Reading Foundational Skills

• Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
• Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
• Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.
• Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
• Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
• Recognize and read 2nd grade sight words.
• Read 2nd grade text with purpose, understanding, and expression.
• Meet 2nd grade phonics and phonological awareness objectives.

Reading Literature

• Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, and why.
• Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message or meaning.
• Describe how characters respond to major events and challenges.
• Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
• Describe the overall structure of a story.
• Acknowledge differences in point of view, including assigning different voices to each character.
• Use information gained from illustrations and words to demonstrate understanding.
• Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.
• Proficiently read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band.

Language

• Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
• Use sentence-level context as a clue to meaning.
• Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word.
• Use a known root word as a clue to meaning.
• Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words.

Reading Informational

• Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, and why.
• Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text, as well as the focus of specific paragraphs.
• Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas/concepts, or steps in technical procedures.
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases in texts relevant to a 2nd grade topic or subject area.
• Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, menus, icons) to locate key facts or information.
• Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to explain, answer, or describe.
• Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
• Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
• Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
• Proficiently read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts in the grades 2-3 text complexity band.