# Grade 2: English language arts A course roadmap (english-language-arts). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 17 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/tn-ela-grade-2 Part of: [Tennessee: English language arts](https://ai.page/roadmap/tn-ela.md) Goal: Tennessee academic standards: English language arts, Grade 2 ## 1. Writing · Write narratives recounting an event or short sequence of events. - [Simple Stories with Beginning and Ending](https://ai.page/c/simple-stories-with-beginning-and-ending/index.md): Write simple narratives by sequencing sentences to describe events in order; narrate a single event or linked events with a beginning, middle, and ending or reaction - [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 ## 2. Writing · Write informative/explanatory texts. - [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 - [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 ## 3. Writing · Write opinion pieces on topics or texts. - [Writing opinions](https://ai.page/c/writing-opinions/index.md): Compose opinion pieces using drawing, dictating, or writing that name a topic or book and state a preference or opinion about it - [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 ## 4. Foundational Literacy · Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. - [Shades of Meaning](https://ai.page/c/shades-of-meaning/index.md): Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing similar actions and among adjectives differing in intensity; make real-life connections between words and their use - [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 ## 5. Foundational Literacy · Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies. - [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 - [Reading between the lines](https://ai.page/c/reading-between-the-lines/index.md): Ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts; make simple inferences based on what characters say and do ## 6. Foundational Literacy · Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking and conventions of standard English grammar and usage, including capitalization and p - [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 - [Grammar words: letter, word, sentence](https://ai.page/c/grammar-words-letter-word-sentence/index.md): Use basic grammatical terminology when discussing reading and writing: letter, capital letter, word, singular, plural, sentence, punctuation, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark ## 7. Foundational Literacy · Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. - [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 - [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 ## 8. Foundational Literacy · Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words; write legibly. - [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 - [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 ## 9. Foundational Literacy · Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when decoding isolated words and in connected text. - [Prefixes and suffixes](https://ai.page/c/prefixes-and-suffixes/index.md): Read words containing common prefixes and suffixes from the Y3-4 programme, applying knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (morphology and etymology) to read aloud and understand new words ## Health: 0 of 100 Of its 17 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): - Simple Stories with Beginning and Ending has no explanation yet - Narrative Writing has no explanation yet - Writing to inform has no explanation yet - Basic Informational Writing has no explanation yet - Writing opinions has no explanation yet - Structured Opinion Writing has no explanation yet - Shades of Meaning has no explanation yet - Discussing and Questioning New Words has no explanation yet - Author's word choices has no explanation yet - Reading between the lines has no explanation yet - Starting and Ending Sentences has no explanation yet - Grammar words: letter, word, sentence has no explanation yet - Reading fluently comes before Blending Sounds to Read Words, which it needs - Reading fluently has no explanation yet - Reading with Expression and Accuracy has no explanation yet - Blending Sounds to Read Words has no explanation yet - Syllables (age 6+) has no explanation yet - Prefixes and suffixes has no explanation yet Credit: The structure of Tennessee academic standards: English language arts (https://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/sbe/attachments/4-15-16_V_B_English_Language_Arts_Standards_Attachment.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.