2nd Grade ELA (Oklahoma Academic Standards)

Standard 1: Listening and Speaking

• 2.1.L.1 Listens actively and follows agreed rules for discussion.
• 2.1.L.2 Follows spoken directions with several steps.
• 2.1.S.1 Works respectfully in groups, shares responsibility, and values each member's contribution.
• 2.1.S.2 Takes part in group discussions with classmates about topics and texts.
• 2.1.S.3 Asks and answers questions to get help, gather information, or clarify understanding.
• 2.1.S.4 Reports on a topic, tells a story, or recounts an experience with facts and details.

Standard 2: Reading and Writing Foundations and Process

• 2.2.PA Adds, deletes, and swaps sounds in spoken words of five to six phonemes.
• 2.2.PC Forms printed letters correctly with suitable spacing.
• 2.2.PWS.1 Decodes one- and two-syllable words using a wide range of phonics skills.
• 2.2.PWS.2 Decodes words using all major syllable types, including consonant-le.
• 2.2.PWS.3 Decodes compound words, inflections, contractions, abbreviations, roots, and affixes.
• 2.2.SE.1 Spells digraphs, trigraphs, vowel teams, and r-controlled sounds correctly.
• 2.2.SE.2 Spells words with closed, open, silent-e, and r-controlled syllables correctly.
• 2.2.SE.3 Spells common prefixes and suffixes, following the spelling rules for adding them.
• 2.2.F.1 Grows sight vocabulary by reading regular and irregular words automatically.
• 2.2.F.2 Reads grade-level text smoothly and accurately with expression that shows understanding.
• 2.2.R.1 Identifies the main idea of a text and the details that support it.
• 2.2.R.2 Identifies features of different fiction and nonfiction genres.
• 2.2.R.3 Begins to summarize a story's plot from beginning to end.
• 2.2.R.4 Begins to sum up the facts and details in an informational text.
• 2.2.W.1 Plans and drafts sentences that put story events or topic details in order.
• 2.2.W.2 Edits drafts for suitable spacing between letters, words, and sentences.
• 2.2.W.3 Revises drafts by adding, removing, or moving words.
• 2.2.W.4 Spells grade-level words correctly when editing, using resources as needed.
• 2.2.W.5 Regularly publishes final drafts for a real audience.

Standard 3: Critical Reading and Writing

• 2.3.R.1 Decides whether an author's purpose is to tell a story or give information.
• 2.3.R.2 With prompting, tells whether a story is told in the first person or the third person.
• 2.3.R.3 Finds examples of setting, plot, and characters and their traits.
• 2.3.R.4 Finds examples of simile, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
• 2.3.R.5 Uses details from the text to draw conclusions and make predictions.
• 2.3.R.6 Finds facts stated plainly in an informational text.
• 2.3.R.7 Describes how an informational text is organized, such as description or sequence, with prompting.
• 2.3.W.1 Writes stories with characters, plot, and a simple setting.
• 2.3.W.2 Writes a paragraph of facts about a topic with a main idea and supporting details.
• 2.3.W.3 Writes a paragraph giving an opinion on a topic with reasons.

Standard 4: Vocabulary

• 2.4.R.1 Works out how words relate, including synonyms, antonyms, and words with several meanings.
• 2.4.R.2 Uses context clues to work out word meanings.
• 2.4.R.3 Uses word parts to define and work out the meaning of new words.
• 2.4.R.4 Uses simple dictionaries or glossaries to clarify word meanings.
• 2.4.R.5 Learns new words, links them to prior knowledge, and uses them in new situations.
• 2.4.W.1 Uses grade-level vocabulary to share ideas when speaking and writing.
• 2.4.W.2 Chooses language to suit purpose and audience.

Standard 5: Language

• 2.5.R.1 Recognizes simple and compound sentences.
• 2.5.R.2 Recognizes parts of speech and sentence parts such as nouns, verb tenses, subjects, and predicates.
• 2.5.W.1 Writes simple and compound statements, questions, commands, and exclamations.
• 2.5.W.2 Uses nouns, verbs, and adjectives to make writing clearer and more varied.
• 2.5.W.3 Punctuates initials and capitalizes holidays, product names, months, and days.
• 2.5.W.4 Uses the right end punctuation for each kind of sentence.
• 2.5.W.5 Uses apostrophes to make simple contractions.
• 2.5.W.6 Uses commas in dates.
• 2.5.W.7 Uses a colon when writing the time.

Standard 6: Research

• 2.6.R.1 Writes own questions to find information on a topic.
• 2.6.R.2 Uses graphic and text features such as captions, subheadings, and graphs.
• 2.6.R.3 Uses reference parts such as title pages, tables of contents, glossaries, and indexes.
• 2.6.W.1 Makes a list of topics and questions to research.
• 2.6.W.2 Organizes research information with graphic organizers or other aids.
• 2.6.W.3 Organizes and shares relevant information for different purposes.

Standard 7: Multimodal Literacies

• 2.7.R Explores and compares ideas and topics in multimodal content.
• 2.7.W Combines writing, sound, images, and movement to communicate ideas and feelings.

Standard 8: Independent Reading and Writing

• 2.8.R Chooses texts for a purpose and reads on their own for longer periods.
• 2.8.W Writes on their own, by hand or typing, at different lengths and for different purposes.