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NE.LA 2.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.

Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
LA 2.1.3. Word Analysis: Students will use phonetic analysis to read and write grade-level text.
LA 2.1.3.a. Know and apply letter/sound correspondence and spelling patterns (e.g., consonant and vowel digraphs, diphthongs) when reading, writing, and spelling grade-level text.
Flip Charts Common Words
Flip Charts Letters A & B
Flip Charts Letters E & F
Flip Charts Letters I & J
Flip Charts Letters O & P
Flip Charts Letters U & V
Flip Charts Mystery Words
Flip Charts Vowel Sounds
Flip Charts Word Parts
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Beginning Digraphs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Consonant Blends
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Consonant Blends and Digraphs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Continuous Action (-ing)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ending Digraphs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Long and Short Vowel Discrimination
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Long/Short Vowels
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide oo Vowel Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Short Vowel Discrimination
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Short Vowel Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vowel Digraphs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vowel Diphthongs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Words with Ending Blends
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Words with Initial Blends
 
LA 2.1.3.b. Use word structure to read text (e.g., prefixes/suffixes, compound words, contractions, syllabication, derivation).
Flip Charts Counting Syllables
Flip Charts Mystery Words
Flip Charts Word Parts
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Word Meaning with Prefixes/Suffixes
 
LA 2.1.4. Fluency: Students will develop accuracy, phrasing, and expression while reading a variety of grade-level print/digital text to support comprehension.
LA 2.1.4.b. Use varied pace, expression, and intonation to reflect meaning of text (e.g., mood, events, emotions).
 
LA 2.1.5. Vocabulary: Students will build and use conversational, academic, and content-specific grade-level vocabulary.
LA 2.1.5.a. Use word structure elements, known words, and word patterns to determine meaning (e.g., contractions, plurals, possessives, basic parts of speech, compounds, syllables).
Flip Charts Counting Syllables
Flip Charts Mystery Words
Flip Charts Plurals
Flip Charts Word Parts
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Compound Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Compound Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plural Ending -es
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Verb Endings
 
LA 2.1.5.b. Identify and use context clues (e.g., word and sentence clues) and text features to help infer meaning of unknown words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Context Clues
 
LA 2.1.5.c. Acquire new academic and content-specific grade-level vocabulary, relate to prior knowledge, and apply in new situations.
Flip Charts Word Study
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Vocabulary
 
LA 2.1.5.d. Identify semantic relationships (e.g., conceptual categories, synonyms, antonyms, multiple meanings) to determine the meaning of words, aid in comprehension, and improve writing.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Antonyms
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Double Negatives and Homophones
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Homophones
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Synonyms
 
LA 2.1.5.e. Locate words and determine meaning using reference materials.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Dictionary/Thesaurus/Parts of a Book
 
LA 2.1.6. Comprehension: Students will construct meaning by using prior knowledge and text information while reading grade-level literary and informational text.
LA 2.1.6.a. Identify author’s purpose(s) (e.g., explain, entertain, inform, persuade) to support text comprehension.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Author's Purpose
 
LA 2.1.6.b. Identify elements of literary text (e.g., characters, setting, plot).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Elements
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Settings
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Story Elements
 
LA 2.1.6.c. Identify and explain why authors use literary devices (e.g., simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, rhythm, personification).
 
LA 2.1.6.d. Retell major events and key details from a literary text and/or media and support a prompted theme.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
 
LA 2.1.6.e. Retell main ideas and supporting details from informational text and/or media.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
 
LA 2.1.6.g. Compare and contrast the basic characteristics of a variety of literary and informational texts.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Genres
 
LA 2.1.6.h. Identify topics and/or patterns across multiple literary and informational texts to develop a multicultural perspective.
Flip Charts Comparing Stories
 
LA 2.1.6.i. Construct and/or answer literal and inferential questions and support answers with specific evidence from the text or additional sources.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
 
LA 2.1.6.j. Identify organizational patterns found in informational text (e.g., sequence, description, compare/contrast).
Flip Charts Story Order
 
LA 2.1.6.l. Build background knowledge and activate prior knowledge to identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections before, during, and after reading.
Flip Charts Comparing Stories
 
LA 2.1.6.m. Self-monitor comprehension by recognizing when meaning is disrupted and apply strategies to clarify, confirm, or correct.
Flip Charts Book Sense
 
LA 2.1.6.n. Make predictions and inferences about a text before, during, and after reading literary, informational, digital text, and/or media.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inference
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Predicting Endings
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Predictions
 
LA 2.1.6.o. Demonstrate an understanding of text via multiple mediums (e.g., writing, artistic representation, video, other media).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
 

NE.LA 2.2.Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.

Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
LA 2.2.1. Writing Process: Students will apply the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and other conventions of standard English appropriate for grade-level.
LA 2.2.1.a. Use prewriting activities and inquiry tools to generate ideas.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing Process
 
LA 2.2.1.d. Compose paragraphs with grammatically correct sentences of varying length, complexity, and type.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Coherent Paragraphs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Unnecessary Information
 
LA 2.2.1.e. Revise to improve and clarify writing through self-monitoring strategies and feedback from others.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing Process
 
LA 2.2.1.g. Persevere in writing tasks of various length and complexity.
Flip Charts Writing a Story
 
LA 2.2.1.h. Proofread and edit writing recursively for format and conventions of standard English (e.g., spelling, capitalization, grammar, punctuation, syntax, semantics).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing Process
 
LA 2.2.2. Writing Modes: Student will write in multiple modes for a variety of purposes and audiences across disciplines.
LA 2.2.2.a. Communicate information and ideas effectively in analytic, descriptive, informative, narrative, poetic, persuasive, and reflective modes to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
Flip Charts Writing a Story
 
LA 2.2.2.d. Use precise word choice and domain-specific vocabulary to write in a variety of modes.

NE.LA 2.4.Multiple Literacies: Students will apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.

Multiple Literacies: Students will apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.
LA 2.4.1. Information Fluency: Students will evaluate, create, and communicate information in a variety of media and formats (textual, visual, and digital).
LA 2.4.1.a. With guidance, locate, organize, and evaluate information from print and digital resources to generate and answer questions and create new understandings.