State Curriculum - Reading

Grade 2
Standard 6.0 Listening: Students will demonstrate effective listening to learn, process, and analyze information.
A. Listening
1. Demonstrate active listening strategies
a. Attend to the speaker
b. Ask appropriate questions
c. Respond appropriately to clarify and understand
2. Comprehend and analyze what is heard
a. Determine whether a speaker's general purpose is to inform, to persuade, or to entertain
b. Identify rhythms and patterns of language, including alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, and repetition
c. Demonstrate an understanding of what is heard by retelling, asking questions, relating prior knowledge, and summarizing
d. Follow a set of multi-step directions
e. Listen carefully to expand and enrich vocabulary
f. Make judgments based on information from the speaker

	Indicators/objectives that include assessment limits are assessed on MSA New Standards identifies the need for students to process 1 million words per year to maintain academic progress.*
	MSDE has developed a toolkit for these standards which can be found online at: http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/reading/vsc_toolkit.html.
	11/15/07