North Dakota State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 2

ND.2.1. Research: Students engage in the research process.

2.1.1. Planning Research: Choose a research topic.

2.1.2. Planning Research: List questions related to a topic of study.

2.1.3. Organizing Information: Use a variety of reference tools to access information; i.e., tables of contents, dictionaries, Internet.

2.1.4. Presenting Information: Report on a topic orally or in written form.

2.1.5. Evaluation: Use self assessment tool to evaluate presentation; e.g., checklist, rubric, pictorial.

ND.2.2. Reading: Students engage in the reading process.

2.2.1. Literary/Informational Genres: Read a variety of genres; i.e., fiction including realistic, fantasy, folktales, and nonfiction including informational, biographies, and autobiographies.

2.2.2. Literary/Informational Genres: Describe the elements of a fiction text; i.e., setting, characters, events, problem, and resolution/solution.

2.2.3. Literary/Informational Genres: Describe the features of a non-fiction text; i.e., table of contents, index, topic headings, bold-faced words, glossary.

2.2.4. Phonics/Word Recognition: Apply knowledge of all letter/sound relationship when reading, including consonant blend and long and short vowel patterns.

2.2.5. Phonics/Word Recognition: Use knowledge of phonics to decode words with a variety of spelling patterns.

2.2.6. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Make and confirm/disconfirm predictions about what will happen in longer stories with increasingly complex plots.

2.2.7. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Recall/Retell details/events in sequence.

2.2.8. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Relate text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.

2.2.9. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Use strategies to monitor comprehension; e.g., reread, read on, check the picture, think about the story to determine what would make sense and sound right.

2.2.10. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Use strategies to improve comprehension; e.g., summarize, fact and opinion, compare and contrast, inferences, drawing conclusions, questioning, clarify.

2.2.11. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Locate the main idea and identify supporting details of a text.

2.2.12. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Use meaning, syntax, and phonics clues to decode new words when reading.

2.2.13. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Read a variety of vocabulary embedded in authentic text.

2.2.14. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Demonstrate fluency, reading in meaningful phrases: clear, at an appropriate rate, with expression and accuracy.

2.2.15. Purposes for Reading: Use reading to be informed, persuaded, and entertained.

ND.2.3. Writing: Students engage in the writing process.

2.3.1. Prewriting: Select a purpose for writing; i.e., inform, entertain, or persuade.

2.3.2. Prewriting: Gather and organize ideas drawn from a variety of sources; e.g., prior knowledge, classroom/library references.

2.3.3. Prewriting: Select a plan to organize thoughts before writing; e.g., webbing, listing, other grade appropriate graphic organizers.

2.3.4. Prewriting: Use a specific genre to match the purpose; i.e., personal, expository, narrative, informational, journal writing.

2.3.5. Drafting: Spell many words conventionally.

2.3.6. Drafting: Incorporate vocabulary in writing.

2.3.7. Drafting: Write over time to produce longer, more complex texts.

2.3.8. Drafting: Identify and include the characteristics of different genres; i.e., personal narrative, expository, informational, journal writing, letter writing.

2.3.9. Revising: Check written work for meaning and syntax.

2.3.10. Revising: Analyze written work for ideas, word choice, and organization.

2.3.11. Editing: Use proofreading marks to edit written work for conventions; i.e., punctuation, spelling, capitalization.

2.3.12. Editing: Select grade appropriate tools for writing; i.e., dictionary, thesaurus, word wall, classroom/library texts.

2.3.13. Final Draft: Compose written text that demonstrates understanding of purpose and audience.

2.3.14. Publication/Presentation: Evaluate writing process/product using a variety of assessment tools; e.g., checklist, rubric.

2.3.15. Publication/Presentation: Share final copy with peers, teachers, and/or family members.

ND.2.4. Speaking and Listening: Students engage in the speaking and listening process.

2.4.1. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Use grade-appropriate speaking vocabulary.

2.4.2. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Actively listen to the speaker.

2.4.3. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Follow multiple step directions.

2.4.4. Conversation, Group Discussion, and Oral Presentation: Take turns speaking in conversation.

2.4.5. Conversation, Group Discussion, and Oral Presentation: Stay on topic while speaking.

2.4.6. Conversation, Group Discussion, and Oral Presentation: Participate as an active listener and speaker in any group discussions.

ND.2.5. Media: Students understand media.

2.5.1. Media Genres: Identify existing and developing media.

2.5.2. Media Genres: Use appropriate media genres for a variety of reading and writing purposes.

2.5.3. Media Genres: Recognize the purposes of common types of media; e.g., books, magazines, newspapers, television, electronic sources.

2.5.4. Interpreting Media: Analyze the main idea and supporting details of a media message such as an advertisement.

2.5.5. Interpreting Media: Describe the main characters, the setting, and the sequence of events in media content.

ND.2.6. Language: Students understand and use principles of language.

2.6.1. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use sentences to convey a message.

2.6.2. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use grade-appropriate parts of speech; i.e., proper and common nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs.

2.6.3. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Recognize the subject and predicate of a sentence.

2.6.4. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use capitalization; i.e., proper nouns, beginning of sentences, titles.

2.6.5. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use conventions of punctuation; i.e., period, question mark, exclamation marks, commas, quotation marks.

2.6.6. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use principles of spelling.