North Dakota Academic Content Standards 2nd Grade ELA Activities

ND.2.RL. Reading Standards for Literature/Fiction

Key Ideas and Details

2.RL.2. Recount stories from a variety of genres and diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

2.RL.3. Describe settings and how characters in a story, respond to major events and challenges.

Craft and Structure

2.RL.4. Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

2.RL.5. Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

2.RL.7. Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

2.RL.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, on grade level1 proficiently and independently.

ND.2.RI. Reading Standards for Informational/Nonfiction Text

Key Ideas and Details

2.RI.1. Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key/supporting details in a text.

2.RI.2. Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text and retell key/supporting details that support the main topic.

2.RI.3. Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

Craft and Structure

2.RI.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.

2.RI.5. Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to efficiently locate key facts or information in a text.

2.RI.6. Identify the main purpose of a text, including the author’s point of view, explanation, or description.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

2.RI.7. Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

2.RI.8. Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

2.RI.10. Proficiently read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts on grade level.

ND.2.RF Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

Phonics and Word Recognition

2.RF.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

2.RF.3.a. Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.

2.RF.3.b. Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

2.RF.3.c. Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.

2.RF.3.d. Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.

Fluency

2.RF.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. Read grade level text with purpose and understanding.

2.RF.4.b. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

ND.2.SL. Speaking and Listening Standards

Comprehension and Collaboration

2.SL.2. Recount or describe the main idea and key/supporting details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through media.

ND.2.L. Language Standards

Conventions of Standard English

2.L.1. Within the context of authentic English writing and speaking…

Introduce:

2.L.1.d. Use possessive nouns.

2.L.1.f. Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future.

2.L.1.g. Form and use regular and irregular verbs.

2.L.1.i. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.

2.L.1.j. Use adverbs depending on what is to be modified.

2.L.1.k. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.

Practice:

2.L.1.n. Correctly use common homophones (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).

2.L.1.o. Ensure subject verb-agreement.

2.L.1.q. Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentence (simple subject/verb agreement).

2.L.1.r. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.

Demonstrate proficiency in:

2.L.1.w. Common and proper nouns.

2.L.1.x. Use regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/.

2.L.1.y. Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked, I walk; I will walk).

2.L.1.z. Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns.

2.L.1.aa. Use frequently occurring adjectives.

2.L.1.cc. Use adjectives depending on what is to be modified.

2.L.2. Within the context of authentic English writing and speaking…

Practice:

2.L.2.i. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.

2.L.2.j. Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

2.L.2.k. Form and use possessives.

2.L.2.l. Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words.

2.L.2.m. Add prefixes and suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).

2.L.2.o. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed and/or using spelling patterns and generalizations. (e.g., word families, position-based spelling, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts)

Display proficiency in:

2.L.2.q. Use end punctuation for sentences.

2.L.2.s. Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.

2.L.2.t. Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

2.L.4. 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.

2.L.4.a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

2.L.4.b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).

2.L.4.c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).

2.L.4.d. Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).

2.L.4.e. Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.

2.L.5. Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

2.L.5.a. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).

2.L.5.b. Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).

2.L.6. Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).