Grade 2 - English Language Arts & Literature

English Language Arts & Literature

Text Forms and Structures: Identifying and applying text forms and structures improves understanding of content, literary style, and our rich language traditions.

Oral Language: Listening and speaking form the foundation for literacy development and improve communication, collaboration, and respectful mutual understanding.

Vocabulary: Communication and comprehension are improved by understanding word meaning and structures.

Phonological Awareness: Foundational literacy is supported by the ability to identify and manipulate sounds in oral language.

Phonics: Foundational literacy is supported by understanding relationships between sounds in oral language and the letters that represent them.

Fluency: Comprehension and literary appreciation are improved by the ability to read a range of texts accurately, automatically, and with expression.

Comprehension: Text comprehension is supported by applying varied strategies and processes and by considering both particular contexts and universal themes.

Writing: Ideas and information can be articulated accurately and imaginatively through the use of writing processes and an understanding of the author's craft.

Conventions: Understanding grammar, spelling, and punctuation makes it easier to communicate clearly, to organize thinking, and to use language for desired effects.

How can the organization of ideas and information support the expression and understanding of messages?

How can listening and speaking be developed to improve oral communication?

In what ways can understanding words and word structures support communication?

How does sound contribute to understanding oral language?

How can understanding the relationships between sounds and letters (phonics) enhance decoding and encoding?

In what ways does fluency support the development of reading?

How does comprehension facilitate the meaning of a text?

How can writing processes and techniques improve expression?

How do conventions foster the development of effective communication?

Students explain how the organization of ideas and information within texts can support the purpose or meaning of messages.

Students examine and adjust listening and speaking to communicate effectively.

Students expand vocabulary by connecting morphemes and words to their meanings.

Students apply understandings of how sounds create meaning in oral language.

Students apply understandings of letter combinations and sounds in words.

Students apply fluency strategies while reading.

Students examine and apply a variety of processes to comprehend texts.

Students create and enhance ideas and information by applying a variety of writing processes.

Students examine and use grammar, spelling, and punctuation in a variety of contexts to develop effective communication.