ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

GRADE TWO

 

 

FIRST TERM

SECOND TERM

THIRD TERM

FOURTH TERM

COMPREHENSION

 

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

 

FLUENCY

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONEMIC AWARENESS
AND PHONICS

 

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

 

VOCABULARY

TOOLS ~ 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

 

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)

 

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

 

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

 

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

MEDIA

 

 

 

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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