K-12 Grade Levels

Grade 02

2ndGradeELA-02 Standards

ELA Strand Clusters

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ELA-02.F (F) Foundations of Literacy

  • standards are mastered in first grade.
  • standards are mastered in first grade. In second grade, learners should continue to practice manipulating parts of spoken words to increase phonemic proficiency.
  • ELA-02.F.08    Decode words with phoneme-grapheme correspondences:*
  • ELA-02.F.09    Encode words with phoneme-grapheme correspondences:*
  • ELA-02.F.10    Determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words with phonics patterns that have been taught.
  • ELA-02.F.11    Use new academic, content-specific, grade-level vocabulary, connecting previously learned words and relating new words to background knowledge.
  • ELA-02.F.12    Read accurately and automatically a variety of second-grade texts with expression, phrasing, purpose, and understanding.*
  • ELA-02.F.13    Write uppercase and lowercase letters accurately and automatically for all writing purposes.
  • ELA-02.F.14    Write a paragraph including multiple complete sentences on a topic. *

ELA-02.C (C) Communication

  • ELA-02.C.01    Report on a topic or text, tell a story or recount an experience to a targeted audience with relevant facts and descriptive details.
  • ELA-02.C.02    Speak audibly in complete sentences when proper to the task and situation to provide requested details or clarifications.
  • ELA-02.C.03    Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.
  • ELA-02.C.04    Use grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases.
  • ELA-02.C.05 begins in sixth grade
  • ELA-02.C.06    Participate in conversations by linking comments to the remarks of others and asking questions.
  • ELA-02.C.07    Work collaboratively by following agreed-upon rules and following/offering multi-step oral directions.

ELA-02.R (R) Reading

  • ELA-02.R.01    Comprehend information during and after listening to a grade-level text.*
  • ELA-02.R.02    Ask and answer questions about key details before, during, and after reading a variety of literary and informational texts to compare, contrast, predict, or infer.*
  • ELA-02.R.03a    Identify the main idea with supporting details during or after reading an informational text or passage.*
  • ELA-02.R.03b    Retell the plot to include the beginning, middle, and end of a literary text after reading.*
  • ELA-02.R.04 begins in third grade
  • ELA-02.R.05    Determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases through a variety of text experiences.*
  • ELA-02.R.06    Identify text features and use previously learned text features to read and understand a text or passage.*
  • ELA-02.R.07 begins in third grade
  • ELA-02.R.08    Use a variety of fiction and poetry texts.
  • ELA-02.R.09 begins in sixth grade

ELA-02.Wr (Wr) Writing

  • ELA-02.Wr.01    Produce writing appropriate to the task, purpose, or audience.*
  • ELA-02.Wr.02    Write using an organizational structure that introduces a topic, includes supporting sentences, and provides a sense of closure.*
  • ELA-02.Wr.03    Write informative pieces that include factual details on the topic.
  • ELA-02.Wr.04    Write opinion pieces on a topic using reasons to support the opinion.
  • ELA-02.Wr.05    Write narrative pieces that describe a well-elaborated event in sequence.
  • ELA-02.Wr.06    Develop and strengthen writing utilizing the five steps appropriate to the task.
  • ELA-02.Wr.07    Write with intentional word choice that integrates emotion or descriptive language.
  • ELA-02.wL.01    Compose simple and compound sentences.*
  • ELA-02.wL.02    Recognize and use parts of speech in sentences:*

ELA-02.IR (IR) Inquiry and Research

(IR) standards 2 and 3 are introduced to 2nd grade

  • ELA-02.IR.01 begins in third grade
  • ELA-02.IR.02   Locate important information on a topic in a provided source during a shared or interactive experience.
  • ELA-02.IR.03   Use organizational tools to track information from a provided pair of sources relevant to a topic in a shared or interactive experience.
  • ELA-02.IR.04 begins in third grade
  • ELA-02.IR.05 begins in fourth grade