Academic standards
- 2.35
- Select major events from texts to place sequentially on a timeline to show the sequence and main ideas of events in history.
- 2.40
- Analyze primary and secondary source maps, photographs, and artifacts for contradictions, supporting evidence, and historical details.
- 2.ETS1.1
- Define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool by asking questions, making observations, and gather accurate...
- 2.ETS1.2
- Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model that communicates solutions to others.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.2
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.3
- Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4
- Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1
- Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5
- Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.7
- Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1
- Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2
- Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.3
- Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.4
- Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.5
- Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7
- Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1
- Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.2
- Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.3
- Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.4
- Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.6
- Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 2 Language...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.5
- With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.7
- Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).
- GLE 0201.1.1
- Demonstrate control of basic English usage, mechanics, spelling, and sentence
structure.
- GLE 0201.1.2
- Employ a variety of strategies to decode words and expand vocabulary.
- GLE 0201.2.1
- Develop critical listening skills essential for comprehension, problem solving, and task completion.
- GLE 0201.2.2
- Develop critical speaking skills essential for effective communication.
- GLE 0201.3.4
- Revise first drafts for clearer meaning, correct capitalization, and punctuation.
- GLE 0201.6.3
- Interpret the graphics that support informational texts.
- GLE 0201.8.2
- Employ a variety of basic reading comprehension strategies.
- GLE 0201.8.3
- Develop reading fluency and accuracy.
- TSS.ELA.1.RL.CS.6
- Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
- TSS.ELA.2.FL.F.5
- Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- TSS.ELA.2.FL.SC.6
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking and conventions of standard English grammar and usage, including...
- TSS.ELA.2.FL.WC.4
- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words; write legibly.
- TSS.ELA.2.RI.CS.4
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
- TSS.ELA.2.RI.CS.5
- Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
- TSS.ELA.2.RI.IKI.7
- Identify and explain how illustrations and words contribute to and clarify a text.
- TSS.ELA.2.RI.IKI.8
- Describe how reasons support specific points an author makes in a text.
- TSS.ELA.2.RI.KID.1
- Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
- TSS.ELA.2.RI.KID.2
- Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within a text.
- TSS.ELA.2.RI.KID.3
- Describe the connections between a series of historical events, scientific ideas, or steps in a process in a text.
- TSS.ELA.2.RL.CS.4
- Describe how words and phrases supply meaning in a story, poem, or song.
- TSS.ELA.2.RL.CS.5
- Describe the overall structure of a story, including how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
- TSS.ELA.2.RL.IKI.7
- Use information gained from illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
- TSS.ELA.2.RL.KID.1
- Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
- TSS.ELA.2.RL.KID.2
- Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
- TSS.ELA.2.RL.KID.3
- Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
- TSS.ELA.2.SL.CC.1
- Participate with varied peers and adults in collaborative conversations in small or large groups about appropriate 2nd grade topics and texts.
- TSS.ELA.2.SL.CC.2
- Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- TSS.ELA.2.SL.CC.3
- Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather information or clarify something that is not understood.
- TSS.ELA.2.SL.PKI.4
- Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
- TSS.ELA.2.SL.PKI.6
- Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
- TSS.ELA.2.W.PDW.5
- With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and strengthen writing as needed by revising and...
- TSS.ELA.2.W.RBPK.7
- Participate in shared research and writing projects, such exploring a number of books on a single topic or engaging in science experiments to produce a report.
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