education standards

Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Key Ideas and Details: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Craft and Structure: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Comprehension and Collaboration: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Text Types and Purposes: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

Key Ideas and Details: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

Comprehension and Collaboration: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Comprehension and Collaboration: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

Comprehension and Collaboration: Build on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.

Comprehension and Collaboration: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Comprehension and Collaboration: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Comprehension and Collaboration: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 2 Language standards 1 and 3 on page 26 for specific expectations.)

Text Types and Purposes: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Production and Distribution of Writing: With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.