How to learn Grade 2: English language arts

Minnesota academic standards: English language arts, Grade 2

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1. Grade 2 · Thoughtfully and safely access, analyze, and create written, oral and digital content applicable to task, purpose, audience and discipline.

1. Sharing and Publishing Your Writing: Read own writing aloud clearly enough to be heard by peers and the teacher; use digital tools to produce and publish writing

2. Grade 2 · Communicate with others, applying knowledge of vocabulary, language, structure and features of spoken language, considering audience and context.

1. Describing Aloud: Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with detail; speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly; give well-structured descriptions and explanations

3. Grade 2 · Exchange ideas in discussion and collaboration, as listener, speaker and participant, A) including the voices and perspectives of Dakota and Anishinaabe people as well other perspectives, id

1. Engaging Listeners and Valuing Viewpoints: Gain, maintain and monitor the interest of listeners when speaking; consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to and building on others' contributions; begin to select appropriate language for different situations

4. Grade 2 · Support writing with evidence from sources, correctly citing those sources, and demonstrating an understanding of the rights and obligations of using intellectual property.

1. Evidence-Based Writing: Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research in writing, applying grade-level reading standards to non-fiction

5. Grade 2 · Engage in inquiry-based learning and research processes to create texts and presentations for a variety of purposes and audiences.

1. Shared Research Projects: Participate in shared research and writing projects; recall information from experiences or gather information from sources to answer a question

6. Grade 2 · Write narratives, poetry and other creative texts with details and effective technique to express ideas.

1. Narrative Writing: Write narratives with developed settings, characters and plot, using dialogue and description to develop experiences and show character responses to situations

7. Grade 2 · Write informative or explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through use of informational and literary text, considering audience.

1. Basic Informational Writing: Compose informative or explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section

8. Grade 2 · Write arguments to support claims and to persuade in an analysis of topics or texts, using valid reasoning and evidence while considering audience.

1. Structured Opinion Writing: Compose opinion pieces that introduce a topic, state a clear point of view, provide organised reasons linked with connecting words, and include a concluding statement or section

9. Grade 2 · Develop and strengthen writing by using a writing process including planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing.

1. Writing Process Vocabulary: Know and use the vocabulary of the writing process — compose, plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, genre, audience, purpose, narrative, recount, instruction, paragraph, sequence, and detail — and understand that these words describe distinct steps and decisions that all writers make, not just tasks to tick off

10. Grade 2 · Demonstrate knowledge of oral language, orthography, grammar and mechanics to express ideas in writing.

1. Grammar words: letter, word, sentence: Use basic grammatical terminology when discussing reading and writing: letter, capital letter, word, singular, plural, sentence, punctuation, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark
2. Grammar Terms: Nouns, Verbs and Tense: Use and understand Year 2 grammatical terminology in discussion: noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, tense (past/present), apostrophe, comma

11. Grade 2 · Access and gather information from a variety of sources, representing diverse perspectives, and assessing relevancy and credibility of information.

1. Combining information from texts: Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably, combining and comparing what each source contributes

12. Grade 2 · Examine the impact of vocabulary, including words and phrases, on content, style and meaning of complex literary and informational texts.

1. Knowing What You Don't Know: Monitor your own vocabulary gaps — notice words you half-know, distinguish confident from uncertain knowledge, and develop strategies to resolve the uncertainty
2. Text Features & Presentation: Identify how language choices, text structure and presentational features (illustrations, diagrams, bold print, layout) contribute to the overall meaning and effect of a text

13. Grade 2 · Analyze influences on content, meaning and style of text including fact and fiction, time period, and author perspective and identity, including Dakota and Anishinaabe perspective, in comple

1. Why the author wrote it: Distinguish one's own point of view from that of the author of an informational text and identify the author's purpose

14. Grade 2 · Apply knowledge of text structure to understand and evaluate a wide variety of complex literary and informational texts.

1. Pictures and Text Working Together: Describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear; use pictures to support and extend comprehension
2. Non-Fiction Text Features: Recognise different non-fiction text structures and features (headings, contents, glossary, index), understanding how texts are organised to present information
3. Structural terminology: Use structural terminology (chapter, scene, stanza) to refer to parts of literary texts and describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections

15. Grade 2 · Read critically to comprehend, interpret and analyze themes and central ideas in complex literary and informational texts.

1. Main Topic of Informational Texts: Identify the main topic and retell key details of informational texts; describe connections between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information
2. Reading between the lines: Ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts; make simple inferences based on what characters say and do

16. Grade 2 · Read and comprehend independently A) both self- selected and teacher-directed texts, B) complex literary and informational texts, and C) from multiple sources representing perspectives and i

1. Connecting reading to experience: Link what is read or heard to own experiences; draw on background knowledge and vocabulary to support understanding of texts

17. Grade 2 · Demonstrate knowledge of oral language, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics and morphology to read accurately and fluently.

1. Blending Sounds to Read Words: Apply phonic knowledge to blend sounds in unfamiliar words containing taught grapheme-phoneme correspondences; respond speedily to graphemes for all 40+ phonemes
2. Reading fluently: Read aloud books matched to phonic ability accurately and with growing fluency; reread familiar texts to build confidence, speed, and expression