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Language Arts (Updated July 2004)
Language Arts - Grade 2
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Second Grade at a Glance

Listening, Speaking and Viewing | Reading and Literature | Research | Writing
 

Reading and Literature
PS1: READING COMPREHENSION
The learner will be able to read fluently to understand and make literal and non-literal connections using different kinds of informational materials and fictional literature.
  
««« LA.2.1.1 Directions: Understand/Written
The learner will be able to follow written directions.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #17; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p. 8
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
 
««« LA.2.1.2 Collect Information: Obtain
The learner will be able to read a variety of materials for information and pleasure.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools.; GA; Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #18
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.1.3 Read Aloud: Expression
The learner will be able to begin to orally read with expression and fluency.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #24; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p.6
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.1.4 Main Idea: Implicit
The learner will be able to recognize implicit main idea, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #26; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p.9-10
««« LA.2.1.5 Main Idea: Explicit
The learner will be able to recognize explicit main idea, details, sequence of events, and cause effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Master 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #25; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p.9
««« LA.2.1.6 Character: Main/Identify
The learner will be able to identify main character.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #27; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p.9
««« LA.2.1.7 Compare: Reading Material
The learner will be able to make comparisons, draw conclusions and make predictions.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analysis Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #29.; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p. 10
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.1.8 Reread: Meaning/Clarify
The learner will be able to read for understanding and reread as needed for clarification, self-correction, and further comprehension.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 0.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #30
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.1.9 Reading Behaviors: Read/More
The learner will be able to read self selected literature on a daily basis.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #48
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.1.10 Comprehension: Oral/Silent
The learner will be able to integrate language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), phonetic strategies and sight words when reading orally and silently.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #23
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.1.11 Character: Structure
The learner will be able to identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits and feelings.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #28; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p. 9-10

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LA.2.1.12 Response: Inferential Questions
The learner will be able to respond to literal, inferential , and evaluative questions about literature.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #47
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.1.13 Construct Meaning: Understanding
The learner will be able to demonstrate comprehension when reading a variety of literary forms
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #31
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.1.14 Genre: Identify/Features
The learner will be able to identify literary features.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension, Analysis Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #49; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p. 9

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LA.2.1.15 Classic/Contemporary: Divers
The learner will be able to identify and experience cultural diversity in stories read aloud and independently.  
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analysis Introduce 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #51; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p.10

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LA.2.1.16 Classic/Traditional
The learner will be able to experience contemporary and traditional literature through a variety of media.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Master 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #46

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LA.2.1.17 Characteristics: Realism/Fantasy
The learner will be able to discriminate between realism and fantasy.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analysis Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #50; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p. 10
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
PS2: VOCABULARY
The learner will be able to use context clues and knowledge of word parts to extend and expand understanding of word meanings and relationships.
  
««« LA.2.2.1 Strategies: Reading/Variety
The learner will be able to increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #15
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.2.2 Strategies: Context Clues
The learner will be able to demonstrates an understanding of semantic relationships by using context clues, word meanings and prior knowledge in reading.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 2.0 Cobb County Schools.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #21
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.2.3 Classification: Words/Characteristics
The learner will be able to categorize and classify words into sets and groups with common characteristics.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #16; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Language Arts, p.7
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.2.4 Antonym: Identify
The learner will be able to identify antonyms.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Knowledge Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #34; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading, p.6
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
PS3:PHONICS/WORD WORK
The learner will be able to use phonics, syllabication, word parts, and word identification strategies appropriately, automatically and accurately to achieve comprehension and fluent oral and silent reading.
  
««« LA.2.3.1 Fluency: Increase/Sight/Words
The learner will be able to build sight word vocabulary. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 2.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #22; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p.6
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.3.2 Emergent Reading: Possessives
The learner will be able to recognize and read compound words, contractions, possessive nouns and pronouns, and words containing the suffixes "ing", "ed", 's", and "es". .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #32
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.3.3 Strategies: Consonant Substitution
The learner will be able to apply phonetic strategies to read by (consonant substitution in rhyming words and word families, decoding consonants, short, long and "r" controlled vowel sounds, blends, digraphs and diphthongs)..
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #19
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.3.4 Emergent Reading: Word/Order
The learner will be able to use word order and sentence structure to read and understand reading material. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Introduce 0.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #20 GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading, p.7
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.3.5 Decoding: Words/Recognize
The learner will be able to use word recognition strategies to recognize words (affixes, roots, common suffixes, compounds, etc.).
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 2.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #33; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Reading p.6,7
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.3.6 Word Building: Oral /Blend
The learner will be able to blend sounds orally to make words.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County School District
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.3.7 Emergent Reading: Words/Divide
The learner will be able to divide words into syllables.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Evaluation Develop 1.0 Cobb County School District
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
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Writing
PS4: STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH
The learner will be able to demonstrate a developing control and understanding of Standard American English.
  
««« LA.2.4.1 Strategies: Basic Words/Phonetics
The learner will be able to use phonetic strategies to spell correctly .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #37; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 2, Language Arts, p.6
Online resource: Musical Spelling Rules, http://gardenofpraise.com/spell1.htm [Interactive]
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.4.2 Spelling: Sight Words
The learner will be able to uses correct spelling for frequently used sight words. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #36
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.4.3 Grammar: Apply
The learner will be able to apply correct principles of grammar (complete sentences, capital letters, punctuation, usage and expression.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analysis Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #43
Online resource: Wacky Tales, http://www.funbrain.com/wacky/index.html [Interactive]
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
PS5: WRITING PROCESS
The learner will be able to plan and write text that develops a central idea for different purposes and audiences using a process approach.
  
««« LA.2.5.1 Writing Behaviors: Self-Select
The learner will be able to write about self-selected topics (personal experiences, book rewrites) using pictures, letter/sound associations, and known words.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #41
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.5.2 Sentence: Topic/Write/Sentence
The learner will be able to write a minimum of three sentences about a topic.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #40
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.5.3 Writing as a Process: Variety/
The learner will be able to write in a variety of genres to include correspondence (including writing letters and addressing envelopes).
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #42
Online resource: Kidscribe, http://web2.airmail.net/def/ [Interactive]
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.5.4 Writing as a Process: Articulate
The learner will be able to communicate ideas by using the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, rewriting, editing, publishing).
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #44
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.5.5 Genre: Literature/Use
The learner will be able to use examples from literature to develop an individual or group story. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #35

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LA.2.5.6 Technology: Writing
The learner will be able to use available technology to assist in writing.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Knowledge Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #45
Online resource: Kidscribe, http://web2.airmail.net/def/ [Interactive]
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.5.7 Handwriting: Words/Legible/Write
The learner will be able to print legibly (letters, numerals, spaces between words, and sentences). .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 0.5 Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #38
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
« LA.2.5.8 Cursive: Begin to Recognize
The learner will be able to begin to recognize cursive letters.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #39
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
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Listening, Speaking and Viewing
PS6: LISTENING
The learner will be able to listen critically in formal and informal situations to respond to information and expand content knowledge.
  
««« LA.2.6.1 Interpret: Variety/Materials
The learner will be able to recall and interpret information presented orally. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #4
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.6.2 Response: Literal/Interpretive
The learner will be able to respond to questions on orally presented material. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #6
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.6.3 Context: Word Meaning/ Oral S
The learner will be able to use the context of an orally read sentence to determine the meaning of a word. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #11
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.6.4 Directions: Multiple Steps
The learner will be able to follow two and three part directions - oral and written. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #3
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.6.5 Listen: Variety
The learner will be able to listen to a variety of literary forms including stories and poems.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #2

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LA.2.6.6 Strategies: Expand/Personal In
The learner will be able to increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge..
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #7
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
PS7: DELIVER PRESENTATIONS
The learner will be able to speak in a manner that reflects an awareness of audience and guides listeners to understand important ideas.
  
««« LA.2.7.1 Practices: Descriptive/Detail
The learner will be able to communicate effectively when using descriptive language, relating experiences and retelling stories read, heard, or viewed. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #8
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.7.2 Sentence Structure: Complex
The learner will be able to use increasingly complex sentence structures in oral communication. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 2.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #10
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.7.3 Practices: Progress/Grammar
The learner will be able to use grade/age appropriate standard American English when communicating orally. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #12
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.7.4 Discussion: Respond/Adapt
The learner will be able to adapt or change oral language to fit situation by following the rules of conversation with peers and adults. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #1
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.7.5 Sentence Structure: Variety/Use
The learner will be able to use a variety of language patterns and sentence structures. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 2.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #9
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.7.6 Practices: Oral Language
The learner will be able to use oral language for different purposes - to inform, persuade and to entertain. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #5
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
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Research
PS8: RESEARCH AND PUBLISH
The learner will be able to generate questions, gather information, identify sources, and report results.
  
««« LA.2.8.1 Dictionary: Locate Information
The learner will be able to use dictionaries as an information source.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #53
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.8.2 Dictionary: Guide Words
The learner will be able to use guide words as location aids in dictionaries and encyclopedias. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 0.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #54
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
««« LA.2.8.3 Book Parts: Information
The learner will be able to use book parts, including title page, table of contents, and glossary as information sources.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County Schools; GA, Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #56
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.8.4 Alphabetizing: Words
The learner will be able to alphabetize words to the second letter of a word. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #52
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.8.5 Media Center: Use/Information
The learner will be able to use the media center and available technology as sources of information and pleasure. .
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 2.0 GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #58
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  

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LA.2.8.6 Sources: Fiction/Nonfiction
The learner will be able to use easy fiction books, nonfiction books, audiovisual resources, software and periodicals as information sources.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Introduce 1.0 GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #57
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document 
  
« LA.2.8.7 Library: Fiction/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the organization of fiction and nonfiction books in the media center.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Knowledge Introduce 0.5 GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade Two, #55
Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document