2nd Grade ELA (Wisconsin Standards)

Reading (R)

• R.2.1 Ask and answer questions to show understanding of key ideas and details.
• R.2.2 Summarize parts of a text to identify its main topic or central idea and its key details.
• R.2.3 Describe how characters respond to major events, or how ideas, concepts or events connect.
• R.2.4 Explain how words and phrases show feelings, appeal to the senses or carry subject meaning.
• R.2.5 Describe a text's overall structure, including how the beginning introduces it and the ending concludes it.
• R.2.6 Give examples of how pictures, text features and details back up the text's viewpoint or purpose.
• R.2.7 Use information from pictures or text features to show understanding of story elements or topics.
• R.2.8 Explain how specific points an author or illustrator makes are supported by reasons.
• R.2.9 Compare key points or perspectives in two texts and notice that texts reflect cultures.

Reading Foundational Skills (RF)

• RF.2.2 Show understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds at grade 2 level.
• RF.2.3 Know and use grade 2 phonics and word analysis to decode words.
• RF.2.4 Read with enough accuracy and fluency to support understanding.

Writing (W)

• W.2.1 Write reflective, formal and creative pieces, together or separately, for purposes from everyday to high stakes (grade 2).
• W.2.2 Write in several modes – opinion or argument, informative and narrative – at grade 2 level.
• W.2.3 Write with control of organization, transitions, development, word choice and sentences suited to grade 2.
• W.2.4 With adult support, compose writing whose development and organization suit the task and are culturally sustaining.
• W.2.5 With adult and peer support, stay on topic and strengthen writing by revising and editing.
• W.2.6 With adult support, publish writing with digital tools with peers and learn to print letters.
• W.2.7 Join group or solo research-and-writing projects, e.g. a report from several books.
• W.2.8 Recall information from experience or use provided sources to answer a question.
• W.2.9 With support, recall and use facts from texts to support reflection and inquiry.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.2.1 Talk with a range of classmates and adults about grade 2 topics and texts in small and large groups.
• SL.2.2 Retell important ideas or details from a read-aloud or other media.
• SL.2.3 Question a speaker to learn more, clear up confusion or extend the topic.
• SL.2.4 Share a story or experience using vivid details and clear speech.
• SL.2.5 Add digital media and visuals to presentations to make ideas clearer.

Language (L)

• L.2.1 Understand how language works in different cultures and contexts and use this to understand and make effective choices (grade 2).
• L.2.2 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words using context, word parts, references and word-solving strategies (grade 2).
• L.2.3 Show understanding of figurative language, word relationships and shades of meaning (grade 2).
• L.2.4 Build vocabulary alone and with others, including cultural, academic and subject words, and use words suited to the situation (grade 2).
• L.2.5 Use standardized English grammar and usage when suitable, knowing when and where it fits (grade 2).
• L.2.6 Use standardized capitalization, punctuation and spelling in writing when suitable, knowing when it fits (grade 2).