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English Language Arts (42)

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Standard	Short Description	Open
ELA.2.RF.3	Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words, including long and short vowels, common vowel teams, and common prefixes and suffixes.	Open Page
ELA.2.RF.4	Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.	Open Page
ELA.2.RL.1	Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.	Open Page
ELA.2.RL.2	Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.	Open Page
ELA.2.RL.3	Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.	Open Page
ELA.2.RL.4	Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.	Open Page
ELA.2.RL.5	Describe the overall structure of a story, including how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.	Open Page
ELA.2.RL.6	Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.	Open Page
ELA.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.	Open Page
ELA.2.RL.9	Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.	Open Page
ELA.2.RL.10	Read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, independently and proficiently at grade level.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.1	Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.2	Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.3	Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.4	Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.5	Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.6	Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.7	Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.8	Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.9	Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.	Open Page
ELA.2.RI.10	Read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, independently and proficiently at grade level.	Open Page
ELA.2.W.1	Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words, and provide a concluding statement or section.	Open Page
ELA.2.W.2	Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.	Open Page
ELA.2.W.3	Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.	Open Page
ELA.2.W.4	With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.	Open Page
ELA.2.W.5	With guidance and support from adults and peers, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.	Open Page
ELA.2.W.6	With guidance and support, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.	Open Page
ELA.2.W.7	Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report).	Open Page
ELA.2.W.8	Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.	Open Page
ELA.2.W.10	Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.	Open Page
ELA.2.SL.1	Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.	Open Page
ELA.2.SL.2	Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.	Open Page
ELA.2.SL.3	Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.	Open Page
ELA.2.SL.4	Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.	Open Page
ELA.2.SL.5	Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.	Open Page
ELA.2.SL.6	Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.	Open Page
ELA.2.L.1	Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.	Open Page
ELA.2.L.2	Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.	Open Page
ELA.2.L.3	Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.	Open Page
ELA.2.L.4	Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies including context clues, affixes, and reference materials.	Open Page
ELA.2.L.5	Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.	Open Page
ELA.2.L.6	Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.	Open Page

Mathematics (26)

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Standard	Short Description	Open
MATH.2.OA.A.1	Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing.	Open Page
MATH.2.OA.B.2	Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies; by end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.	Open Page
MATH.2.OA.C.3	Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members; write an equation to express even numbers as sums of two equal addends.	Open Page
MATH.2.OA.C.4	Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.	Open Page
MATH.2.NBT.A.1	Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; understand special cases such as 100 = 10 tens.	Open Page
MATH.2.NBT.A.2	Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.	Open Page
MATH.2.NBT.A.3	Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.	Open Page
MATH.2.NBT.A.4	Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.	Open Page
MATH.2.NBT.B.5	Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between addition and subtraction.	Open Page
MATH.2.NBT.B.6	Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.	Open Page
MATH.2.NBT.B.7	Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between addition and subtraction.	Open Page
MATH.2.NBT.B.8	Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900.	Open Page
MATH.2.NBT.B.9	Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.A.1	Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.A.2	Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.A.3	Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.A.4	Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.B.5	Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.B.6	Represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram; represent whole-number sums and differences within 100 on a number line diagram.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.C.7	Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.C.8	Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.D.9	Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same object; show the measurements by making a line plot.	Open Page
MATH.2.MD.D.10	Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories; solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information in graphs.	Open Page
MATH.2.G.A.1	Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces; identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.	Open Page
MATH.2.G.A.2	Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.	Open Page
MATH.2.G.A.3	Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares; describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc.; describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths.	Open Page

Science (8)

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Standard	Short Description	Open
SCI.2.PS1.A	Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties, including color, texture, hardness, and flexibility.	Open Page
SCI.2.PS1.B	Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.	Open Page
SCI.2.LS2.A	Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.	Open Page
SCI.2.LS4.D	Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.	Open Page
SCI.2.ESS1.C	Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly (e.g., earthquakes vs. erosion).	Open Page
SCI.2.ESS2.A	Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.	Open Page
SCI.2.ESS2.B	Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.	Open Page
SCI.2.ESS2.C	Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.	Open Page

Social Studies (17)

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Standard	Short Description	Open
SS.2.E.2.A	Describe how people make choices about what goods and services to produce and consume, and how scarcity requires making decisions.	Open Page
SS.2.E.2.B	Explain how community helpers provide goods and services and how producers and consumers depend on one another in a community.	Open Page
SS.2.GS.A	Use maps, photographs, and other geographic tools to identify and describe the physical and human features of places in the community and beyond.	Open Page
SS.2.GS.B	Describe how physical features and weather patterns affect the way people live and work in a community or region.	Open Page
SS.2.GS.C	Explain how people modify and adapt to their environment to meet their needs, including examples from diverse communities.	Open Page
SS.2.GS.D	Describe how communities are connected through movement of people, goods, ideas, and information.	Open Page
SS.2.H.2.A	Describe the chronology and sequence of events in local, state, and national history using a timeline or other tools.	Open Page
SS.2.H.2.B	Identify how and why communities change over time, including the contributions of diverse people and groups.	Open Page
SS.2.H.2.C	Describe how people's actions and significant events have shaped community, state, and regional history.	Open Page
SS.2.PC.A	Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a community and in a democratic society, including following rules and participating in civic life.	Open Page
SS.2.PC.B	Explain the purpose and function of rules and laws in communities, schools, and governments, and how they are created and enforced.	Open Page
SS.2.PC.C	Identify ways citizens can participate in and contribute to the well-being of their school and community.	Open Page
SS.2.TS.A	Develop and answer questions about community, state, and national topics using social studies inquiry processes.	Open Page
SS.2.TS.B	Gather and evaluate information from a variety of sources to answer questions about communities and their history.	Open Page
SS.2.TS.C	Organize and interpret information using maps, graphs, timelines, and images to understand communities and places.	Open Page
SS.2.TS.D	Construct explanations and arguments about community topics using evidence gathered from sources.	Open Page
SS.2.TS.E	Communicate conclusions about community topics through writing, speaking, and visual representations.	Open Page