# 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/sc-ela-grade-2 Part of: [South Carolina: English language arts](https://ai.page/roadmap/sc-ela.md) Goal: South Carolina academic standards: English language arts, Grade 2 ## 1. Second Grade · Evaluate and critique ideas and concepts interactively through listening and speaking. - [Engaging Listeners and Valuing Viewpoints](https://ai.page/c/engaging-listeners-and-valuing-viewpoints/index.md): 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 ## 2. Second Grade · Through collaboration, react and respond to information while building upon the ideas of others and respecting diverse perspectives. - [Listening and responding](https://ai.page/c/listening-and-responding/index.md): Listen and respond appropriately to adults and peers; follow agreed-upon rules for discussion such as listening to others and taking turns speaking ## 3. Second Grade · Organize and communicate ideas through a range of formats to engage a variety of audiences. - [Reporting & Recounting](https://ai.page/c/reporting-and-recounting/index.md): Report on a topic or recount an experience with organised facts and descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace ## 4. Second Grade · Write independently and legibly for a variety of tasks and purposes. - [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 ## 5. Second Grade · Revise writing to improve clarity and enhance style appropriate to audience, purpose, and task. - [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 - [Revising and editing](https://ai.page/c/revising-and-editing/index.md): Proof-read own writing to check for errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation; evaluate and revise writing with teacher/peer support, re-reading to ensure meaning is clear and tense is consistent - [Revising and editing (age 8+)](https://ai.page/c/revising-and-editing-age-8/index.md): Read back your own writing critically and independently — notice where meaning is unclear, where a word could be stronger, or where the reader might be confused; make revisions without needing teacher prompts, using your own judgment about what is and isn't working ## 6. Second Grade · Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences using effective techniques. - [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. Second Grade · Write informative/expository texts to analyze and explain complex ideas and information. - [Basic Informational Writing](https://ai.page/c/basic-informational-writing/index.md): Compose informative or explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section ## 8. Second Grade · Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. - [Structured Opinion Writing](https://ai.page/c/structured-opinion-writing/index.md): 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. Second Grade · Use critical thinking skills to investigate, evaluate, and synthesize a variety of sources to obtain and refine knowledge. - [Short Research Projects](https://ai.page/c/short-research-projects/index.md): Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic, gather information from print and digital sources, and take brief organised notes ## 10. Second Grade · Evaluate and critique multimedia presentations of a text or subject, including their impact on an audience. - [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 ## 11. Second Grade · Build and apply a range of academic vocabulary, as well as grade-level appropriate morphology to apply to reading, writing, and speaking. - [Phonics Vocabulary](https://ai.page/c/phonics-vocabulary/index.md): Know and use the vocabulary of phonics and word structure — phoneme, grapheme, GPC (grapheme-phoneme correspondence), blend, segment, digraph, CVC, vowel, consonant, syllable, root word, suffix, prefix, and homophone — and understand that these words describe the building blocks that phonics instruction is built on ## 12. Second Grade · Analyze word relationships and nuances in word meanings within literary and informational texts. - [Author's word choices](https://ai.page/c/author-s-word-choices/index.md): Recognise how an author's deliberate choices — of words, structure, tone, and perspective — create particular effects on you as a reader ## 13. Second Grade · Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases. - [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 ## 14. Second Grade · Summarize and paraphrase text to support comprehension and understanding. - [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 ## 15. Second Grade · Evaluate and critique how an author uses words, phrases, and text structures to craft 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 - [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 - [Structural terminology](https://ai.page/c/structural-terminology/index.md): Use structural terminology (chapter, scene, stanza) to refer to parts of literary texts and describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections ## 16. Second Grade · Evaluate and critique the development of themes and central ideas within and across texts. - [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 - [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 ## 17. Second Grade · Evaluate and critique key literary elements that enhance and deepen meaning within and across texts. - [Retelling Stories with Structure](https://ai.page/c/retelling-stories-with-structure/index.md): Retell stories including key details in sequence, describe characters, settings, and major events using evidence from the text, and describe the overall structure of a story (beginning, middle, ending) ## 18. Second Grade · Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension. - [Reading with Expression and Accuracy](https://ai.page/c/reading-with-expression-and-accuracy/index.md): Read aloud with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression (prosody), re-reading familiar texts to build fluency and confidence, and using context to self-correct ## 19. Second Grade · Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words. - [Syllables (age 6+)](https://ai.page/c/syllables-age-6/index.md): Decode words of two or more syllables by breaking them into syllable chunks, applying knowledge that every syllable must contain a vowel sound, and blending the parts together ## 20. Second Grade · Demonstrate early phonological awareness to basic phonemic awareness in spoken words. - [Onsets & Rimes](https://ai.page/c/onsets-and-rimes/index.md): Blend and segment onsets and rimes in single-syllable words; isolate and pronounce individual phonemes (initial, medial, final) in CVC words; add or substitute phonemes to make new words ## 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): - Engaging Listeners and Valuing Viewpoints has no explanation yet - Listening and responding has no explanation yet - Reporting & Recounting has no explanation yet - Sharing and Publishing Your Writing has no explanation yet - Responding to Writing Feedback has no explanation yet - Revising and editing has no explanation yet - Revising and editing (age 8+) has no explanation yet - Narrative Writing has no explanation yet - Basic Informational Writing has no explanation yet - Structured Opinion Writing has no explanation yet - Short Research Projects has no explanation yet - Interpreting visual information in texts has no explanation yet - Phonics Vocabulary has no explanation yet - Author's word choices has no explanation yet - Discussing and Questioning New Words has no explanation yet - Connecting reading to experience has no explanation yet - Why the author wrote it has no explanation yet - Text Features & Presentation has no explanation yet - Structural terminology has no explanation yet - Main Topic & Key Details has no explanation yet - Finding Theme and Summarising has no explanation yet - Retelling Stories with Structure has no explanation yet - Reading with Expression and Accuracy has no explanation yet - Syllables (age 6+) has no explanation yet - Onsets & Rimes has no explanation yet Credit: The structure of South Carolina academic standards: English language arts (https://ed.sc.gov/instruction/standards-learning/english-language-arts/standards/2023-sc-ccr-ela-standards-approved/); 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.