Parent Guide to the Language Arts Standards
for 2nd grade: English: https://goo.gl/pefy3w Spanish: https://goo.gl/LIG2OX |
Learning at Home:
-Play word games. Say a word that begins with a certain sound and ask your child to think of other words that begin with that same sound—as many as possible.
-Encourage your second grader to read stories to younger children, to you or other adult relatives and friends. Talk with your child about your own family history. Share your memories. Look at photos and souvenirs together.
-Help your child create a map of your neighborhood. Ask him or her to label points of interest, use directions and make a legend with symbols.
-Create short audio and or video recordings of your child reading aloud, clearly and with expression.
-Visit your local library frequently
***Information can be found in the parent guide above***
Quarterly Learning Goals
Quarter 1
Quarter 3
Links to Help Your Child:
2nd Grade Sight Words:
https://goo.gl/n3kqP8
Capitalization Treasure Hunt: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/125324
Identifying the Main Idea/Topic: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/119010
Supporting Points in the Text: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/126434
Piecing Together Key Details (who, what, where, when, how): http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/122387
Central Idea/Story Elements: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/121262
Comparing/Contrasting: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/126418
Reading Practice with Speakaboos:
https://www.speakaboos.com/
-Play word games. Say a word that begins with a certain sound and ask your child to think of other words that begin with that same sound—as many as possible.
-Encourage your second grader to read stories to younger children, to you or other adult relatives and friends. Talk with your child about your own family history. Share your memories. Look at photos and souvenirs together.
-Help your child create a map of your neighborhood. Ask him or her to label points of interest, use directions and make a legend with symbols.
-Create short audio and or video recordings of your child reading aloud, clearly and with expression.
-Visit your local library frequently
***Information can be found in the parent guide above***
Quarterly Learning Goals
Quarter 1
- Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
- Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
- Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade two topic or subject area.
- Know and use various text features such as captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, and icons to locate key facts and information in a text efficiently.
- Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
- Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
- Use information gained from illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
- Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
- Describe how an author uses reasons to support specific points in a text.
- By mid-year, students will plan informative/explanatory/ and opinion essays, based on text, using the Core Connections graphic organizer. The teacher will model and class will collaboratively write essays (4 paragraphs) to include introductions with a controlling main idea, main idea paragraphs (2), and a concluding paragraph.
- By the end of year, students will plan informative and opinion essays using the Core Connections graphic organizer. Teachers will model Main Idea #1 and release students to independently write the introduction, Main Idea #2 and concluding paragraphs. Students will include transitions, evidence and elaboration in their writing.
- Write narratives recounting a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, including details to describe actions, thoughts and feelings. Transitional word should signal event order and a sense of closure should be included.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade two topic or subject area.
- Know and use various text features such as captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, and icons to locate key facts and information in a text efficiently.
- Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
- Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
- Describe how an author uses reasons to support specific points in a text.
- Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.
- Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
- Explain how specific images contributes to and clarify a text.
- Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
- By mid-year, students will plan informative/explanatory/ and opinion essays, based on text, using the Core Connections graphic organizer. The teacher will model and class will collaboratively write essays (4 paragraphs) to include introductions with a controlling main idea, main idea paragraphs (2), and a concluding paragraph.
- By the end of year, students will plan informative and opinion essays using the Core Connections graphic organizer. Teachers will model Main Idea #1 and release students to independently write the introduction, Main Idea #2 and concluding paragraphs. Students will include transitions, evidence and elaboration in their writing.
- Write narratives recounting a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, including details to describe actions, thoughts and feelings. Transitional word should signal event order and a sense of closure should be included.
Quarter 3
- Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
- Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the story.
- Use information from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade two topic or subject area.
- Know and use various text features to locate key facts and information in a text.
- Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
- Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
- Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
- Acknowledge differences in the points of views of characters, including speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
- Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.
- Ask and answer such questions as who, what, when, where, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. Students are required to use textual evidence to support their thinking as they answer questions.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to the grade two topic or subject.
- By mid-year, students will plan informative/explanatory/ and opinion essays, based on text, using the Core Connections graphic organizer. The teacher will model and class will collaboratively write essays (4 paragraphs) to include introductions with a controlling main idea, main idea paragraphs (2), and a concluding paragraph.
- By the end of year, students will plan informative and opinion essays using the Core Connections graphic organizer. Teachers will model Main Idea #1 and release students to independently write the introduction, Main Idea #2 and concluding paragraphs. Students will include transitions, evidence and elaboration in their writing.
- Write narratives recounting a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, including details to describe actions, thoughts and feelings. Transitional word should signal event order and a sense of closure should be included.
- Ask and answer such questions as who, what, when, where, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
- Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade two topic or subject area.
- Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
- Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts or steps in technical procedures in a text.
- Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
- Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
- Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
- Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
- Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
- By mid-year, students will plan informative/explanatory/ and opinion essays, based on text, using the Core Connections graphic organizer. The teacher will model and class will collaboratively write essays (4 paragraphs) to include introductions with a controlling main idea, main idea paragraphs (2), and a concluding paragraph.
- By the end of year, students will plan informative and opinion essays using the Core Connections graphic organizer. Teachers will model Main Idea #1 and release students to independently write the introduction, Main Idea #2 and concluding paragraphs. Students will include transitions, evidence and elaboration in their writing.
- Write narratives recounting a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, including details to describe actions, thoughts and feelings. Transitional word should signal event order and a sense of closure should be included.
Links to Help Your Child:
2nd Grade Sight Words:
https://goo.gl/n3kqP8
Capitalization Treasure Hunt: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/125324
Identifying the Main Idea/Topic: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/119010
Supporting Points in the Text: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/126434
Piecing Together Key Details (who, what, where, when, how): http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/122387
Central Idea/Story Elements: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/121262
Comparing/Contrasting: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/126418
Reading Practice with Speakaboos:
https://www.speakaboos.com/