Strand | Common Core Standard | Student Friendly Language | Parent Friendly Language | Timeline | Common Assessment |
Foundational Skills | RF.2.3. Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words - Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled, one syllable words
- Decode two syllable words with long vowels and words with common prefixes and suffixes
- Read grade level high frequency sight words and words with inconsistent but common spelling sound correspondences
- Read grade appropriate irregularly spelled words
| - We know the difference between long and short vowels.
- We can read prefixes and suffixes.
- We can read the second grade Dolch words.
. | - My child knows the difference between long and short vowels.
- My child can read prefixes and suffixes.
- My child can read the second grade Dolch words.
| August-May |
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Foundational Skills | RF.2.4 Read with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension - Read on level text with purpose and understanding
- Read on level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings
- Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary
| - We can read second grade level texts (J-M) fluently with expression.
- We can use clues in the text to help us read words.
| - My child can read second grade level texts (J-M) fluently with expression.
- My child can use clues in the text to help us read words.
| August-May |
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Literature
Questioning
Story Elements | RL.2.1 Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details | - We can answer the 5 W’s (who, what, where, when, why) and how before, during and after reading stories.
- We can ask the 5 W’s (who, what, where, when, why) and how before, during and after reading stories.
| - My child can answer the 5 W’s (who, what, where, when, why) and how before, during and after reading stories.
- My child can ask the 5 W’s (who, what, where, when, why) and how before, during and after reading stories.
| October | MAP
Comprehension Quizzes: Bundle and Sticks
Flying
Peach Boy |
Literature
Story Elements | RL.2.2 Recount stories and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. | - We can figure out the moral or lesson of a story.
| - My child can retell a story.
- My child can figure out the moral or lesson of a story.
| November | MAP
Comprehension Quizzes: Monkey and Crocodile
The Drum
How Zebras Got Their Stripes
The Empty Pot |
Literature
Making Inferences
Point of View
| RL.2.6 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud. | - We can tell about the point of view of different characters.
| - My child can tell about the point of view of different characters.
| January | MAP |
Informational Text
Questioning | RI.2.1 Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details. | - We can answer the 5 W’s and how before, during and after reading nonfiction.
- We can ask the 5 W’s and how questions before, during and after reading a nonfiction text.
| - My child can answer the 5 W’s and how before, during and after reading nonfiction.
- My child can ask the 5 W’s and how questions before, during and after reading a nonfiction text.
| February | MAP |
Informational Text
Main Idea
Text Features (headings) | RI.2.2 Identify the main idea of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. | - We can find the main ideas and supporting details in a nonfiction text.
| - My child can find the main ideas and supporting details in a nonfiction text.
| April | MAP |
Informational Text
Sequencing
Making Connections | RI.2.3 Describe the connection between a series of events, concepts, or steps in a procedure within a text. | - We can tell how events in history are connected.
- We can understand how science ideas are connected.
- We can analyze a set of directions to see if they are in order.
- We can put events from a nonfiction text in correct order.
| - My child can tell how events in history are connected.
- My child can understand how science ideas are connected.
- My child can analyze a set of directions to see if they are in order.
- My child can put events from a nonfiction text in correct order.
| May | MAP |
Informational Text
Text Features | RI.2.5 Use various text features and search tools to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently | - We can use text features to help me understand nonfiction text.
| - My child can use text features to help me understand nonfiction text.
| March | MAP |