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Language Arts (Updated July 2003)
Language Arts - Grade 2
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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.
  
ллл LA.2.1.1 Directions: Understand/Written
The learner will be able to follow written directions.
  
ллл LA.2.1.2 Collect Information: Obtain
The learner will be able to read a variety of materials for information and pleasure.
  
ллл LA.2.1.3 Read Aloud: Expression
The learner will be able to begin to orally read with expression and fluency.
  
ллл 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.
  
ллл 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.
  
ллл LA.2.1.6 Character: Main/Identify
The learner will be able to identify main character.
  
ллл LA.2.1.7 Compare: Reading Material
The learner will be able to make comparisons, draw conclusions and make predictions.
  
ллл 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.
  
ллл LA.2.1.9 Reading Behaviors: Read/More
The learner will be able to read self selected literature on a daily basis.
  
ллл 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.
  

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LA.2.1.11 Character: Structure
The learner will be able to identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits and feelings.
  

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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.
  

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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
  

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LA.2.1.14 Genre: Identify/Features
The learner will be able to identify literary features.
  

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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.  
  

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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.
  

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LA.2.1.17 Characteristics: Realism/Fantasy
The learner will be able to discriminate between realism and fantasy.
  
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.
  
ллл LA.2.2.1 Strategies: Reading/Variety
The learner will be able to increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.
  
ллл 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.
  
ллл LA.2.2.3 Classification: Words/Characteristics
The learner will be able to categorize and classify words into sets and groups with common characteristics.
  

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LA.2.2.4 Antonym: Identify
The learner will be able to identify antonyms.
  
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.
  
ллл LA.2.3.1 Fluency: Increase/Sight/Words
The learner will be able to build sight word vocabulary. .
  
ллл 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". .
  
ллл 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)..
  

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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. .
  

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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.).
  

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LA.2.3.6 Word Building: Oral /Blend
The learner will be able to blend sounds orally to make words.
  

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LA.2.3.7 Emergent Reading: Words/Divide
The learner will be able to divide words into syllables.
  
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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.
  
ллл LA.2.4.1 Strategies: Basic Words/Phonetics
The learner will be able to use phonetic strategies to spell correctly .
  
ллл LA.2.4.2 Spelling: Sight Words
The learner will be able to uses correct spelling for frequently used sight words. .
  
ллл 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.
  
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.
  
ллл 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.
  
ллл LA.2.5.2 Sentence: Topic/Write/Sentence
The learner will be able to write a minimum of three sentences about a topic.
  
ллл 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).
  
ллл 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).
  

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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. .
  

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LA.2.5.6 Technology: Writing
The learner will be able to use available technology to assist in writing.
  

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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). .
  
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The learner will be able to begin to recognize cursive letters.
  
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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.
  
ллл LA.2.6.1 Interpret: Variety/Materials
The learner will be able to recall and interpret information presented orally. .
  
ллл LA.2.6.2 Response: Literal/Interpretive
The learner will be able to respond to questions on orally presented material. .
  
ллл 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. .
  
ллл LA.2.6.4 Directions: Multiple Steps
The learner will be able to follow two and three part directions - oral and written. .
  

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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.
  

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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..
  
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.
  
ллл 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. .
  
ллл LA.2.7.2 Sentence Structure: Complex
The learner will be able to use increasingly complex sentence structures in oral communication. .
  
ллл LA.2.7.3 Practices: Progress/Grammar
The learner will be able to use grade/age appropriate standard American English when communicating orally. .
  
ллл 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. .
  

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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. .
  

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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. .
  
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Research

PS8: RESEARCH AND PUBLISH
The learner will be able to generate questions, gather information, identify sources, and report results.
  
ллл LA.2.8.1 Dictionary: Locate Information
The learner will be able to use dictionaries as an information source.
  
ллл LA.2.8.2 Dictionary: Guide Words
The learner will be able to use guide words as location aids in dictionaries and encyclopedias. .
  
ллл 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.
  

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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. .
  

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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. .
  

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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.
  
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The learner will be able to recognize the organization of fiction and nonfiction books in the media center.
  
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