2nd Grade ELA (Ohio's Learning Standards)

Reading Literature (RL)

• RL.2.1 Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about key details.
• RL.2.2 Analyze how a story develops by identifying its lesson and retelling tales from diverse cultures.
  • a. Identify the lesson or moral.
  • b. Retell fables and folktales from diverse cultures.
• RL.2.3 Describe how characters respond to major events and challenges.
• RL.2.4 Describe how words such as alliteration, rhyme and repetition give rhythm and meaning.
• RL.2.5 Describe a story's overall structure, including how the beginning and ending work.
• RL.2.6 Tell the narrator's point of view apart from characters', noticing when the narrator is a character.
• RL.2.7 Use pictures and words in print or digital texts to understand characters, setting or plot.
• RL.2.9 Compare two or more versions of the same story, e.g. Cinderella tales by different authors.
• RL.2.10 By year's end, read and understand grades 2–3 literature proficiently, with scaffolding as needed.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• RI.2.1 Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about key details.
• RI.2.2 Analyze how a multi-paragraph text develops through its main topic and paragraph focus.
  • a. Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text.
  • b. Identify the focus of each paragraph.
• RI.2.3 Describe connections between historical events, science ideas or steps in a procedure.
• RI.2.4 Work out the meaning of words and phrases related to grade 2 topics.
• RI.2.5 Use captions, bold print, subheadings, indexes and icons to find facts quickly.
• RI.2.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, such as what the author wants to answer or explain.
• RI.2.7 Explain how images such as diagrams add to and clarify a text.
• RI.2.8 Identify the main points and, with support, how reasons support them.
• RI.2.9 Compare the most important points in two texts on the same topic.
• RI.2.10 By year's end, read grades 2–3 informational texts proficiently, with support at the high end.

Reading Foundations (RF)

• RF.2.3 Use grade 2 phonics and word analysis skills to decode words.
  • a. Tell long from short vowels in regular one-syllable words.
  • b. Know spellings for more vowel teams.
  • c. Decode regular two-syllable words with long vowels.
  • d. Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
  • e. Recognize words with inconsistent spelling patterns.
  • f. Read grade 2 irregular words.
• RF.2.4 Read with enough accuracy and fluency to support understanding.
  • a. Read grade 2 text with purpose and understanding.
  • b. Read aloud accurately, at a good rate, with expression.
  • c. Use context to confirm or correct words, rereading as needed.

Writing (W)

• W.2.1 Write opinion pieces with a topic, opinion, reasons, linking words and a conclusion.
• W.2.2 Write informative texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions and conclude.
• W.2.3 Write narratives of a short sequence of events with actions, feelings, time words and closure.
• W.2.5 With adult and peer support, focus on a topic and revise and edit writing.
• W.2.6 With adult support, use digital tools to produce and publish writing with peers.
• W.2.7 Take part in shared research and writing projects, e.g. reading several books for a report.
• W.2.8 Recall experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.2.1 Take part in partner and group conversations about grade 2 topics and texts.
  • a. Follow rules such as respectful turn-taking and careful listening.
  • b. Link comments to what others say.
  • c. Ask for clarification and more explanation.
• SL.2.2 Retell or describe key ideas and details from texts read aloud or other media.
• SL.2.3 Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says to clarify or learn more.
• SL.2.4 Tell a story or recount an experience with relevant facts and details, speaking clearly.
• SL.2.5 Make audio recordings of stories or poems and add drawings to clarify ideas.
• SL.2.6 Speak in complete sentences when suited to the task, to give detail or clarification.

Language (L)

• L.2.1 Use standard grammar and usage when speaking and writing.
  • a. Use collective nouns.
  • b. Form irregular plural nouns.
  • c. Use reflexive pronouns.
  • d. Form the past tense of common irregular verbs.
  • e. Choose between adjectives and adverbs.
  • f. Produce, expand and rearrange simple and compound sentences.
• L.2.2 Use capitals, commas and apostrophes correctly and check spelling with references.
• L.2.3 Compare formal and informal uses of English.
• L.2.4 Use context, prefixes, root words and compound words to work out meanings.
• L.2.5 Connect words to real-life use and tell shades of meaning in related verbs and adjectives.
• L.2.6 Use adjectives and adverbs learned from conversations, reading and responding to texts.