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Status

Open

Estimated Completion Time

36 Weeks

Overview

The Elementary English Language Arts Grade Two course provides students with foundational reading and writing skills, reading comprehension strategies, writing composition and grammar skills, and speaking and listening skills. Students will learn how to use a combination of short and long vowel sounds, r-control vowels, and other vowel combinations in conjunction with consonant digraphs, blends, and endings to decode and encode words when reading and writing. Students will also learn how to use reading comprehension strategies to analyze and find text evidence in literature and informative texts. Students will be taught grammar skills, such as collective and irregular nouns, irregular verbs, subject and predicate, and adverbs, which they will incorporate when writing. Students will participate in planning, writing, editing, revising, and publishing informative, narrative, and opinion writing compositions throughout the course.

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Course Requirements

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students and families are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers because, when teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.

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Major Topics and Concepts

Segment One

  • Consonant blends with a short vowel
  • Long vowels
  • Digraphs
  • Silent letters
  • Compound words
  • Asking and answering questions in a text
  • Character’s response to events
  • Rhyme, rhythm, and beat in a literature text
  • Central message and key details
  • Making connections
  • Identifying the main topic and key details
  • Using context clues to determine unknown words in text
  • Story structure
  • Point of view
  • Author’s purpose
  • Text features
  • Images add meaning to text
  • Identifying adjectives, rhyme, alliteration, rhythm, and beat in a literature
  • Comparing and contrasting
  • Reading grade-level sight words
  • Reading grade-level texts for accuracy, rate, fluency, and expression
  • Using context clues
  • Nouns: singular, plural, collective, and irregular plural
  • Pronouns
  • Irregular verbs
  • Subject and predicate
  • Complete and incomplete sentences
  • Types of sentences
  • Using a dictionary
  • Using a glossary
  • Capitalization: holidays, products, and geographic names
  • Prefixes
  • Suffixes
  • Verb tense: past, present, and future tense
  • Comparative adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Compound sentences
  • Contractions
  • Informative, narrative, or opinion writing on a topic
  • Writing Process

Segment Two

  • Long vowel sounds
  • Diphthongs
  • Schwa sound
  • Words with irregular sounds
  • Sounds in blends
  • Triple clusters
  • Compound words
  • Contractions
  • Prefixes and suffixes
  • Asking and answering questions
  • Identifying central message and key details
  • Recounting details in a story
  • Story elements
  • Making connections
  • Point of view
  • Character’s response to events
  • Main topic and key details
  • Re-reading to find information in a text
  • Images add meaning to text
  • Comparing and contrasting
  • Identifying rhythm and rhyme in a literature text
  • Author’s point
  • Character reactions and responses in a literature text
  • Cause and effect in a literature text
  • Alliteration
  • Reading grade-level sight words
  • Reading grade-level texts for accuracy, rate, fluency, and expression
  • Shades of meaning
  • Possessive nouns
  • Compound sentences
  • Using a dictionary
  • Using a glossary
  • Researching and writing on a given topic
  • Using commas correctly when writing
  • Parts of a letter
  • Root words and suffixes
  • Adding adjectives and adverbs to writing
  • Using formal and informal language
  • Informative, narrative, or opinion writing on a topic
  • Writing Process

Credits 1

Competencies

  • Comparing Informative Texts
    I can create contractions. I can create compound sentences. I can identify the reasons authors use to support their points. I can compare two informative texts. I can write a multi-paragraph opinion text using a structure.
  • Comparing Stories
    I can write sentences using adjectives and adverbs. I can interpret the meaning of compound words. I can analyze illustrations to infer the meaning of a text. I can compare two versions of a story. I can write a multi-paragraph narrative using a structure.
  • Features of Informative Texts
    I can identify verb tenses. I can differentiate between proper and common nouns. I can analyze prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of words. I can explain the use of text features. I can write a multi-paragraph informative text using a structure. I can identify an author's purpose.
  • Investigating Sentences and Stories
    I can write an opinion paragraph following a structure. I can identify the subject and predicate in a sentence. I can describe the function of the structural elements of a story. I can explain different characters’ points of view. I can select correct punctuation to end sentences.
  • Literacy Foundations
    I can develop questions about key details in a text. I can describe the key details of a story. I can identify the lesson in a story. I can identify words that rhyme. I can create plural nouns from singular nouns. I can write an informative text following a structure.
  • Making Connections
    I can write a narrative following a structure. I can develop strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words. I can identify the main topic of a text. I can explain key details in a story. I can select pronouns to replace nouns.
  • Character Development
    I can create possessive nouns. I can analyze synonyms to determine shades of meaning. I can describe how characters respond to challenges in stories. I can write a personal narrative with a lesson.
  • Formal Versus Informal Language
    I can create connections between texts I read and my own experiences. I can explain the difference between formal and informal language. I can write an opinion text using language appropriate to my purpose and audience.
  • Research Foundations
    I can identify root words. I can develop my ideas with reasons and examples. I can write a research article using facts from two different articles to answer my question.
  • Revision
    I can revise my narrative by using a checklist and asking for feedback. I can write a story using transition words to order my events.
  • Rhythm and Meaning
    I can explain rhythm in poems. I can infer meaning from details in a text. I can identify the correct use of commas in a sentence or phrase. I can write a letter that conveys my opinion using a structure.
  • Using Resources
    I can identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text. I can explain how to use a dictionary and a glossary. I can develop connections between ideas. I can summarize information from a text in the form of notes. I can write an informative text based on my research.

Pre-Requisites

None

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