English Language Arts

2nd Grade

Oklahoma Academic Standards · Oklahoma 2021

66 standards
  • Standard 1: Listening and Speaking
    • Listening
      • 2.1.L.1

        Students will actively listen using agreed-upon discussion rules.

      • 2.1.L.2

        Students will follow two- and three-step oral directions.

    • Speaking
      • 2.1.S.1

        Students will work respectfully with peers.

      • 2.1.S.2

        Students will engage in collaborative discussions about topics and texts, including their own writing, with peers in small and large groups.

      • 2.1.S.3

        Students will ask and answer relevant questions to seek help or gather information to confirm understanding.

      • 2.1.S.4

        Students will orally describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing their ideas and feelings.

  • Standard 2: Reading and Writing Foundations
    • Phonological Awareness
      • 2.2.PA.1

        Students will count, blend, segment, and delete syllables in spoken words.

      • 2.2.PA.2

        Students will blend and segment onset and rime in spoken words.

      • 2.2.PA.3

        Students will isolate and pronounce medial sounds in spoken words.

      • 2.2.PA.4

        Students will blend phonemes to form spoken words with 4-6 phonemes, including consonant blends.

      • 2.2.PA.5

        Students will segment phonemes in spoken words with 4-6 phonemes into individual phonemes.

      • 2.2.PA.6

        Students will add, delete, and substitute phonemes in one-syllable spoken words with 3-5 phonemes.

    • Print Concepts
      • 2.2.PC

        Students will correctly form letters in print and use appropriate spacing for letters, words, and sentences.

    • Phonics and Word Study
      • 2.2.PWS.1

        Students will decode one- and two-syllable words by using their knowledge of the following phonics skills: single consonants, consonant blends, consonant digraphs and trigraphs, vowel-consonant-silent e, r-controlled vowels, vowel digraphs, vowel diphthongs, schwa, and silent letter combinations.

      • 2.2.PWS.2

        Students will decode words by applying knowledge of all major syllable types.

      • 2.2.PWS.3

        Students will decode words by applying knowledge of structural analysis: compound words, inflectional endings, contractions, abbreviations, common roots, and related prefixes and suffixes.

    • Spelling/Encoding
      • 2.2.SE.1

        Students will use correct spelling when writing the following sounds in words: digraphs, trigraphs, vowel digraphs, r-controlled.

      • 2.2.SE.2

        Students will use correct spelling when writing the following syllable types in single-syllable and multisyllabic words: closed, open, vowel-consonant-silent e, r-controlled.

      • 2.2.SE.3

        Students will use structural analysis to correctly spell the following parts of words: common prefixes, common suffixes, common spelling rules related to adding prefixes and suffixes.

    • Fluency
      • 2.2.F.1

        Students will expand their sight word vocabulary by reading regularly- and irregularly-spelled words in isolation and context with increasing automaticity.

      • 2.2.F.2

        Students will orally and accurately read grade-level text at a smooth rate with expression that connotes comprehension.

    • Reading and Writing Process
      • 2.2.R.1

        Students will identify the main idea and supporting details of a text.

      • 2.2.R.2

        Students will identify elements of various genres in fiction and nonfiction texts.

      • 2.2.R.3

        Students will begin to summarize the plot of a story to include the beginning, middle, and end.

      • 2.2.R.4

        Students will begin to summarize facts and details from an informational text.

      • 2.2.W.1

        Students will prewrite and develop drafts by sequencing the action in a story or details about a topic through writing sentences.

      • 2.2.W.2

        Students will edit drafts using appropriate spacing between letters, words, and sentences.

      • 2.2.W.3

        Students will revise drafts by adding, deleting, and/or moving text.

      • 2.2.W.4

        Students will correctly spell grade-level words while editing using resources as needed.

      • 2.2.W.5

        Students will routinely use a recursive process to publish final drafts for an authentic audience.

  • Standard 3: Critical Reading and Writing
    • Reading
      • 2.3.R.1

        Students will determine the author’s purpose.

      • 2.3.R.2

        Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is narrated in first- or third-person point of view with prompting.

      • 2.3.R.3

        Students will find examples of literary elements: setting, plot, characters and their traits.

      • 2.3.R.4

        Students will find examples of literary devices: simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia.

      • 2.3.R.5

        Students will use details from the literary or informational text to draw conclusions and make predictions.

      • 2.3.R.6

        Students will locate facts that are clearly stated in an informational text.

      • 2.3.R.7

        Students will describe the structure of an informational text with prompting.

    • Writing
      • 2.3.W.1

        Students will write narratives incorporating characters, plot, and a basic setting.

      • 2.3.W.2

        Students will write facts about a topic and include a main idea with supporting details in a paragraph.

      • 2.3.W.3

        Students will write an opinion about a topic and provide reasons as support in a paragraph.

  • Standard 4: Vocabulary
    • Reading
      • 2.4.R.1

        Students will determine relationships among words, including synonyms, antonyms, and simple multiple-meaning words.

      • 2.4.R.2

        Students will use context clues to determine the meaning of words.

      • 2.4.R.3

        Students will use word parts (e.g., affixes, Anglo-Saxon roots, stems) to define and determine the meaning of new words.

      • 2.4.R.4

        Students will use grade-level resource materials (e.g., simple dictionary, glossary) to clarify the meaning of words.

      • 2.4.R.5

        Students will acquire new grade-level vocabulary, relate new words to prior knowledge, and apply vocabulary in new situations.

    • Writing
      • 2.4.W.1

        Students will use grade-level vocabulary to communicate ideas through speaking and writing.

      • 2.4.W.2

        Students will use language in speaking and writing according to purpose and audience.

  • Standard 5: Language
    • Reading
      • 2.5.R.1

        Students will recognize simple and compound sentences.

      • 2.5.R.2

        Students will recognize parts of speech in sentences: common, proper, and irregular plural nouns; tenses of verbs; the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence; descriptive adjectives and articles; prepositions; singular and plural personal pronouns and the nouns they replace; the conjunctions and, or, and but; -ly adverbs.

    • Writing
      • 2.5.W.1

        Students will compose simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences that begin with a capital letter and conclude with an end mark.

      • 2.5.W.2

        Students will use nouns, verbs, and adjectives to add clarity and variety to their writing.

      • 2.5.W.3

        Students will punctuate initials and capitalize holidays, product names, initials, and months and days of the week.

      • 2.5.W.4

        Students will use periods with declarative and imperative sentences, question marks with interrogative sentences, and exclamation points with exclamatory sentences.

      • 2.5.W.5

        Students will use apostrophes to form simple contractions.

      • 2.5.W.6

        Students will use commas in dates.

      • 2.5.W.7

        Students will use a colon to indicate time.

  • Standard 6: Research
    • Reading
      • 2.6.R.1

        Students will create their own questions to find information on their topic.

      • 2.6.R.2

        Students will identify and use graphic and text features to understand texts.

      • 2.6.R.3

        Students will consult various text reference sources to gather information.

    • Writing
      • 2.6.W.1

        Students will generate a list of topics and questions about an area of interest for research.

      • 2.6.W.2

        Students will organize information found during group or individual research, using graphic organizers or other aids.

      • 2.6.W.3

        Students will organize and share relevant information for various purposes.

  • Standard 7: Multimodal Literacies
    • Reading
      • 2.7.R

        Students will explain how ideas and topics are depicted in multimodal content.

    • Writing
      • 2.7.W

        Students will use a combination of writing, sound, visual content, and/or movement to communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

  • Standard 8: Independent Reading and Writing
    • Reading
      • 2.8.R

        Students will select texts for academic and personal purposes and read independently for extended periods of time.

    • Writing
      • 2.8.W

        Students will write independently using a combination of emergent and conventional writing with prompting.