English Language Arts Curriculum
2nd Grade
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Course Purpose: |
Students will read to learn while using complex text and connect reading, writing, listening, and speaking across all content areas. Students will construct different forms of writing in a three paragraph format. |
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Students will write, publish, and present a three paragraph informative/explanatory piece that includes an introduction, evidence that supports their opinion, and a concluding statement. |
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Students will write a three paragraph opinion piece using grade level grammar including an introduction, reasons that support their opinion, and a conclusion and produce a published, digital presentation. |
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Students will determine the main idea and key details of a multiparagraph text. |
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Students will apply various text features and determine how it contributes to a text. |
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Students will read with fluency while interpreting a story by analyzing the structure of various types of text. |
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Students will analyze a topic through writing a response to questions, adding details, revising, and edit a written response on a given topic, while strengthening writing as needed with guidance from adults and peers. |
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Students will produce a digital presentation by comparing and contrasting criteria using a variety of resources. |
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Students will interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including technical and connotative words, and analyze how word choice shapes meaning or tone. |
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Students will interpret poetry to show how fluency, rhythm, rhyming, and repeated words can produce meaning in this genre. |
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Students will analyze how an individual event or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text by gathering information and answering questions for deeper understanding. |
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Students will apply correct application of conventions, sentences, and other grammatical skills, using resources and digital tools. |
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Students will analyze words, spellings, and fluency by decoding, using vowel sounds, and reading grade-level appropriate words. |
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| LA.2.13 | Students will determine the main idea in a central text or passage by making connections to events or ideas, and write a three paragraph informative writing piece that outlines the main idea, reasons, and evidence while collaborating with peers. |
| LA.2.14 | Students will use digital tools to write, publish, and present a three paragraph narrative piece to a small group. |