2nd Grade ELA (North Dakota Content Standards)

Foundations of Literacy (F)

• 2.F.8 Decode advanced sound–spelling patterns.
  • 2.F.8a Decode vowel teams.
  • 2.F.8b Decode diphthongs.
  • 2.F.8c Decode three-consonant blends.
  • 2.F.8d Decode other r-controlled vowels.
  • 2.F.8e Decode silent e in longer words.
  • 2.F.8f Decode r-controlled vowels in longer words.
  • 2.F.8g Decode vowel teams in longer words.
  • 2.F.8h Decode consonant-le.
  • 2.F.8i Decode homophones.
  • 2.F.8j Decode irregularly spelled high-frequency words.
  • 2.F.8k Decode silent letter combinations.
  • 2.F.8l Decode the schwa sound.
  • 2.F.8m Decode common derivational suffixes such as -ly, -ful and -able.
• 2.F.9 Spell words using sound–spelling patterns.
  • 2.F.9a Spell closed and open syllables.
  • 2.F.9b Spell vowel teams.
  • 2.F.9c Spell soft and hard c and g, and s sounding like z.
  • 2.F.9d Spell r-controlled vowels.
  • 2.F.9e Spell prefixes and suffixes.
  • 2.F.9f Spell words using the jobs y can do.
  • 2.F.9g Spell contractions.
  • 2.F.9h Spell irregularly spelled high-frequency words.
• 2.F.10 Work out meanings of multiple-meaning words, including synonyms, antonyms, homophones and homographs.
• 2.F.11 Use new academic, subject and grade-level words by linking them to known words and background knowledge.
  • 2.F.11a Use word structure (sounds, word parts, spelling) to learn words.
• 2.F.12 Read grade 2 texts accurately and automatically, with expression and understanding.
• 2.F.13 Write capital and lowercase letters accurately and automatically for all purposes.
• 2.F.14 Write a paragraph of several complete sentences on a topic, e.g. a summary, response, opinion or informative piece.

Communication (C)

• 2.C.1 Report on a topic or text, or tell a story, with facts and describing details for an audience.
• 2.C.2 Speak in complete sentences when suitable to give details or clarify.
• 2.C.3 Use words from conversations and texts, including adjectives and adverbs.
• 2.C.4 Use grade-level everyday, academic and subject-specific words.
• 2.C.6 Join conversations by linking comments to what others say and asking questions.
• 2.C.7 Follow group rules and multi-step directions and give multi-step directions.

Reading (R)

• 2.R.1 Understand grade-level text while listening to it and afterward.
• 2.R.2 Ask and answer questions about key details before, during and after reading to compare, contrast, predict and infer.
• 2.R.3a Identify the main idea and supporting details of an informational text.
• 2.R.3b Retell the plot of a literary text with a beginning, middle and end.
• 2.R.5 Work out meanings of unknown words through varied reading.
• 2.R.6 Identify text features such as timelines, maps, graphs and subheadings and use earlier features to understand text.
• 2.R.8 Work with a range of fiction and poetry.
  • 2.R.8a Describe characters' feelings or traits while listening to a story.
  • 2.R.8b Compare two or more versions of a story, or poems of one type, by different authors or from different cultures.

Writing (W)

• 2.W.1 Produce writing suited to the task, purpose and audience.
• 2.W.2 Organize writing to introduce a topic, include supporting sentences and give closure.
• 2.W.3 Write informative pieces with factual details.
• 2.W.4 Write opinion pieces that use reasons to support the opinion.
• 2.W.5 Write narratives about a well-developed event in order.
• 2.W.6 Use the five-step writing process.
  • 2.W.6a Planning: come up with ideas through talk, graphic organizers or peer feedback.
  • 2.W.6b Drafting: develop writing from the plan.
  • 2.W.6c Revising: add details or cut unneeded information.
  • 2.W.6d Editing: fix spelling, sentences and grammar.
  • 2.W.6e Presenting or publishing: produce a final draft for the task and audience.
• 2.W.7 Choose words on purpose to show feeling or describe.

Language Usage (L)

• 2.L.1 Write simple and compound sentences.
  • 2.L.1a Capitalize the first word, names, holidays, months and days of the week.
  • 2.L.1b End sentences with a period, question mark or exclamation point.
• 2.L.2 Recognize and use parts of speech in sentences.
  • 2.L.2a Use common, proper and irregular plural nouns.
  • 2.L.2b Use past, present and future verb tenses.
  • 2.L.2c Identify the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence.
  • 2.L.2d Use describing adjectives and the articles a, an and the.
  • 2.L.2e Use singular and plural personal pronouns and the nouns they replace.
  • 2.L.2f Use the conjunctions and, or and but.

Inquiry and Research (IR)

• 2.IR.2 Find important information on a topic in a given source during a shared or interactive activity.
• 2.IR.3 Use organizing tools to track information from a given pair of sources during a shared or interactive activity.