Moffat County School District RE-1

Literacy

Second Grade

Students will:

Comprehension

1. retell text in order with detail.

2. identify beginning, middle, and end of text.

3. tell the main idea of the text.

4. explain character, setting, problem, and solution.

5. read and understand simple directions.

6. monitor understanding.

7. acquire new vocabulary words in the context of stories, themes, and content areas.

8. use words more than pictures.

9. use context clues.

10. integrate cueing systems: meaning, structure, and visual.

11. reread and self-correct to improve understanding.

12. apply long and short vowel sounds.

13. recognize vowel combinations.

14. apply consonant blends and digraphs.

15. read sight words from the high frequency list (200).

Written and Oral

1. read familiar text fluently by:

· reading aloud with fluency;

· using punctuation to gain meaning: period, comma, question mark, exclamation point;

· adjusting the reading rate to match purpose, style, and difficulty of text.

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2. write about text.

3. learn the writing process by:

· generating topics through pre-writing activities (for example, brainstorming, webbing, mapping, drawing, K-W-L charts, group discussion);

· aligning a purpose (for example, to entertain, to inform, to communicate) with an audience;

· writing a first draft with the necessary components for a specific genre;

· revising draft content (for example, organization, relevant details, clarity);

· editing revised drafts using resources (for example, dictionary, word lists, thesaurus, spell check, glossary, grammar, and usage reference);

· proofreading revised drafts; presenting a final copy according to purpose (for example, read aloud, display, publish, mail, send, and perform).

4. apply the traits of ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and conventions by:

· developing a main idea with supporting details;

· including a beginning, middle, and end;

· using transition words;

· using some original feelings or ideas;

· experimenting with new and different words;

· using descriptive words to create images.

5. experience terminology of sentence fluency.

Conventions

1. Spelling:

· correctly spell 200 high frequency words;

· use transitional spelling on less common words;

· apply common spelling patterns and rules.

2. Grammar:

· correctly use parts of speech including pronouns, nouns, and verbs;

· correctly use plural form of nouns;

· recognize synonyms, antonyms, and multiple meaning words.

3. Punctuation:

· correctly use exclamation marks.

4. Capitalization:

· correctly use capitalization including most proper nouns and titles.

5. Handwriting:

· write legibly.

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Strategies for Thinking

1. make and confirm predictions.

2. use prior knowledge to understand text.

3. organize information from text using graphic organizers.

4. question and infer while reading.

5. visualize while reading.

Research

1. locate specific information in text.

2. locate a definition in a dictionary.

3. locate information in the encyclopedia.

4. alphabetize to the second letter.

5. use the table of contents.

Literature

1. read a variety of text:

· fiction;

· fairy tales;

· non-fiction;

· poetry;

· legends.

2. identify various authors and illustrators.

3. compare text from different cultures.

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