Grade 2 ELA Florida standards Standards

K-12 ELA Expectations

Vocabulary

Communication

Reading

Foundational Skills

Communicating Through Writing Handwriting

Demonstrate legible printing skills.

Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical sequence of events, transitions, and an ending.

Write opinions about a topic or text with reasons supported by details from a source, use transitions, and provide a conclusion.

Write expository texts about a topic, using a source, providing an introduction, facts, transitions, and a conclusion.

Improve writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing with guidance and support from adults and feedback from peers.

Communicating Orally

Present information orally using complete sentences, appropriate volume, and clear pronunciation.

Following Conventions

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.

Researching

Participate in research to gather information to answer a question about a single topic using multiple sources.

Creating and Collaborating

Use one or more multimedia element(s) to enhance oral or written tasks.

Use digital tools to produce and publish writing individually or with peers and with support from adults.

Applying Foundational Reading Skills Phonics and Word Analysis

Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words.

Decode words with variable vowel teams (e.g., oo, ea, ou) and vowel diphthongs (e.g., oi, oy, ow).

Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long and short vowels.

Decode words with open (e.g., hi, baby, moment) and closed (e.g., bag, sunshine, chop) syllables and consonant -le (e.g., purple, circle, stumble).

Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.

Decode words with silent letter combinations (e.g., knight, comb, island, ghost).

Read grade-level texts with accuracy, automaticity, and appropriate prosody or expression.

Identify plot structure and describe main story elements in a literary text.

Identify and explain a theme of a literary text.

Identify different characters’ perspectives in a literary text.

Identify rhyme schemes in poems.

Reading Prose and Poetry

Reading Informational Text

Explain how text features—including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations—contribute to the meaning of texts.

Identify the central idea and relevant details in a text.

Explain an author’s purpose in an informational text.

Explain an author’s opinion(s) and supporting evidence.

Reading Across Genres

Identify and explain similes, idioms, and alliteration in text(s)

Retell a text to enhance comprehension.

Use main story elements in a logical sequence for a literary text.

Use the central idea and relevant details for an informational text.

Compare and contrast important details presented by two texts on the same topic or theme.

Finding Meaning

Use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing.

Identify and use base words and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade-level content.

Identify and use context clues, word relationships, background knowledge, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of unknown words.

Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.

Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.

Make inferences to support comprehension.

Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.

Use the accepted rules governing a specific format to create quality work.

Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.

Finding Meaning

Vocabulary

Reading Across Genres

Reading Informational Text

Reading Prose and Poetry

Reading

Applying Foundational Reading Skills

Foundational Skills

Creating and Collaborating

Researching

Following Conventions

Communicating Orally

Communicating Through Writing

Communication

Write letters and/or groups of letters with adequate spacing.

Write a narrative that includes a beginning, middle and end.

Write an opinion about a topic with one supporting reason.

Write an expository text about a topic, using a source, providing an introduction and facts.

Improve writing as needed by planning, revising and editing, with guidance and support from adults.

Express information using complete sentences and appropriate volume, using the students mode of communication.

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling. Use possessives and plural possessives. Use subject-verb agreement in simple sentences. Appropriately use pronouns. Use commas in a series.

Participate in guided research to gather information to answer a question about a single topic using multiple sources.

Identify one multimedia element to enhance oral or written tasks.

Identify and use digital tools to produce and publish writing individually or with peers and with support from adults.

Decode words with variable vowel teams (e.g., oo, ea, ou) and vowel diphthongs (e.g., oi, oy, ow).

Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long and short vowels.

Decode words with open (e.g., hi, baby, moment) and closed (e.g., bag, sunshine, chop) syllables and consonant -le (e.g., purple, circle, stumble).

Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.

1f. Decode words with silent letter combinations (e.g., knight, comb, island, ghost).

1e. Write an expository text about a topic, using a source, providing an introduction and facts.

Sequence and describe main elements in a literary text.

Identify the theme of a literary text.

Match characters and their perspectives in a literary text.

Identify a rhyme scheme in a poem.

Show how text features—including titles, headings, graphs, maps and/or illustrations—contribute to the meaning of texts.

Identify the central idea and relevant details in a text.

Identify an authors purpose in an informational text.

Identify an authors opinion and supporting evidence.

Identify similes, idioms and alliteration in text(s).

Identify main story elements and sequence relevant details in a logical order for a literary text using the student’s mode of communication.

Identify the central idea and a relevant detail for an informational text using the students mode of communication.

Compare the important details presented by two texts on the same topic or theme.

Identify grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in communication, using the students mode of communication.

Identify base words and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade-level content at the student’s ability level.

Identify and use picture clues, context clues, word relationships and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of unknown words at the student’s ability level.

Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.

Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.

Make inferences to support comprehension.

Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.

Use the accepted rules governing a specific format to create quality work.

Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.