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Language Arts Topics Covered
- making predictions
- establish a purpose for reading
- make connections (to self, other books, the world and media)
- fiction vs. nonfiction
- order events
- text features
- main idea
- inferencing
- literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases
- compare versions of the same story
- compare books by the same author
- author's purpose (P.I.E.)
- retell
- dialogue in plays
- poetry
- purposes of media
- research
- list of topics
- sources to use
- gather information from a variety to sources
- use text features to help
- record information in visual formats
- create a display
- fables and moral lessons
Writing
At the end of second grade the students are expected to:
- write legibly in print
- write in complete sentences using subject and predicate
- accurately use punctuation and capital letters
- write 7-8 sentences in paragraph form
- use a variety of sentence beginnings. Students won't start sentences with "so" and "and"
- write a letter with appropriate conventions
Grammar
- verbs
- adverbs
- prepositions
- nouns
- pronouns
- proper nouns
- adjectives
- prefixes
- suffixes
- word endings: ing and ed
- time-order transition words
- contractions
- abbreviations
- antonyms and syonyms
- making predictions
- establish a purpose for reading
- make connections (to self, other books, the world and media)
- fiction vs. nonfiction
- order events
- text features
- main idea
- inferencing
- literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases
- compare versions of the same story
- compare books by the same author
- author's purpose (P.I.E.)
- retell
- dialogue in plays
- poetry
- purposes of media
- research
- list of topics
- sources to use
- gather information from a variety to sources
- use text features to help
- record information in visual formats
- create a display
- fables and moral lessons
Writing
At the end of second grade the students are expected to:
- write legibly in print
- write in complete sentences using subject and predicate
- accurately use punctuation and capital letters
- write 7-8 sentences in paragraph form
- use a variety of sentence beginnings. Students won't start sentences with "so" and "and"
- write a letter with appropriate conventions
Grammar
- verbs
- adverbs
- prepositions
- nouns
- pronouns
- proper nouns
- adjectives
- prefixes
- suffixes
- word endings: ing and ed
- time-order transition words
- contractions
- abbreviations
- antonyms and syonyms