Standards: Language Arts
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.2d
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Education Level 2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil ).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.2e
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Education Level 2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.3
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Education Level 2
Knowledge of Language
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.3a
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Education Level 2
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Compare formal and informal uses of English
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4
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Education Level 2
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4a
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Education Level 2
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4b
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Education Level 2
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell ).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4c
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Education Level 2
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional ).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4d
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Education Level 2
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark ).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4e
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Education Level 2
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.5
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Education Level 2
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.5a
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Education Level 2
Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy ).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.5b
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Education Level 2
Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl ) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny ).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.6
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Education Level 2
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy ).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3
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Education Level 3
Conventions of Standard English
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.