BENTWORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT
GRADE 2 LANGUAGE ARTS LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the second quarter, second grade students should be able to:
Foundational Skills
1. Phonics
● Recognize and identify consonants, vowels, digraphs, blends, glued sounds, vowel-consonant-e and open syllables, and r-controlled vowels
● Read one and two syllable words with prefixes and suffixes
2. Word Recognition
● Read Wilson Fundations trick words in context
● Recognize and define vocabulary words
● Identify synonyms and antonyms
3. Fluency
● Read grade level text with appropriate speed, accuracy, and expression
Text Comprehension
1. Demonstrate an understanding of informational text
● Explain how specific images and text features contribute to understanding a text
● Ask and answer questions such as who, what, when, where, why, and how
● Determine the meaning of words and phrases including multiple meaning words
● Comprehend nonfiction stories independently
2. Demonstrate an understanding of literature
● Use information from illustrations and words in print to demonstrate understanding
● Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song
● Ask and answer questions such as who, what, when, where, why, and how
● Determine the meaning of words and phrases including multiple meaning words
● Comprehend fictional stories independently
Composition
1. Write clear and focused text
● Handwriting is legible and age appropriate
● Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
○ Write by grouping information and provide a clear beginning, middle and conclusion
2. Demonstrate appropriate use of English grammar
● Demonstrate rules of writing (capitalization and end punctuation)
● Identify and write contractions
● Identify abstract and regular/irregular plural nouns
● Write, read, and interpret dialogue
3. Use conventional spelling for words with common and uncommon patterns
● Use conventional spelling for trick words with uncommon patterns
● Use conventional spelling for words with common patterns covered in
Wilson Fundations Units 6-9