# Grade 2: English language arts A course roadmap (english-language-arts). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 16 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/ut-ela-grade-2 Part of: [Utah: English language arts](https://ai.page/roadmap/ut-ela.md) Goal: Utah academic standards: English language arts, Grade 2 ## 1. Grade 2 · Participate in shared research and writing projects on a topic. - [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 ## 2. Grade 2 · Write narrative pieces in which they retell an elaborated event or short sequence of events; include details to describe actions, thoughts, and emotions using temporal words in sequential or - [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 ## 3. Grade 2 · Write informative/explanatory pieces that introduce a topic, supply facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement. - [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 ## 4. Grade 2 · Write opinion pieces that introduce the topic, state an opinion, supply evidence that supports the opinion, use linking words to connect opinion and evidence, and provide a concluding statem - [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 ## 5. Grade 2 · Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. - [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 - [Knowing What You Don't Know](https://ai.page/c/knowing-what-you-don-t-know/index.md): Monitor your own vocabulary gaps — notice words you half-know, distinguish confident from uncertain knowledge, and develop strategies to resolve the uncertainty ## 6. Grade 2 · Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonics skills. - [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 - [Diphthongs and complex vowels](https://ai.page/c/diphthongs-and-complex-vowels/index.md): Read and spell words containing diphthongs and complex vowel patterns (ow, ou, ew, ue, ie, aw, au) and words ending in -y as a vowel sound - [Consonant Digraphs](https://ai.page/c/consonant-digraphs/index.md): Read and spell words containing consonant digraphs and less common consonant spellings (ch, sh, th, ck, tch, ng, ph, wh, k for /k/) - [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 - [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 - [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 ## 7. Grade 2 · Use age-appropriate language, grammar, volume, and clear pronunciation when speaking or presenting. - [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. Grade 2 · Participate effectively in a range of conversations with various partners, using age-appropriate vocabulary on topics and texts. - [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 - [Group discussions](https://ai.page/c/group-discussions/index.md): Participate actively in collaborative conversations staying on topic; continue a conversation through multiple exchanges; maintain attention in discussions ## Health: 0 of 100 Of its 16 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): - Shared Research Projects has no explanation yet - Simple Stories with Beginning and Ending has no explanation yet - Narrative Writing has no explanation yet - Basic Informational Writing has no explanation yet - Structured Opinion Writing has no explanation yet - Discussing and Questioning New Words has no explanation yet - Knowing What You Don't Know has no explanation yet - Blending Sounds to Read Words has no explanation yet - Diphthongs and complex vowels has no explanation yet - Consonant Digraphs has no explanation yet - Reading fluently has no explanation yet - Prefixes and suffixes has no explanation yet - Syllables (age 6+) has no explanation yet - Reading with Expression and Accuracy has no explanation yet - Engaging Listeners and Valuing Viewpoints has no explanation yet - Group discussions has no explanation yet Credit: The structure of Utah academic standards: English language arts (https://asn.desire2learn.com/resources/D21362291); 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.