2nd Grade ELA (Iowa Core)

Reading: Literature (RL)

• RL.2.1 Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions to show understanding, using evidence from the text.
• RL.2.2 Retell stories, including fables and folktales from different cultures, and identify the central message, lesson or moral.
• RL.2.3 Describe how characters respond to major events and challenges, using key details.
• RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases, such as rhythm, alliteration and rhyme, add rhythm and meaning.
• RL.2.5 Describe a story's overall structure: how the beginning introduces it, the middle moves the plot and the ending concludes it.
• RL.2.6 Notice that characters see things differently, e.g. giving each a distinct voice when reading aloud.
• RL.2.7 Use information from pictures and words to describe characters, setting or plot.
• RL.2.9 Compare versions of one story told by different authors or cultures.
• RL.2.10 By the end of the year, read literature of grades 2–3 complexity proficiently, with scaffolding at the top of the range.

Reading: Informational Text (RI)

• RI.2.1 Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions to show understanding of key details.
• RI.2.2 Identify the main topic of a text of several paragraphs and the focus of particular paragraphs.
• RI.2.3 Describe the links between historical events, scientific ideas or steps in a procedure.
• RI.2.4 Work out the meaning of words and phrases linked to a grade 2 topic or subject.
• RI.2.5 Use text features such as captions, bold print, subheadings and indexes to find key facts quickly.
• RI.2.6 Name what a text is mainly for, including what the author wants to say.
• RI.2.7 Explain how particular images, such as diagrams, and details add to and clarify a text.
• RI.2.8 Describe how reasons support particular points the author makes.
• RI.2.9 Compare and contrast the most important points in two texts on the same topic.
• RI.2.10 By the end of the year, read informational texts of grades 2–3 complexity proficiently, with scaffolding at the top of the range.

Reading: Foundational Skills (RF)

• RF.2.3a Decode and spell long and short vowel sounds in regular one-syllable words.
• RF.2.3b Decode and spell common vowel teams, and further vowel teams with help.
• RF.2.3c Decode and spell regularly spelled two-syllable and longer words.
• RF.2.3d Decode and spell words with common prefixes and suffixes.
• RF.2.3e With help, decode and spell words with inconsistent but common spelling–sound patterns.
• RF.2.3f Read grade-level high-frequency words accurately and automatically.
• RF.2.4a Read texts at grade level with a clear purpose and real understanding.
• RF.2.4b Use decoding to self-correct word reading, rereading when needed.
• RF.2.4c Read grade-level text aloud accurately, at a suitable rate and with expression over repeated readings.

Writing Foundations (WF)

• WF.2.1a Produce manuscript writing accurately and automatically.
• WF.2.1b Begin to produce cursive writing.

Writing (W)

• W.2.1 Write opinion pieces that introduce the topic, state an opinion, give linked reasons and conclude.
• W.2.2 Write informative pieces that introduce a topic, develop it with facts and definitions and conclude.
• W.2.3 Write narratives of a well-elaborated event or short sequence with actions, thoughts, feelings, time words and closure.
• W.2.5 With help from adults and classmates, stay on topic and improve writing by revising and editing.
• W.2.6 With guidance, use digital tools to create and share writing, including with classmates.
• W.2.7 Join shared research and writing, e.g. reading several books on a topic to write a report or recording science observations.
• W.2.8 Recall experiences or gather information from given sources to answer a question.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.2.1 Take part in group conversations about grade 2 topics and texts.
  • a. Follow agreed rules for discussion, including getting the floor respectfully.
  • b. Link one's comments to what others have said.
  • c. Ask for clarification and further explanation.
• SL.2.2 Describe the topic and retell the important details of a read-aloud or presentation.
• SL.2.3 Ask and answer questions to clarify, gather information or deepen understanding.
• SL.2.4 Retell an experience or a story in full sentences with facts and descriptive details.
• SL.2.5 Make audio recordings of stories or poems and add drawings or visuals when helpful.
• SL.2.6 Speak audibly in complete sentences to give requested detail or clarification.

Language (L)

• L.2.1 Show control of standard English grammar and usage in speech and writing.
  • a. Use collective nouns.
  • b. Form and use common irregular plurals.
  • c. Use reflexive pronouns.
  • d. Form and use past tenses of common irregular verbs.
  • e. Use adjectives and adverbs.
  • f. Build, extend and rearrange simple and compound sentences.
• L.2.2 Show control of capital letters, punctuation and spelling in writing.
  • a. Capitalize holidays, product names and place names.
  • b. Use commas in letter greetings and closings.
  • c. Use apostrophes for contractions and common possessives.
  • d. Apply learned spelling patterns to new words.
  • e. Check spellings in simple dictionaries and other references.
• L.2.3 Use knowledge of language and conventions when writing, speaking, reading or listening.
  • a. Compare formal and informal English.
• L.2.4 Figure out new and multiple-meaning words met in grade 2 reading and content, using several strategies.
  • a. Use the sentence as a clue to a word's meaning.
  • b. Find the meaning of a known word with a known prefix added.
  • c. Use a known root to work out a new word with the same root.
  • d. Use glossaries and simple dictionaries to check word meanings.
• L.2.5 Show understanding of how words relate and differ slightly in meaning.
  • a. Connect words to real life, e.g. describing spicy or juicy foods.
  • b. Tell apart closely related verbs and closely related adjectives.
• L.2.6 Use words and phrases picked up from talk and reading, including adjectives and adverbs to describe.