Language Arts

Curriculum Map: Language Arts Second Grade

Description:

In second grade, students begin to read with greater accuracy and fluency. They conduct more sophisticated word studies and use their decoding skills and expanding sight word bank to read longer, more complex texts - including fables and folktales from diverse cultures. Students recount the stories they read, determining the central message, lesson, or moral and describe how characters respond to major events and challenges. As students read grade level text, they cite textual evidence to support the author’s purpose. They acquire and use grade-appropriate general academic and domain specific vocabulary.

Students in second grade deepen written and verbal communication skills. In addition to informational and narrative writing, students create pieces that state their opinions supported with reasons, using linking words to connect ideas and providing a concluding statement or section. Written text becomes more readable throughout second grade as students use grade –appropriate grammar and conventions including plural and proper nouns, prefixes, and suffixes. Students engage in collaborative, respectful discussions about topics and texts. They use technology to record, present, and embellish both written and verbal communication using audio recordings, drawings, or visual displays and digital publishing tools.

Strand: 1.0 Foundational Skills

Content Strand: 1.1 Phonics and Word Recognition
Content Strand: 1.2 Fluency
Content Strand: 1.3 Word Study

Strand: 2.0 Reading Informational Text

Content Strand: 2.1 Key Ideas and Details
Content Strand: 2.2 Craft and Structure
Content Strand: 2.3 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Content Strand: 2.4 Range of Reading
Content Strand: 2.5 Level of Text Complexity
Content Strand: 2.6 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Strand: 3.0 Reading Literature

Content Strand: 3.1 Key Ideas and Details
Content Strand: 3.2 Craft and Structure
Content Strand: 3.3 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Content Strand: 3.4 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Content Strand: 3.5 Range of Reading

Strand: 4.0 Grammar

Content Strand: 4.1 Capitalization
Content Strand: 4.2 Punctuation
Content Strand: 4.3 Word Study
Content Strand: 4.4 Proper Nouns
Content Strand: 4.5 Commas
Content Strand: 4.6 Apostrophes
Content Strand: 4.7 Adjectives
Content Strand: 4.8 Adverbs

Strand: 5.0 Writing

Content Strand: 5.1 Informative/Explanatory
Content Strand: 5.2 Informative/Explanatory- Focus
Content Strand: 5.3 Informative/Explanatory- Content
Content Strand: 5.4 Informative/Explanatory- Organization
Content Strand: 5.5 Informative/Explanatory Conventions
Content Strand: 5.6 Informative/Explanatory- Style
Content Strand: 5.7 Opinion/Arguments
Content Strand: 5.8 Opinion/Arguments- Focus
Content Strand: 5.9 Opinion/Arguments- Content
Content Strand: 5.10 Opinion/Arguments- Organization
Content Strand: 5.11 Opinion/Arguments- Style
Content Strand: 5.12 Opinion/Arguments- Conventions of Language
Content Strand: 5.13 Narrative
Content Strand: 5.14 Narrative- Focus
Content Strand: 5.15 Narrative- Content
Content Strand: 5.16 Narrative- Organization
Content Strand: 5.17 Narrative- Style
Content Strand: 5.18 Narrative- Conventions of Language
Content Strand: 5.19 Writing Process
Content Strand: 5.20 Technology and Publication
Content Strand: 5.21 Conducting Research
Content Strand: 5.22 Credibility, Reliability and Validity of Sources
Content Strand: 5.23 Range of Writing

Strand: 6.0 Speaking and Listening

Content Strand: 6.1 Comprehension and Collaboration- Collaborative Discussion
Content Strand: 6.2 Comprehension- Integrate and Evaluate Information
Content Strand: 6.3 Comprehension and Collaboration- Evaluating Information
Content Strand: 6.4 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas-Content Strand: 6.5 Integration of Knowledge- Multimedia and Ideas
Content Strand: 6.6 Integration of Knowledge- Context and Ideas
Content Strand: 6.7 Conventions of Standard English