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Mastery Learning Standards
The required skills a student should display by the end of Grade 2.
Reading (Literary and Informational)
  • Develop and demonstrate comprehension-reading skills in response to text

    2.R.1.A

    Develop and demonstrate comprehension-reading skills in response to text.

  • Seeking clarification and using information/ facts and details about texts and…

    2.R.1.A.c

    Seeking clarification and using information/ facts and details about texts and supporting answers with evidence from text

  • Retelling a story’s beginning, middle

    2.R.1.A.d

    Retelling a story’s beginning, middle, and end and determining its central message, lesson, or moral

  • Develop an understanding of vocabulary

    2.R.1.B

    Develop an understanding of vocabulary.

  • Using prefixes, root words

    2.R.1.B.a

    Using prefixes, root words, and suffixes to determine the meaning of words

  • Using context to determine the meaning of a new word or multiple-meaning words…

    2.R.1.B.c

    Using context to determine the meaning of a new word or multiple-meaning words in text

  • Using conversational, general academic and domain-specific words and phrases

    2.R.1.B.h

    Using conversational, general academic and domain-specific words and phrases

  • Read independently for multiple purposes over sustained periods of time

    2.R.1.D

    Read independently for multiple purposes over sustained periods of time.

  • Read, infer, analyze and draw conclusions using fiction texts including poetry…

    2.R.2.A

    Read, infer, analyze and draw conclusions using fiction texts including poetry and drama.

  • Describe the setting, problems, solutions, sequence of events

    2.R.2.A.a

    Describe the setting, problems, solutions, sequence of events (plot), and big idea or moral lesson

  • Describe the main characters in works of fiction, including other…

    2.R.2.A.b

    Describe the main characters in works of fiction, including other traits, motivations, and feelings

  • Describe cause and effect relationships

    2.R.2.A.d

    Describe cause and effect relationships

  • Compare and contrast the differences in points of view of characters and how…

    2.R.2.A.f

    Compare and contrast the differences in points of view of characters and how stories are narrated

  • Read, infer and draw conclusions using text features in nonfiction texts

    2.R.3.A

    Read, infer and draw conclusions using text features in nonfiction texts.

  • Identify the main idea of sections of text and distinguish it from the topic

    2.R.3.A.a

    Identify the main idea of sections of text and distinguish it from the topic

  • Read, infer and draw conclusions using text structures in nonfiction texts

    2.R.3.C

    Read, infer and draw conclusions using text structures in nonfiction texts.

  • Explain main ideas and supporting details

    2.R.3.C.a

    Explain main ideas and supporting details

  • Describe the connection between and identify problems and solutions

    2.R.3.C.c

    Describe the connection between and identify problems and solutions

Foundational Skills
  • Develop phonics in the reading process

    2.RF.3.A

    Develop phonics in the reading process.

  • Decoding multisyllabic words in context by applying common letter-sound…

    2.RF.3.A.a

    Decoding multisyllabic words in context by applying common letter-sound correspondences including single letters, consonant blends, consonant and vowel digraphs, and vowel diphthongs

  • Decoding regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels

    2.RF.3.A.c

    Decoding regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels

  • Using common syllable patterns to decode words including r-controlled vowels

    2.RF.3.A.h

    Using common syllable patterns to decode words including r-controlled vowels

  • Reading irregularly spelled high-frequency words

    2.RF.3.A.i

    Reading irregularly spelled high-frequency words

Writing
  • Appropriate to genre type, develop a draft from prewriting

    2.W.1.B

    Appropriate to genre type, develop a draft from prewriting.

  • Reread, revise and edit drafts with assistance from adults/peers

    2.W.1.C

    Reread, revise and edit drafts with assistance from adults/peers.

  • Write opinion texts

    2.W.2.A

    Write opinion texts.

  • Write informative/explanatory texts

    2.W.2.B

    Write informative/explanatory texts.

  • Write fiction or nonfiction narratives and poems

    2.W.2.C

    Write fiction or nonfiction narratives and poems.

  • Apply research process to use information from a variety of sources

    2.W.3.A

    Apply research process to use information from a variety of sources.

  • Gather evidence from available sources, literary and informational

    2.W.3.A.d

    Gather evidence from available sources, literary and informational

  • Record basic information from literary and informational text in simple visual…

    2.W.3.A.e

    Record basic information from literary and informational text in simple visual format

Language
  • In speech and written form, apply standard English grammar

    2.L.1.A

    In speech and written form, apply standard English grammar.

  • Produce simple declarative, imperative, exclamatory

    2.L.1.A.h

    Produce simple declarative, imperative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences

  • In written text, apply punctuation, capitalization and spelling

    2.L.1.B

    In written text, apply punctuation, capitalization and spelling.

  • Use apostrophes correctly for contractions

    2.L.1.B.c

    Use apostrophes correctly for contractions

  • Capitalize weeks, days, month, holidays

    2.L.1.B.d

    Capitalize weeks, days, month, holidays

Speaking/Listening
  • Speak clearly and to the point using conventions of language when presenting…

    2.SL.3.A

    Speak clearly and to the point using conventions of language when presenting individually or with a group.

  • Confirming comprehension of read-alouds and independent reading by retelling…

    2.SL.3.A.b

    Confirming comprehension of read-alouds and independent reading by retelling and asking appropriate questions