS THAT CHANGE SPELLING IN THE PLURAL ~ man/men, woman/women, child/children 7.5 DOUBLE CONSONANT AT ENDS OF WORDS ~ bb, dd, ff, gg, ll, mm, nn, ss, zz 7.5 LONG VOWELS ~ VCV PATTERN 7.5 VOWEL PAIRS ~ ai, ay, ee, ea 7.5 VOWEL DIPHTHONGS ~ ou, ow and oi, oy 7.5 CONSONANT DIGRAPHS ~ ch, tch, sh, th, wh 7.7 IDENTIFY SYLLABLES ~ -tion, -ture 7.7 DECODE ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS 7.7 DECODE PHONETICALLY REGULAR MULTI-SYLLABLE WORDS AND NONSENSE WORDS 7.7 USE WORD FAMILIES TO DECODE WORDS |
7.4 UNDERSTAND, RECOGNIZE AND READ CONTRACTIONS ~ ‘s, n’t, ‘ll, ‘ve, ‘re, ‘d, I’m 7.4 SINGULAR AND PLURAL POSSESSIVES 7.4 A WORD ENDING IN y; CHANGE THE y TO AN i AND THEN ADD -es OR -ed 7.5 VOWEL PAIRS ~ oa, ow 7.5 LONG VOWEL ~ y /e/ 7.5 CONSONANT DIGRAPHS ~ gh, nt, ng, nd, kn, mb, mp 7.7 IDENTIFY SYLLABLES ~ -tion, -ture, AND TWO SYLLABLE WORDS WITH –er, and –le AT THE END 7.7 DECODE ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS 7.7 DECODE PHONETICALLY REGULAR MULTI-SYLLABLE WORDS AND NONSENSE WORDS 7.7 USE WORD FAMILIES TO DECODE WORDS |
7.4 DOUBLE THE FINAL CONSONANT OF ONE SYLLABLE WORDS WHEN ADDING -ed OR -ing 7.4 A WORD ENDING IN f; THE f IS CHANGED TO v AND THEN ADD -s OR – es 7.4 A WORD THAT ENDS IN e: DROP THE FINAL e THEN ADD -ed OR –ing 7.7 DECODE ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS 7.7 DECODE PHONETICALLY REGULAR MULTI-SYLLABLE WORDS AND NONSENSE WORDS 7.7 USE WORD FAMILIES TO DECODE WORDS
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VOCABULARYTOOLS ~ DICTIONARIES, THESAURUSES, GLOSSARIES, WORD WALLS, WORD BANKS, VOCABULARY JOURNALS, WORD OF THE DAY, ETC. |
4.16 HOMOPHONES 4.6 SYNONYMS/ANTONYMS 4.7 COMPOUND WORDS 15.1 IDENTIFY THE SENSES IMPLIED IN WORDS APPEALING TO THE SENSES |
4.3 IDENTIFY AND SORT COMMON WORDS INTO CONCEPTUAL CATEGORIES ~ ABC ORDER TO THIRD LETTER 4.7 COMPOUND WORDS 4.8 DICTIONARY SKILLS ~ BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END; GUIDE WORDS |
4.16 HOMOPHONES 4.3 IDENTIFY AND SORT COMMON WORDS INTO CONCEPTUAL CATEGORIES ~ ABC ORDER TO THIRD LETTER 4.8 DICTIONARY SKILLS ~ ENTRY WORDS, WORD MEANINGS |
REVIEW/CONTINUE PREVIOUS SKILLS FOR MASTERY |
LANGUAGE |
1.1 1.1 FOLLOW AGREED UPON RULES FOR 1.2 DISCUSSION ~ RAISING ONE’S HAND, 1.3 WAITING ONE’S TURN, SPEAKING ONE 1.4 AT A TIME, ACTIVE LISTENING IT4. 4.4 IDENTIFY BASE WORDS AND THEIR INFLECTIONAL FORMS (i.e. LOOK, LOOKS, LOOKED, LOOKING) 5.1 EXPRESS SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS (i.e. UP, DOWN, BEFORE, AFTER) 5.2 THE NAMES OF THINGS CAN ALSO BE THE NAMES OF ACTIONS (i.e. FISH) MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF WORDS 5.3 CAPITALIZATION BEGINNING OF SENTENCE PRONOUN “I” DATES, DAYS, MONTHS 5.4 IDENTIFY AND PUNCTUATE DECLARATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES 5.5 RECOGNIZE THE NAMING AND ACTION PARTS OF A SENTENCE |
4.4 IDENTIFY BASE WORDS AND THEIR ENDINGS (-er, -est) 5.2 THE NAMES OF THINGS CAN ALSO BE THE NAMES OF ACTIONS (i.e. FISH) MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF WORDS 5.3 CAPITALIZATION PROPER NOUNS 5.4 IDENTIFY AND PUNCTUATE IMPERATIVE AND EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES 5.6 FOUR BASIC PARTS OF SPEECH ~ NOUNS, PROPER NOUNS |
2.1 CONTRIBUTE KNOWLEDGE TO CLASS DISCUSSION IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A TOPIC FOR A CLASS PROJECT 3.1 GIVE DESCRIPTIVE ORAL PRESENTATION ABOUT PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OR INTEREST, USING CLEAR ENUNCIATION AND ADEQUATE VOLUME 3.2 MAINTAIN FOCUS ON THE TOPIC OF ORAL PRESENTATION 4.4 IDENTIFY BASE WORDS AND THEIR INFLECTIONAL FORMS (i.e. LOOK, LOOKS, LOOKED, LOOKING) 5.3 CAPITALIZATION MR., MRS., DR. PROPER NOUNS 5.6 FOUR BASIC PARTS OF SPEECH ~ PRONOUNS, VERBS (PRESENT TENSE AND PAST TENSE), IRREGULAR VERBS (is/are, was/were) 6.1 FORMAL AND INFORMAL LANGUAGE IN STORIES, POEMS, AND PLAYS
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4.4 IDENTIFY BASE WORDS AND THEIR INFLECTIONAL FORMS (i.e. LOOK, LOOKS, LOOKED, LOOKING) 5.2 THE NAMES OF THINGS CAN ALSO BE THE NAMES OF ACTIONS (i.e. FISH) MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF WORDS 5.6 FOUR BASIC PARTS OF SPEECH ~ ADJECTIVES (INCLUDING a, an, the and comparing with adjectives) |
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COMPOSITION BY THE END OF GRADE TWO, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO WRITE A THREE PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON ONE TOPIC USING THE WRITING PROCESS: FOCUSING AND PLANNING DRAFTING ASSESSING AND REVISING ASSESSING AND EDITING PUBLISHING AND EVALUATING |
19.5 WRITE NARRATIVE STORIES THAT HAVE A BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END 20.1 WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY 21.1 READ BACK AND EDIT THEIR OWN WRITING FOR MORE DETAILS AND BETTER WORD CHOICE 22.2 PRINT LEGIBLY, ONE FINGER SPACING BETWEEN WORDS 22.2 EDIT FOR CORRECT SPELLING OF SIGHT WORDS AND SPELLING WORDS 22.2 EDIT FOR CAPITALIZATION 22.2 EDIT FOR END MARKS 22.2 EDIT FOR WORD USAGE 22.2 EDIT FOR SENTENCE STRUCTURE 23.1 USE DETAIL AND LOGICAL SEQUENCE 23.2 ORGANIZE IDEAS BEFORE WRITING 25.1 LISTEN AND RESPOND TO THE WRITING OF OTHERS
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19.5 WRITE NARRATIVE STORIES THAT HAVE A BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END 19.7 WRITE A FRIENDLY LETTER 21.1 READ BACK AND EDIT THEIR OWN WRITING FOR MORE DETAILS AND BETTER WORD CHOICE 22.2 PRINT LEGIBLY, ONE FINGER SPACING BETWEEN WORDS 22.2 EDIT FOR CORRECT SPELLING OF SIGHT WORDS AND SPELLING WORDS 22.2 EDIT FOR CAPITALIZATION 22.2 EDIT FOR END MARKS 22.2 EDIT FOR WORD USAGE 22.2 EDIT FOR SENTENCE STRUCTURE 23.1 USE DETAIL AND LOGICAL SEQUENCE 23.2 ORGANIZE IDEAS BEFORE WRITING 25.1 LISTEN AND RESPOND TO THE WRITING OF OTHERS
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19.5 WRITE NARRATIVE STORIES THAT HAVE A BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END 19.6 WRITE SHORT POEMS 19.8 THROUGH TEACHER DIRECTED WHOLE GROUP ACTIVITIES DEFINE THE NEED FOR INFORMATION AND FORMULATE OPEN-ENDED RESEARCH QUESTIONS 20.1 WRITE A NONFICTION REPORT 21.1 READ BACK AND EDIT THEIR OWN WRITING FOR MORE DETAILS AND BETTER WORD CHOICE 22.2 PRINT LEGIBLY, ONE FINGER SPACING BETWEEN WORDS 22.2 EDIT FOR CORRECT SPELLING OF SIGHT WORDS AND SPELLING WORDS 22.2 EDIT FOR CAPITALIZATION 22.2 EDIT FOR END MARKS 22.2 EDIT FOR WORD USAGE 22.2 EDIT FOR SENTENCE STRUCTURE 23.1 USE DETAIL AND LOGICAL SEQUENCE 23.2 ORGANIZE IDEAS BEFORE WRITING 25.1 LISTEN AND RESPOND TO THE WRITING OF OTHERS 24.1 MAKE A PLAN TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION; BRAINSTORM WAYS TO FIND ANSWERS; LOCATE RESOURCES; USE MORE THAN ONE SOURCE TO EXPLORE A TOPIC; RECORD INFORMATION BY TAKING NOTES 25.1 DEVELOP CRITERIA TO JUDGE AN EFFECTIVE FINAL COPY; EVALUATE THE RESEARCH PROJECT |
19.5 WRITE A HOW TO STORY 21.1 READ BACK AND EDIT THEIR OWN WRITING FOR MORE DETAILS AND BETTER WORD CHOICE 22.2 PRINT LEGIBLY, ONE FINGER SPACING BETWEEN WORDS 22.2 EDIT FOR CORRECT SPELLING OF SIGHT WORDS AND SPELLING WORDS 22.2 EDIT FOR CAPITALIZATION 22.2 EDIT FOR END MARKS 22.2 EDIT FOR WORD USAGE 22.2 EDIT FOR SENTENCE STRUCTURE 23.1 USE DETAIL AND LOGICAL SEQUENCE 23.2 ORGANIZE IDEAS BEFORE WRITING 25.1 LISTEN AND RESPOND TO THE WRITING OF OTHERS |
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26.1 TECHNIQUES USED IN TELEVISION ANIMATION CLOSE-UPS MUSIC 26.1 FACT VS OPINION IN TELEVISION 27.1 AUDIO/VIDEO TAPE STUDENTS FOR TRANSMISSION |
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