2nd Grade ELA (New Jersey NJSLS)

Language (L)

• L.RF.2.3 Know and use grade 2 phonics and word analysis to read words.
  • 1. Know the sounds of common vowel teams.
  • 2. Read regular two-syllable words with long vowels.
  • 3. Read words with common prefixes and suffixes.
  • 4. Spot words whose spelling-sound links are inconsistent but common.
  • 5. Recognize and read grade 2 words with irregular spellings.
  • 6. Read common irregular words on sight (e.g. friend, would).
  • 7. Tell which parts of high-frequency words are regular and which are not.
• L.RF.2.4 Read accurately and fluently enough to understand the text.
  • 1. Read grade 2 texts with a purpose and with understanding.
  • 2. Read aloud accurately, at a suitable pace and with expression.
  • 3. Use context to check or self-correct word reading, rereading if needed.
• L.WF.2.1 Use the conventions of handwriting and letter-sound writing.
  • 1. Write clearly and quickly enough to support composing.
  • 2. Write the common letter or letters for each sound, consonants and vowels.
• L.WF.2.2 Use grade 2 spelling and encoding conventions.
  • 1. Spell regular one-syllable words using position patterns, blends, vowel teams, r-controlled vowels, contractions, homophones and possessives.
  • 2. Spell regular two- and three-syllable words, compound words and words with common prefixes and suffixes.
  • 3. Spell words with suffixes by doubling a consonant or dropping silent e.
  • 4. Spell the most used English words, regular and irregular.
• L.WF.2.3 Use grade 2 writing conventions, building on grade 1 skills.
  • 1. With modeling, fix run-ons and fragments by adding a subject or predicate.
  • 2. Capitalize holidays, product names and place names.
  • 3. Add adjectives to noun phrases to make them more exact or interesting.
  • 4. Find verbs in clauses and use regular and irregular verbs in past, present and future.
  • 5. Punctuate dates, abbreviations, greetings and closings, initials, titles and lists.
  • 6. Use apostrophes for contractions and common possessives.
  • 7. With help, join sentences into a short paragraph with a main idea.
• L.KL.2.1 Apply knowledge of language and conventions when writing, speaking, reading or listening.
  • 1. Use words and phrases learned from talk, read-alouds and reading.
  • 2. Compare formal and informal English.
• L.VL.2.2 Work out what unknown words and words with several meanings mean, using a range of strategies.
  • 1. Use the sentence as a clue to a word's meaning.
  • 2. Work out a new word made by adding a known prefix to a known word.
  • 3. Use a known root as a clue to an unknown word with the same root.
  • 4. Predict compound word meanings from their parts (e.g. birdhouse).
  • 5. Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, print or online, to check meanings.
• L.VI.2.3 Understand figurative language, word relationships and shades of meaning.
  • 1. Link words to real life (e.g. foods that are spicy or juicy).
  • 2. Tell apart shades of meaning in related verbs and adjectives (toss, throw, hurl).
  • 3. Describe how rhythm, alliteration, rhyme and repeated lines add meaning.

Reading Literature (RL)

• RL.CR.2.1 Ask and answer questions about important details in a story or poem, pointing to the text.
• RL.CI.2.2 Retell a story aloud and in writing and work out its central message, e.g. in folktales and fables.
• RL.IT.2.3 Describe how characters respond to major events and challenges, using key details.
• RL.TS.2.4 Describe a story's overall structure, including how the beginning sets it up and the ending wraps it up.
• RL.PP.2.5 Notice that characters have different points of view, e.g. using a different voice for each when reading dialogue.
• RL.MF.2.6 With help, use pictures and words to show understanding of characters, setting or plot.
• RL.CT.2.8 Compare different versions of one story by different authors or from different cultures.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• RI.CR.2.1 Ask and answer questions about important details in an informational text, pointing to the text.
• RI.CI.2.2 Retell an informational text aloud and in writing and name the main topic of particular paragraphs.
• RI.IT.2.3 Describe how historical events, science ideas or steps in a procedure in a text are connected.
• RI.TS.2.4 Describe how an informational text is organized and use text features to find key facts.
• RI.PP.2.5 Identify a text's main purpose: what the author sets out to answer, explain or describe.
• RI.MF.2.6 Explain how particular pictures and images add to and clarify an informational text.
• RI.AA.2.7 Describe how the reasons an author gives link to the author's points.
• RI.CT.2.8 Compare two informational texts on the same idea or topic by different authors or cultures.

Writing (W)

• W.AW.2.1 With prompts and support, write opinion pieces that give an idea with reasons or information.
  • 1. State an opinion.
  • 2. Back it with facts, definitions, details, evidence or examples.
  • 3. Write a conclusion.
• W.IW.2.2 Write informative/explanatory texts that examine a topic and share information.
  • 1. Introduce the topic clearly.
  • 2. Build the topic with facts, definitions, details, evidence or examples.
  • 3. Write a conclusion.
• W.NW.2.3 Write narratives about real or imagined experiences with basic story elements.
  • 1. Set up the situation, introduce characters and order events.
  • 2. Use dialogue and description and show how characters respond.
  • 3. Use time words to show the order of events.
  • 4. Use concrete words and sensory details.
  • 5. Give the story an ending linked to the events.
• W.WP.2.4 With guidance, plan, revise and edit to improve writing.
  • 1. Decide on audience and purpose before writing.
  • 2. Take part in checking your own writing.
  • 3. Use feedback and tools such as a picture dictionary to find and fix errors.
• W.WR.2.5 Ask questions and find related information in reference sources, in shared and solo research.
• W.SE.2.6 Rank information from different sources on the same topic when gathering ideas and planning.
• W.RW.2.7 Write regularly, alone and with others, in short and longer tasks.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.PE.2.1 Join group conversations with different partners about grade 2 topics and texts.
  • 1. Follow agreed rules such as taking turns, listening carefully and one speaker at a time.
  • 2. Build on others' talk by linking your comments to theirs.
  • 3. Ask for clarification or more explanation when needed.
• SL.II.2.2 Retell or describe important ideas or details from a read-aloud or from spoken or media information.
• SL.ES.2.3 Ask and answer questions about a speaker's words to clarify, learn more or understand better.
• SL.PI.2.4 Recount an experience or tell a story with facts and detail, speaking audibly in clear sentences.
• SL.UM.2.5 Add drawings or visuals to stories or recounts when they help show ideas and feelings.
• SL.AS.2.6 Speak in complete sentences when the task calls for it, to give detail or clarify.