English Language Arts Curriculum

2nd Grade

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.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.2.4

Students will apply various text features and determine how it contributes to a text.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.2.4.1

Explain how specific images contribute to a text such as a diagram.

2.RI.7

 

LA.2.4.2

Use context clues such as pictures, word clues, background knowledge, digital text, and new vocabulary words to interpret character, setting, and plot.

2.RL.7

 

LA.2.4.3

Use various nonfiction-text features such as captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, and indexes to locate key facts or information.

2.RI.5

 

LA.2.4.4

Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to responding to texts, including adjectives and adverbs to describe.

2.L.6

Academic Vocabulary: context clues 

Content Vocabulary: interpret questions, understand text, analyze age appropriate reading