2nd Grade

2.R.RF.03ab: The Highly Proficient student can distinguish whether the vowel sounds are long or short in multi-syllable words. The Highly Proficient student can identify and use common vowel teams correctly. 

2.R.RL.01: The Highly Proficient student can create and answer their own clarifying questions, highlight where in the story they located the answers, and write the summary of the story in their own words using a given literary text.

2.R.RL.06: The Highly Proficient student can acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

2.R.RL.07: The Highly Proficient student can write a summary of a story using the literary elements (characters, setting, and plot). The summary will be published digitally and illustrated. 

2.R.RF.03c/2.WF.03b1b2 (combined reading/writing standard): The Highly Proficient student can identify and decode words using the six syllable types in multi-syllable words. 

2.R.RI.01: The Highly Proficient student can create a question(s) about a topic and answer the questions using key details from an informational text. 

2.R.RI.04: The Highly Proficient student can determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.

2.R.RI.05/07: The Highly Proficient student can create a book that uses the organizational features of: title, table of contents, headings, captions, glossary, subheading, electronic menus, images, bold print, and icons to help him/her clarify a text. 

2.R.RI.06/08: The Highly Proficient student can compare and contrast at least two pieces of informational text to distinguish the main purpose for writing, utilizing specific points an author makes in a text. 

2.R.RL.01: The Highly Proficient student can create and answer their own clarifying questions, highlight where in the story they located the answers, and write the summary of the story in their own words using a given literary text. 

2.R.RF.03d: The Highly Proficient student can identify and define words with prefixes and suffixes in a given paragraph. 

2.R.RL.02: The Highly Proficient student can retell stories from diverse cultures, determine their central message and write a fable that includes a cultural concept with a lesson or moral. 

2.R.RL.05:  The Highly Proficient student can create their own literary tale using the basic structure of a story. 

2.R.RL.09: The Highly Proficient student can compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures. The Highly Proficient student can create their own version of the story that includes a well-developed setting, characters, and events. 

2.R.RF.04: The Highly Proficient student can read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding. b. Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. 

2.R.RI.02: The Highly Proficient student can identify and summarize the main idea and supporting details of each paragraph within a multi-paragraph text. 

2.R.RI.03: With prompting and support, The Highly Proficient student can describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. 

2.R.RI.09: The Highly Proficient student can compare and contrast the same topic using several different texts and summarize their findings in their own words using evidence from their sources. 

2.R.RL.03: The Highly Proficient student can use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the response to major events or challenges of one character to the response of another character. 

2.R.RL.04:  The Highly Proficient student can create his/her own poem and describe the rhythm and meaning within the writing. -

2.R.RF.03ef: The Highly Proficient student can read all of the second and third grade Dolch Words. The Highly Proficient student can segment decodable words into isolated phonemes and can use letter sounds and patterns to make a word. 

2.R.RI.10: By the end of the year, proficiently and independently read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in a text complexity range determined by qualitative and quantitative measures appropriate to grade two.

2.R.RL.10: By the end of the year, proficiently and independently read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in a text complexity range determined by qualitative and quantitative measures appropriate to grade two. 

2.E1U1.4: I can observe and investigate how wind and water change the shape of the land resulting in a variety of landforms.

2.E1U1.5: I can develop and use models to represent that water can exist in different states and is found in oceans, glaciers, lakes, rivers, ponds, and the atmosphere. 

2.E1U2.6: I can analyze patterns in weather conditions of various regions of the world and design, test, and refine solutions to protect humans from severe weather conditions.

2.E1U2.6: I can analyze patterns in weather conditions of various regions of the world and design, test, and refine solutions to protect humans from severe weather conditions. 

2.E1U3.7: I can construct an argument from evidence regarding positive and negative changes in water and land systems that impact humans and the environment.

2.E2U1.8: I can observe and explain the Sun’s position at different times during a twenty-four-hour period and changes in the apparent shape of the Moon from one night to another. 

2.L2U1.9: I can obtain, analyze, and communicate evidence that organisms need a source of energy, air, water, and certain temperature conditions to survive. 

2.L2U1.10: I can develop a model representing how life on Earth depends on energy from the Sun and energy from other organisms.

2.P1U1.1: I can plan and carry out an investigation to determine that matter has mass, takes up space, and is recognized by its observable properties; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation. 

2.P1U1.2: I can plan and carry out investigations to gather evidence to support an explanation on how heating or cooling can cause a phase change in matter.

2.P4U1.3: I can obtain, evaluate and communicate information about ways heat energy can cause change in objects or materials.

2.SS.C2.01: I can describe the roles and responsibilities of people in authority within our country and world.

2.SS.C2.02: I can explain how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in the world. 

2.SS.C4.01: I can explain how people work together to identify and solve problems within our world. 

2.SS.C4.02: I can explain how rules function in public settings.

2.SS.G1.01ab: I can recognize physical and human features on a map. 

2.SS.G1.02: I can explain cultural and environmental characteristics of places using maps.

2.SS.E1.02: I can describe reasons to save or spend money.

2.SS.E3.01: I can identify and describe goods and services that are produced and used around the world.         

2.SS.G2.01: I can explain how weather, climate, and environmental characteristic affect people’s lives.

2.SS.G2.02: I can describe how human activities affect the communities and the environment of places or regions.

2.SS.G2.03: I can describe the positive and negative effects of using natural resources. 

2.SS.G3.01: I can explain why and how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.

2.SS.G4.01: I can identify different physical and cultural regions in the world. 

2.SS.E1.01: I can identify different occupations and skills needed in a global economy.  

2.SS.E3.02: I can explain how people around the world earn income.

2.SS.E3.03: I can explain how people can be producers and consumers in a global economy. 

2.SS.E4.01: I can describe public services that governments provide to help citizens.

2.SS.E5.01: I can recognize what natural and capital resources are and how they are produced and traded.

2.SS.H1.02: I can compare/contrast how civilizations and/or cultures have changed over time. 

2.SS.H1.03: I can examine developments from the civilization and/or culture in place or region studied. 

2.SS.H3.01: I can ask and answer questions about the institutions and belief systems of different societies. 

2.SS.H1.01: I can explain how individuals can make a difference in their country or in the world.

2.L.01a-f: The Highly Proficient student can use parts of speech correctly in simple and more complex sentences including; collective nouns, irregular plural nouns, reflexive pronouns, irregular verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

2.L.01g: The Highly Proficient student can produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences with the use of transition words in a verbal discussion or a piece of writing. 

2.L.02a: The Highly Proficient student can use capital letters for pronouns, proper nouns, and the beginning of a sentence and justify their reasoning.

2.L.04d: The Highly Proficient student can 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. d. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. 

2.R.RF.03c/2.WF.03b1b2: The Highly Proficient student can identify and decode words using the six syllable types in multi-syllable words.

2.W.03: The Highly Proficient student can write a well-organized narrative that includes a strong sense of main ideas, characters, details, sequence of events, and a sense of closure. 

2.L.02c: The Highly Proficient student can create a piece of writing that consistently uses apostrophes to correctly punctuate contractions and possessive words.  

2.L.04c: The Highly Proficient student can use the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words.  

2.L.04e: The Highly Proficient student can use a glossary, dictionary, or internet to determine the meaning of a word or phrase and applies this to the writing. 

2.W.02: The Highly Proficient student can write a variety of informative texts that introduce a topic using facts and definitions effectively to explain points with a strong topic and concluding section.

2.WF.03c: The Highly Proficient student can identify words with suffixes in a given paragraph.  They can define them and divide them into root word-suffix. 

2.L.02d: The Highly Proficient student can edit and revise common mistakes in spelling patterns and consistently use spelling patterns correctly in their own writing. 

2.L.04ab: The Highly Proficient student can use root words, prefixes, and suffixes to understand the meaning of an unknown word and justify the meaning.

2.L.06: The Highly Proficient student can create a well-organized and detailed response to a story using adjectives and adverbs.

2.W.01: The Highly Proficient student can write a well-organized, detailed opinion on a topic or book using linking words that clearly support their reasoning. 

2.WF.02: The Highly Proficient student can demonstrate and apply sound-letter concepts. a. Write the most common graphemes (letters or letter groups) for each phoneme. For example: 1. Consonants: /s/= s, ss, ce, ci, cy, /f/= f, ff, ph, /k/= c, k, ck 2. Vowels: /o/= o, o_e, oa, ow (long o), /a/= a, a_e, ai, ay, eigh (long a)

2.W.05: The Highly Proficient student can review a draft for errors in conventions independently that strengthens their writing.

2.W.06: The Highly Proficient student can use both digital and non-digital tools to create, rewrite, and illustrate a piece of writing to share with an audience.

2.W.07: The Highly Proficient student can use multiple informational sources to create a well-organized research report that includes a title, main idea, and supporting details.

2.L.01h: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. h. Identify and use declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

2.L.01i: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. i. With assistance, link sentences into a simple, cohesive paragraph that contains: a main idea, supporting details, and a conclusion.

2.L.02be: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. b. Use commas in greetings and closings of letters. e. Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.

2.L.03: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. a. Compare formal and informal uses of English.

2.L.05: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. a. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy). b. Identify synonyms and antonyms to distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).

2.WF.01: Demonstrate and apply handwriting skills. a. Write legibly in manuscript using correct letter formation. b. Transcribe ideas in manuscript with automaticity and proper spacing.

2.WF.03a1-7: Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words a. Spell on-level, regular, single-syllable words that include: 1. Position-based patterns (e.g., ch,-tch; k, -ck, -ge, -dge). 2. Complex consonant blends (e.g., scr, str, squ). 3. Less common vowel teams for long vowels (e.g., ow, oo, au, ou, ue). 4. Vowel-r combinations (e.g., turn, star, third, four, for). 5. Contractions (e.g., we’ll, I’m, they’ve, don’t). 6. Homophones (e.g., bear, bare; past, passed). 7. Plurals and possessives (e.g., its, it’s).

2.WF.03d1-2: Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words. d. Spell grade-level appropriate words in English, as found in a research-based list (*See guidelines under Word Lists in the ELA Glossary), including: 1. Irregular words (e.g., against, many, enough, does). 2. Pattern-based words (e.g., which, kind, have). (All Months)

2.W.04: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards W.01–03). 

2.W.08: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.