Literacy

We are using a program called Fundations each trimester to work on the following skills: 

• Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.  
• Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

READING:  LITERATURE

• Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
• Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

READING:  INFORMATIONAL

• Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

READING: LITERATURE

• Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
• Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
• Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

READING:  INFORMATIONAL

• Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
• Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.

READING: LITERATURE

• Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

READING:  INFORMATIONAL

• Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
• Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
• Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
• Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Informational Writing

Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

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

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.

*Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

*Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

• Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.