2nd grade student friendly

RL 2.1

I can ask and answer who, what, where, why and how questions when I read. I can tell what the main details of the story are.

I can remember fables and folklores and other stories I have read. I remember what they are about and what the lesson or moral of the story was.

RL 2.3

I can describe what the characters in a story did when their were major events or challenges in the story.

RL 2.4

I know how words and phrases can add rhythm to a story or poem. I can find regular beats, alliteration, rhymes and repeated lines in a story or poem.

RL 2.5

I know the different parts of a story. I can describe how the beginning introduces the story and the end finishes the action.

RL 2.6

I can tell the different points of view of the characters in a story. I can read the parts of different characters using different voices for each.

Reading Literature

RL 2.2

I can tell about the characters, setting and plot of a story by reading it and looking at the pictures in the story.

RL 2.9

I can tell what is the same and what is different when I read different versions of the same story (Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood).

RL 2.10

I can read and understand stories and poems that are written for second grade students.

Reading Literature

RL 2.7

I can ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions. I can tell about the details in what I read.

RI 2.2

I can pick out the main idea in the paragraphs I read. I can also tell what each paragraph was about.

RI 2.3

I can explain how two events in history go together. I can explain how ideas in science go together. When I read, I can make connections between ideas.

Informational

RI 2.1

RI 2.4

When I read at a second grade level, I know what the words and phrases mean.

RI 2.5

I know how to use picture captions, bold words, headings, glossaries, menus and icons to find information.

I can tell about what I am reading. I know the reason it was written, what questions the author is answering and what it explains.

RI 2.7

I can explain how pictures, diagrams and charts help me understand what I am reading.

RI 2.8

I can find the facts in my reading that support or back up the point the author is trying to make.

RI 2.9

After reading two books on the same topic, I can tell someone what is the same and what is different between them.

Informational

RI 2.6

RI 1.10

I can read and understand history, social studies, science and informational reading that was written for a second grade student.

RF 2.3.a

RF 2.3.b

I know what sound the vowel teams make in a word.

RF 2.3.c

I can read long vowel words that have two syllables.

RF 2.3.d

I can read words with common prefixes and suffixes.

RF 2.3.e

I can read words that have common spelling-sound to words I already know.

Foundational Skills

I can tell the difference between long and short vowels.

RF 2.3.f

RF 2.4.a

I can read and understand things written for second grade students.

RF 2.4.b

I can read things written for second grade students out loud. I use expression in my voice when I read out loud.

RF 2.4.c

I can read words I don’t know by thinking about what word best fits in the sentence I am reading. I correct myself if I read a different word than what makes sense.

Foundational Skills

I can read sight words for second graders.

W 2.1

I can write about something I believe. I include the topic I am writing about, what I believe, the reasons I believe it and add an ending sentence or paragraph.

W 2.2

I can explain something I know or have learned in writing.

I include the topic, some facts and definitions about the topic, and add an ending sentence or paragraph.

I can write about something that happened in the order it happened in. I can include details about what happened; describe actions, thoughts and feelings; use ordering words (first, second, next) and add an ending sentence or paragraph.

W 2.5

With help from my teacher and friends, I can edit what I write making word and sentence changes that make my writing better.

W 2.6

With help from my teacher or a friend, I can use my iPad, Pages, Evernote, blog, or make videos of my writing.

W 2.7

I can do research with my teacher and friends. I can write instructions for how to do something. I can record science observations. I can write a short report.

Writing

W 2.3

W 2.8

I can remember information from things I have done and experiences I have had. I can answer questions about my experiences.

SL 2.1.a

SL 2.2.b

I can respond to other student’s questions and comments and add my own thoughts to a conversation.

SL 2.2.c

I can ask questions if I am confused or don’t understand something that my class is discussing.

SL 2.2

I can remember and describe main ideas and details from a read aloud, a speaker, a storyteller, a podcast, or a video.

SL 2.3

I can ask and answer questions to get more information when I am listening to someone speak.

Speaking/Listening

I can listen to other students when we work together in groups. I can wait for others to finish speaking before I take my turn to speak.

I can tell a story or tell about an experience I have had using facts and details. I can speak so that others can hear me using complete sentences.

SL 2.5

I can create a podcast or audio recording of stories or poems. I can add drawings or other visual aids that help me tell a story.

SL 2.6

I can speak in complete sentences including details about a topic.

Speaking/Listening

SL 2.4

L 2.1.a

L 2.1.b

I can use words to talk about multiple people, places, things or ideas that don’t follow the regular rule of adding “s�. (feet, children, teeth, mice, geese)

L 2.1.c

I can use pronouns as the object of a sentence (myself, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves).

Language

I can use words to talk about groups of people, places, things or ideas. (kid=kids, pencil=pencils)

L 2.1.d

I can use past tense verbs that don’t follow the rule of adding “ed” to the end of the word (hid, told, sat).

L 2.1.e

I can use adjectives to add description to a person, place, thing or idea. I can use adverbs to answer questions like how, in what way, when, where by adding “ly” to the end of a verb.

L 2.1.f

L 2.2.a

I can capitalize holidays, names of products, and names of places (geography).

L 2.2.b

I can use commas after a greeting in a letter. I can use a comma after the closing of a letter. (Dear, Love,)

L 2.2.c

I can use an apostrophe in contractions. I can use an apostrophe to show that something belongs to someone.

Language

I can write and rearrange sentences. I can add extra details to a sentence. (The boy watched the movie. The little boy watched the movie. The action movie was watched by the little boy.)

L 2.2.d

I can use spelling patterns I know to help me write other words. (cage --> badge, boy--> boil)

L 2.2.e

I can use a dictionary, spell check or glossary to help me check my spelling.

L 2.3.a

L 2.4.a

I can use the clues in a sentence to find out what a word means.

L 2.4.b

I can figure out what a new word means when a prefix is added to a word I already know. (happy/unhappy, tell/retell)

L 2.4.c

I can use the root of a word to help me understand words I don’t know that have the same root. (addition, additional)

Language

I know the difference between casual speaking, writing, reading or listening and formal speaking, writing, reading or listening.

L 2.4.d

I know how to use the meaning of two separate words to understand the meaning of compound words. (lighthouse, birdhouse, housefly, bookshelf, notebook, bookmark)

L 2.4.e

L 2.5.a

I can use words that I am learning to describe or talk about things happening in real life. (describing foods that are juicy or spicy)

L 2.5.b

I can talk about the differences between words that mean almost the same thing. (toss, throw, hurl or thin, slender, skinny, scrawny)

L 2.6

I can use words and phrases I have heard someone say or read in a book when I talk about thoughts, ideas, books or feelings. (When other kids are happy it makes me happy)

Language

I can use glossaries or dictionaries (in books and on my iPad) to learn the meaning of new words.

I can use addition and subtraction with numbers less than 100 to solve word problems that have 1 or 2 steps. I can use drawings, objects or numbers to show the problem.

OA 2.2

I can add and subtract numbers less than 20 in my mind. I can add all of the numbers 1-9 by memory.

OA 2.3

I can tell if a number or group of objects is odd or even. I can pair objects by counting them by 2s. I know that you can make an even number by adding two other even numbers.

OA 2.4

I can use addition to find out how many objects are arranged in a rectangle. I can write an addition problem to show how to add the objects.

NBT 2.1.a

I know that 100 can be made with ten base ten blocks. I know that a hundred is a bundle of ten tens.

NBT 2.1.b

I know that 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or nine hundreds (and 0 tens and 0 ones).

Numbers/ operations in Operations/Algebraic Thinking base ten

OA 2.1

NBT 2.2

NBT 2.3

I can read and write the numbers up to 1000. I can use numbers, number names and the expanded form. (934, nine hundred thirty four, 900 + 30 +4) NBT 2.4

I can compare three digit numbers using <, >, or = .

NBT 2.5

I can add and subtract numbers under 100 using place value.

NBT 2.6

I can add four two-digit numbers.

NBT 2.7

I can add and subtract numbers less than 1000. I can use objects, drawings or numbers to show how to do this. I know how to use place value when adding and subtracting.

Numbers/operations in base ten

I can count up to 1000 by skip counting by 5s, 10s and 100s.

I can add 10 or 100 to any number from 100-900 in my mind. I can subtract 10 or 100 from any number 100-900 in my mine.

NBT 2.9

I can explain why addition and subtraction works when I use place value.

Numbers/ operations in base ten

NBT 2.8

MD 2.1

MD 2.2

I can measure the length of something using different forms of measurement and describe the differences between the two and which is best for what I am measuring. (inches, centimeters, yards)

MD 2.3

I can estimate the length of something using inches, feet, centimeters and meters.

MD 2.4

I can measure to find out how much longer one object is than another.

Measurement/data

I can measure the length of something by using rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks or tape measures.

MD 2.5

I can use addition and subtraction less than 100 to solve word problems that include measurements.

MD 2.6

MD 2.7

I can tell time on analog and digital clocks. I can tell time to the nearest 5 minutes using a.m. and p.m.

MD 2.8

I can solve word problems that are about money (dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies). I can use the $ sign appropriately.

MD 2.9

I can measure objects and record measurements in a table or a line graph. I can show the number on the horizontal line.

MD 2.10

I can draw a picture graph and a bar graph to show data that I have collected in a table with 4 categories. I can use the graph to solve problems by using the information on the graph.

Measurement/data

On a number line, I can show numbers as lengths. I can show how to add using a number line.

G 2.1

G 2.2

I can split up a rectangle into equal rows and columns. I can count the total number of equal spaces.

G 2.3

I can split up circles and rectangles in to two, three or four equal spaces. I can use the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of to describe the way I split a shape up.

Geometry

I can recognize and draw shapes that have a certain number of angles and a certain number of equal faces. I know what triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes are.