# Grade 2: English language arts

A course roadmap (english-language-arts). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 25 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/fl-ela-grade-2

Part of: [Florida: English language arts](https://ai.page/roadmap/fl-ela.md)

Goal: Florida academic standards: English language arts, Grade 2

## 1. Vocabulary · Finding Meaning

- [Discussing and Questioning New Words](https://ai.page/c/discussing-and-questioning-new-words/index.md): Ask and answer questions about unknown words in texts; discuss word meanings and link new vocabulary to words already known
- [Using New Vocabulary](https://ai.page/c/using-new-vocabulary/index.md): Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, being read to, and responding to texts in own speech and writing

## 2. Communication · Creating and Collaborating

- [Sharing and Publishing Your Writing](https://ai.page/c/sharing-and-publishing-your-writing/index.md): Read own writing aloud clearly enough to be heard by peers and the teacher; use digital tools to produce and publish writing

## 3. Communication · Researching

- [Shared Research Projects](https://ai.page/c/shared-research-projects/index.md): Participate in shared research and writing projects; recall information from experiences or gather information from sources to answer a question

## 4. Communication · Following Conventions

- [Starting and Ending Sentences](https://ai.page/c/starting-and-ending-sentences/index.md): Begin sentences with a capital letter and end them with the appropriate mark (full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark); recognise and name end punctuation

## 5. Communication · Communicating Orally

- [Describing Aloud](https://ai.page/c/describing-aloud/index.md): Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with detail; speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly; give well-structured descriptions and explanations

## 6. Communication · Communicating Through Writing Handwriting

- [Responding to Writing Feedback](https://ai.page/c/responding-to-writing-feedback/index.md): With teacher guidance, re-read own writing aloud to check it sounds right; listen and respond to questions and suggestions from teacher or peers to add detail, clarify meaning, and strengthen writing — this is the scaffolded beginning of writing self-evaluation, not an independent skill
- [Writing to inform](https://ai.page/c/writing-to-inform/index.md): Compose informative or explanatory texts using drawing, dictating, or writing that name a topic and supply some information about it
- [Narrative Writing](https://ai.page/c/narrative-writing/index.md): Write narratives with developed settings, characters and plot, using dialogue and description to develop experiences and show character responses to situations

## 7. Reading · Reading Across Genres

- [Comparing Characters Across Stories](https://ai.page/c/comparing-characters-across-stories/index.md): Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories; identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic
- [Connecting reading to experience](https://ai.page/c/connecting-reading-to-experience/index.md): Link what is read or heard to own experiences; draw on background knowledge and vocabulary to support understanding of texts
- [Different Types of Texts](https://ai.page/c/different-types-of-texts/index.md): Recognise common types of texts (storybooks, poems, non-fiction); name the author and illustrator and define the role of each in telling or presenting a text

## 8. Reading · Reading Informational Text

- [Why the author wrote it](https://ai.page/c/why-the-author-wrote-it/index.md): Distinguish one's own point of view from that of the author of an informational text and identify the author's purpose
- [How authors support their points](https://ai.page/c/how-authors-support-their-points/index.md): Explain how an author of an informational text uses reasons and evidence to support particular points, evaluating whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient
- [Main Topic of Informational Texts](https://ai.page/c/main-topic-of-informational-texts/index.md): Identify the main topic and retell key details of informational texts; describe connections between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information
- [Main Topic & Key Details](https://ai.page/c/main-topic-and-key-details/index.md): Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph informational text, determine the focus of specific paragraphs, and explain how key details support the main idea
- [Text Features & Presentation](https://ai.page/c/text-features-and-presentation/index.md): Identify how language choices, text structure and presentational features (illustrations, diagrams, bold print, layout) contribute to the overall meaning and effect of a text
- [Interpreting visual information in texts](https://ai.page/c/interpreting-visual-information-in-texts/index.md): Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively in informational texts (e.g., charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations) and explain how it contributes to understanding the text
- [Non-Fiction Text Features](https://ai.page/c/non-fiction-text-features/index.md): Recognise different non-fiction text structures and features (headings, contents, glossary, index), understanding how texts are organised to present information

## 9. Reading · Reading Prose and Poetry

- [Writing Poetry](https://ai.page/c/writing-poetry/index.md): Write poetry, exploring patterns of language, rhyme and rhythm, and learning poems by heart for recitation with appropriate intonation
- [Characters' Viewpoints and Responses](https://ai.page/c/characters-viewpoints-and-responses/index.md): Identify and compare characters' points of view, recognise who is narrating a story, describe how characters respond to events and challenges, and compare characters' experiences across different stories or versions of the same story
- [Finding Theme and Summarising](https://ai.page/c/finding-theme-and-summarising/index.md): Determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, and provide an objective summary that captures the key events without personal opinions
- [Characters, settings, and events](https://ai.page/c/characters-settings-and-events/index.md): Identify characters, settings, and major events in stories; become familiar with key stories, fairy tales, and traditional tales and retell them with key details in sequence

## 10. Foundational Skills · Applying Foundational Reading Skills Phonics and Word Analysis

- [Blending Sounds to Read Words](https://ai.page/c/blending-sounds-to-read-words/index.md): Apply phonic knowledge to blend sounds in unfamiliar words containing taught grapheme-phoneme correspondences; respond speedily to graphemes for all 40+ phonemes
- [Reading fluently](https://ai.page/c/reading-fluently/index.md): Read aloud books matched to phonic ability accurately and with growing fluency; reread familiar texts to build confidence, speed, and expression

## Health: 0 of 100

Of its 25 own concepts: 0 have an explanation, 0 have practice, 0 have a measurement question, 0 have a checked version.

Findings (each is a task for anyone's AI):

- Discussing and Questioning New Words has no explanation yet
- Using New Vocabulary has no explanation yet
- Sharing and Publishing Your Writing has no explanation yet
- Shared Research Projects has no explanation yet
- Starting and Ending Sentences has no explanation yet
- Describing Aloud has no explanation yet
- Responding to Writing Feedback has no explanation yet
- Writing to inform has no explanation yet
- Narrative Writing has no explanation yet
- Comparing Characters Across Stories comes before Characters, settings, and events, which it needs
- Comparing Characters Across Stories has no explanation yet
- Connecting reading to experience has no explanation yet
- Different Types of Texts has no explanation yet
- Why the author wrote it has no explanation yet
- How authors support their points has no explanation yet
- Main Topic of Informational Texts has no explanation yet
- Main Topic & Key Details has no explanation yet
- Text Features & Presentation has no explanation yet
- Interpreting visual information in texts has no explanation yet
- Non-Fiction Text Features has no explanation yet
- Writing Poetry has no explanation yet
- Characters' Viewpoints and Responses has no explanation yet
- Finding Theme and Summarising has no explanation yet
- Characters, settings, and events has no explanation yet
- Blending Sounds to Read Words has no explanation yet
- Reading fluently has no explanation yet

Credit: The structure of Florida academic standards: English language arts (http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/18736/urlt/ELAStandards.PDF); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.
