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SC.2.I.Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards (I)

Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards (I)
2.I.2. Transact with texts to formulate questions, propose explanations, and consider alternative views and multiple perspectives.
2.I.2.1. Engage in daily exploration to formulate questions from texts and personal experiences; generate possible explanations and consider alternatives.
 

SC.2.RI.Reading – Informational Text (RI)

Reading – Informational Text (RI)
2.RI.LCS. Language, Craft, and Structure (LCS)
2.RI.LCS.10. Analyze and provide evidence of how the author’s choice of purpose and perspective shapes content, meaning, and style.
2.RI.LCS.10.1. Identify and analyze the author’s purpose.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Author's Purpose
 
2.RI.LCS.11. Analyze and critique how the author uses structures in print and multimedia texts to craft informational and argument writing.
2.RI.LCS.11.1. Identify sequential order, cause and effect relationships, and compare and contrast structures within texts to locate information and gain meaning.
Flip Charts Story Order
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Beginning, Middle, and End
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sequential Order
 
2.RI.LCS.11.2. Identify the structures an author uses to support specific points.
Flip Charts Story Order
 
2.RI.LCS.8. Interpret and analyze the author’s use of words, phrases, text features, conventions, and structures, and how their relationships shape meaning and tone in print and multimedia texts.
2.RI.LCS.8.1. Identify how the author uses words, phrases, illustrations, and photographs to inform, explain, or describe.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Finding Information
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
 
2.RI.LCS.8.2. Use index, headings, bullets, and captions to locate key facts and information; explain the relationship between these features and the text.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Dictionary/Thesaurus/Parts of a Book
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Parts of a Book
 
2.RI.LCS.9. Apply a range of strategies to determine and deepen the meaning of known, unknown, and multiple-meaning words, phrases, and jargon; acquire and use general academic and domain-specific vocabulary.
2.RI.LCS.9.1. Use context to determine the meaning of words and phrases.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Context Clues
 
2.RI.LCS.9.2. Determine the meaning of a newly formed word when a known affix is added to the word.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Multiple Meaning
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words/Prefixes/Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Word Meaning with Prefixes/Suffixes
 
2.RI.LCS.9.3. Use a base word to determine the meaning of an unknown word with the same base.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Multiple Meaning
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words/Prefixes/Suffixes
 
2.RI.LCS.9.4. Use print and multimedia resources to determine or clarify the precise meaning of words and phrases.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Dictionary/Thesaurus/Parts of a Book
 
2.RI.LCS.9.5. Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases acquired through talk and text; identify nuances of words and phrases.
Flip Charts Word Study
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Vocabulary
 
2.RI.MC. Meaning and Context (MC)
2.RI.MC.5. Determine meaning and develop logical interpretations by making predictions, inferring, drawing conclusions, analyzing, synthesizing, providing evidence, and investigating multiple interpretations.
2.RI.MC.5.1. Ask and answer literal and inferential questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use specific details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inference
 
2.RI.MC.5.2. Make predictions before and during reading; confirm or modify thinking.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Predicting Endings
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Predictions
 
2.RI.MC.6. Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of central ideas.
2.RI.MC.6.1. Retell the central idea and key details from multi-paragraph texts; summarize the text by stating the topic of each paragraph heard, read, or viewed.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
 
2.RI.MC.7. Research events, topics, ideas, or concepts through multiple media, formats, and in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities.
2.RI.MC.7.1. Compare and contrast topics, ideas, or concepts across texts in a thematic, author, or genre study heard, read, or viewed.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Author/Title of Well Known Literature
 
2.RI.P. Principles of Reading (P)
2.RI.P.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when decoding words.
2.RI.P.3.1. Use knowledge of r-controlled vowels to read.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide R Controlled Vowels
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide R Controlled Vowels
 
2.RI.P.3.2. Use knowledge of how syllables work to read multisyllabic words.
Flip Charts Counting Syllables
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables
 
2.RI.P.3.4. Use and apply knowledge of vowel diphthongs.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide oo Vowel Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vowel Digraphs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vowel Diphthongs
 
2.RI.P.3.5. Use and apply knowledge of how inflectional endings change words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Continuous Action (-ing)
 
2.RI.P.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
2.RI.P.4.2. Read grade-level texts orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, expression, intonation, and phrasing on successive readings.
 
2.RI.RC. Range and Complexity (RC)
2.RI.RC.12. Read independently and comprehend a variety of texts for the purposes of reading for enjoyment, acquiring new learning, and building stamina; reflect and respond to increasingly complex text over time.
2.RI.RC.12.1. Engage in whole and small group reading with purpose and understanding.
 
2.RI.RC.12.2. Read independently for sustained periods of time.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Genres
 

SC.2.RL.Reading – Literary Text (RL)

Reading – Literary Text (RL)
2.RL.LCS. Language, Craft, and Structure (LCS)
2.RL.LCS.10. Apply a range of strategies to determine and deepen the meaning of known, unknown, and multiple-meaning words, phrases, and jargon; acquire and use general academic and domain-specific vocabulary.
2.RL.LCS.10.1. Use context to determine the meaning of words and phrases.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Context Clues
 
2.RL.LCS.10.2. Determine the meaning of a newly formed word when a known affix is added to a known word.
Flip Charts Word Study
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Double Negatives and Homophones
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Homophones
 
2.RL.LCS.10.3. Use a base word to determine the meaning of an unknown word with the same base.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Multiple Meaning
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words/Prefixes/Suffixes
 
2.RL.LCS.10.4. Use the meanings of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words.
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 Grammar
 
2.RL.LCS.10.5. Use print and multimedia resources to determine or clarify the precise meaning of words or phrases.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Dictionary/Thesaurus/Parts of a Book
 
2.RL.LCS.10.6. Use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases acquired through talk and text; explore nuances of words and phrases.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Three Step Directions
 
2.RL.LCS.11. Analyze and provide evidence of how the author’s choice of point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes content, meaning, and style.
2.RL.LCS.11.1. Identify and analyze the author’s purpose.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Author's Purpose
 
2.RL.LCS.11.2. Recognize differences between the points of view and perspectives of the narrator and various characters.
 
2.RL.LCS.12. Analyze and critique how the author uses structures in print and multimedia texts to shape meaning and impact the reader.
2.RL.LCS.12.1. Describe the overall structure of a narrative including how the beginning introduces and the ending concludes the action.
Flip Charts Story Order
Flip Charts Story Parts
 
2.RL.LCS.12.2. Recognize characteristics of crafted text structures such as diary, seesaw texts, and circular texts.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Genres
 
2.RL.LCS.9. Interpret and analyze the author’s use of words, phrases, and conventions, and how their relationships shape meaning and tone in print and multimedia texts.
2.RL.LCS.9.2. Explain how words, phrases, conventions, and illustrations communicate feelings, appeal to the senses, influence the reader, and contribute to meaning.
Flip Charts Rebus Story
 
2.RL.MC. Meaning and Context (MC)
2.RL.MC.5. Determine meaning and develop logical interpretations by making predictions, inferring, drawing conclusions, analyzing, synthesizing, providing evidence, and investigating multiple interpretations.
2.RL.MC.5.1. Ask and answer literal and inferential questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use specific details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inference
 
2.RL.MC.5.2. Make predictions before and during reading; confirm or modify thinking.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Predicting Endings
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Predictions
 
2.RL.MC.6. Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of thematic development.
2.RL.MC.6.1. Use information gained from illustrations and words in a print or multimedia text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Continuous Action (-ing)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Elements
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Settings
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Story Elements
 
2.RL.MC.7. Analyze the relationship among ideas, themes, or topics in multiple media and formats, and in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities.
2.RL.MC.7.1. Retell the sequence of major events using key details; determine the theme in a text heard or read.
Flip Charts Story Order
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Beginning, Middle, and End
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sequential Order
 
2.RL.MC.7.2. Read or listen closely to compare and contrast multiple versions of the same story; compare and contrast texts in author and genre studies.
Flip Charts Comparing Stories
 
2.RL.MC.8. Analyze characters, settings, events, and ideas as they develop and interact within a particular context.
2.RL.MC.8.1. Read or listen closely to:
2.RL.MC.8.1.a. Compare and contrast characters’ actions, feelings, and responses to major events or challenges.
Flip Charts Comparing Stories
 
2.RL.MC.8.1.c. Explain how cause and effect relationships affect the development of plot.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Cause/Effect
 
2.RL.P. Principles of Reading (P)
2.RL.P.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when decoding words.
2.RL.P.3.1. Use knowledge of r-controlled vowels to read.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide R Controlled Vowels
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide R Controlled Vowels
 
2.RL.P.3.2. Use knowledge of how syllables work to read multisyllabic words.
Flip Charts Counting Syllables
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables
 
2.RL.P.3.4. Use and apply knowledge of vowel diphthongs.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide oo Vowel Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vowel Digraphs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vowel Diphthongs
 
2.RL.P.3.5. Use and apply knowledge of how inflectional endings change words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Continuous Action (-ing)
 
2.RL.P.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
2.RL.P.4.1. Read grade-level texts with purpose and understanding.
Flip Charts Book Sense
 
2.RL.P.4.2. Read grade-level texts orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, expression, intonation, and phrasing on successive readings.
 
2.RL.RC. Range and Complexity (RC)
2.RL.RC.13. Read independently and comprehend a variety of texts for the purposes of reading for enjoyment, acquiring new learning, and building stamina; reflect and respond to increasingly complex text over time.
2.RL.RC.13.1. Engage in whole and small group reading with purpose and understanding.
 
2.RL.RC.13.3. Read and respond according to task and purpose to become self-directed, critical readers and thinkers.
 

SC.2.W.Writing (W)

Writing (W)
2.W.L. Language (L)
2.W.L.4. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking.
2.W.L.4.2. Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
 
2.W.L.4.5. Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adjectives
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
 
2.W.L.5. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
2.W.L.5.2. Use:
2.W.L.5.2.a. Periods, question marks, or exclamation marks at the end of sentences.
Flip Charts Punctuation Marks
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Capitalization/Punctuation
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Periods and Question Marks
 
2.W.L.5.2.c. Apostrophes to form contractions and singular possessive nouns.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
 
2.W.L.5.3. Generalize learned spelling patterns and word families.
Flip Charts Common Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
 
2.W.L.5.4. Correctly spell words with short and long vowel sounds, r-controlled vowels, consonant-blend patterns, and common irregularly-spelled grade-appropriate high-frequency words.
Flip Charts Common Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Frequently Misspelled Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
 
2.W.RC. Range and Complexity (RC)
2.W.RC.6. Write independently, legibly, and routinely for a variety of tasks, purposes, and audiences over short and extended time frames.
2.W.RC.6.1. Write routinely and persevere in writing tasks over short and extended time frames, for a range of domain-specific tasks, and for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Flip Charts Writing a Story