| Grade 2 |
|
Standard 5.0 Controlling Language: Students will control language by applying the conventions of Standard English in speaking and writing.*
|
|
A. Grammar
|
1. Identify and use grammar concepts and skills that strengthen oral and written language
|
a. Identify and use various parts of speech, such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives
|
b. Compose declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences
|
c. Identify and use verb forms, such as helping verbs
|
d. Identify and use verb tenses, such as present, past, and future
|
|
B. Usage
|
1. Recognize examples of conventional usage in personal and academic reading
|
2. Comprehend and apply standard English usage in oral and written language
|
a. Recognize and use correct subject/verb agreement and noun/pronoun agreement
|
b. Recognize and use consistent and appropriate verb tenses, such as past, present, and future
|
|
C. Mechanics
|
1. Explain the purpose of mechanics to make and clarify meaning in academic and personal reading and writing
|
2. Comprehend and apply Standard English punctuation and capitalization in written language
|
a. Use periods and other end punctuation
|
b. Use commas correctly in dates, addresses, salutations and closings, and items in a series
|
c. Use apostrophes in contractions
|
d. Use capital letters to identify proper nouns and to begin sentences
|
|
D. Spelling
|
1. Apply conventional spelling in written language
|
a. Spell non-phonetic high frequency words
|
b. Spell phonetically regular high frequency words
|
c. Spell grade level appropriate pattern words
|
d. Spell two syllable words that follow regular spelling patterns, including compound words
|
e. Spell words with simple prefixes and suffixes
|
f. Represent all sounds in a word when attempting unknown words
|
g. Access resources to spell unknown words, such as word wall, content word chart, dictionary, technology
|
|
E. Handwriting
|
1. Produce writing that is legible to the audience
|
a. Form upper and lower case cursive letters
|
b. Use manuscript in daily assignments to build accuracy and automaticity
|
c. Use connecting strokes to write continuous text
|
|