2nd Grade ELA (Missouri Learning Standards)

Reading (R) – big idea 1

• 2.R.1.A.a Uses text features to make and check predictions and explains when a prediction was wrong.
• 2.R.1.A.b Asks and answers relevant questions.
• 2.R.1.A.c Seeks clarification and backs up answers with facts and details from the text.
• 2.R.1.A.d Retells the beginning, middle, and end of a story and finds its central message or moral.
• 2.R.1.A.e Notices when understanding breaks down and fixes it.
• 2.R.1.B.a Uses prefixes, roots, and suffixes to work out word meanings.
• 2.R.1.B.b Uses the meanings of single words to understand compound words.
• 2.R.1.B.c Uses context to work out new or multiple-meaning words.
• 2.R.1.B.d Uses antonyms and synonyms.
• 2.R.1.B.e Finds words in a dictionary or glossary to check their meaning.
• 2.R.1.B.f Tells apart closely related verbs and adjectives.
• 2.R.1.B.g Knows some words have literal and nonliteral meanings.
• 2.R.1.B.h Uses conversational, academic, and subject words and phrases.
• 2.R.1.C.a Connects texts to each other, noting likenesses and differences in fiction and nonfiction.
• 2.R.1.C.b Connects text ideas to experiences in the wider world.
• 2.R.1.D.a Reads suitable texts independently for sustained periods.
• 2.R.1.D.b Shows evidence of independent reading.

Reading (R) – big idea 2

• 2.R.2.A.a Describes setting, problems, solutions, plot, and the big idea or moral.
• 2.R.2.A.b Describes main characters' traits, motives, and feelings.
• 2.R.2.A.c Compares versions of one story by characters, settings, and events.
• 2.R.2.A.d Describes cause and effect.
• 2.R.2.A.e Explains how a story changes with who tells it.
• 2.R.2.A.f Compares characters' points of view and how stories are narrated.
• 2.R.2.B.a Describes how rhythm, rhyme, and repetition build images in poems.
• 2.R.2.B.b Uses onomatopoeia.
• 2.R.2.C.a Identifies characters, setting, acts, and scenes in plays.
• 2.R.2.C.b Identifies parts of dialogue and uses them in informal plays.

Reading (R) – big idea 3

• 2.R.3.A.a Finds the main idea of sections of a text and tells it apart from the topic.
• 2.R.3.A.b Finds facts to answer or ask questions.
• 2.R.3.A.c Uses text features to find specific information.
• 2.R.3.A.d Explains common graphic features that help interpret a text.
• 2.R.3.A.e Follows written multi-step directions.
• 2.R.3.A.f Describes how events or ideas connect and states their order.
• 2.R.3.B.a Explains why a text is fiction or nonfiction.
• 2.R.3.B.b Asks and answers questions to clarify meaning.
• 2.R.3.B.c Explains examples of sensory details.
• 2.R.3.C.a Explains main ideas and supporting details.
• 2.R.3.C.b Describes how events connect and retells them in order.
• 2.R.3.C.c Describes how problems and solutions connect.
• 2.R.3.C.d Identifies the author's purpose.
• 2.R.3.C.e Compares the most important points of texts on one topic.

Reading (R) – big idea 4

• 2.R.4.A.a Explains the purposes of media.
• 2.R.4.A.b Describes techniques used to make media messages.
• 2.R.4.A.c Identifies written conventions used in digital media.

Reading Foundations (RF) – big idea 1

• 2.RF.1.A.a Knows sentences are grouped into paragraphs to convey meaning.

Reading Foundations (RF) – big idea 3

• 2.RF.3.A.a Decodes longer words in context using blends, digraphs, and diphthongs.
• 2.RF.3.A.b Tells long and short vowels apart in regular one-syllable words.
• 2.RF.3.A.c Decodes regular two-syllable words with long vowels.
• 2.RF.3.A.d Decodes words with vowel diphthongs.
• 2.RF.3.A.e Decodes words with vowel digraphs.
• 2.RF.3.A.f Reads words with common prefixes and suffixes.
• 2.RF.3.A.g Uses contractions.
• 2.RF.3.A.h Uses syllable patterns, including r-controlled vowels, to decode.
• 2.RF.3.A.i Reads irregular high-frequency words.
• 2.RF.3.A.j Shows decoding skills with new words in a text.

Reading Foundations (RF) – big idea 4

• 2.RF.4.A.a Reads suitable texts fluently and uses context to confirm or correct words, rereading as needed.

Writing (W) – big idea 1

• 2.W.1.A.a Plans a first draft by brainstorming key ideas in a graphic organizer.
• 2.W.1.B.a Drafts by putting ideas into clear sentences in order.
• 2.W.1.B.b Writes paragraphs that each have one main idea.
• 2.W.1.B.c Shows a beginning, middle, and end.
• 2.W.1.B.d Writes for a suitable audience.
• 2.W.1.C.a With help, revises to strengthen writing.
• 2.W.1.C.b With help, edits for language conventions.
• 2.W.1.D.a With help, uses different paper and digital tools to produce and publish writing.
• 2.W.1.D.b With help, begins keyboarding.

Writing (W) – big idea 2

• 2.W.2.A.a Writes an opinion piece that introduces the topic in complete sentences.
• 2.W.2.A.b States an opinion and gives reasons for it.
• 2.W.2.A.c Uses specific words that fit the topic and audience.
• 2.W.2.A.d Uses linking words to show order.
• 2.W.2.A.e Has a beginning, a middle, and a concluding statement or section.
• 2.W.2.B.a Writes an informative piece that introduces the topic in complete sentences.
• 2.W.2.B.b Uses facts and definitions to develop points in paragraphs.
• 2.W.2.B.c Uses specific words that fit the topic and audience.
• 2.W.2.B.d Uses linking words to show order.
• 2.W.2.B.e Ends with a concluding statement or paragraph.
• 2.W.2.C.a Writes a narrative or poem that sets up a situation from experience or imagination.
• 2.W.2.C.b Introduces a main character and setting.
• 2.W.2.C.c Develops sensory details.
• 2.W.2.C.d Tells events in a logical order with a beginning, middle, and end.
• 2.W.2.C.e Uses linking words to show order.
• 2.W.2.C.f Uses specific words that fit the topic and audience.

Writing (W) – big idea 3

• 2.W.3.A.a Lists open questions about topics of interest.
• 2.W.3.A.b Writes own question about a topic.
• 2.W.3.A.c Uses own question to look for information on the topic.
• 2.W.3.A.d Gathers evidence from literary and informational sources.
• 2.W.3.A.e Records basic facts from texts in a simple visual form.
• 2.W.3.A.f Presents findings in written or oral reports or displays and judges them against agreed criteria.

Language (L) – big idea 1

• 2.L.1.A.a Uses nouns and pronouns in writing.
• 2.L.1.A.b Uses collective nouns.
• 2.L.1.A.c Uses common irregular nouns.
• 2.L.1.A.d Uses reflexive pronouns.
• 2.L.1.A.e Uses regular verbs.
• 2.L.1.A.f Uses helping verbs with regular verbs.
• 2.L.1.A.g Uses adjectives and adverbs in sentences.
• 2.L.1.A.h Writes statements, commands, exclamations, and questions.
• 2.L.1.B.a Writes legibly in print and cursive.
• 2.L.1.B.b Uses quotation marks for dialogue.
• 2.L.1.B.c Uses apostrophes correctly in contractions.
• 2.L.1.B.d Capitalizes weeks, days, months, and holidays.
• 2.L.1.B.e Capitalizes short forms of people's titles.
• 2.L.1.B.f Spells words with irregular spelling patterns.
• 2.L.1.B.g Forms plurals with -es after nouns that end in x, s, ss, sh, or ch.
• 2.L.1.B.h Uses nouns whose spelling changes in the plural.
• 2.L.1.B.i Alphabetizes words to the second letter.

Speaking/Listening (SL) – big idea 1

• 2.SL.1.A.a Follows classroom rules for listening.
• 2.SL.1.A.b Follows three-step instructions.

Speaking/Listening (SL) – big idea 2

• 2.SL.2.A.a Shows active listening as the class expects.

Speaking/Listening (SL) – big idea 3

• 2.SL.3.A.a Takes turns in discussion with a partner.
• 2.SL.3.A.b Shows understanding of read-alouds and own reading by retelling and asking questions.

Speaking/Listening (SL) – big idea 4

• 2.SL.4.A.a Explains a chosen or assigned topic while keeping eye contact.
• 2.SL.4.A.b Recalls and tells a detailed story with a beginning, middle, and end.
• 2.SL.4.A.c Uses academic language and conventions.