Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 1
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
Reading Informational Text- Quarter 1
RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what,
where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding
of key details in a text.
I can tell, who, what, where, why and how after
reading information
Comprehension
Key details
Informational text
Focus
Main topic
Paragraph
Historical
Scientific
Technical
RI.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multi paragraph text as
well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
I can find the main idea in a section of nonfiction
Comprehension
Key details
Informational text
Focus
Main topic
Paragraph
Historical
Scientific
Technical
RI.2.3: Describe the connection between a series of
historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in
technical procedures in a text.
I can describe the connection between a series of
historical events
Comprehension
Entertain
Explain
Describe
Inform
Persuade
Purpose
Support
Comprehension
Entertain
Explain
Describe
Inform
Persuade
Purpose
I can describe the connection between scientific ideas
or concepts
I can describe the connection between steps in
technical procedures in a text
R.I. 2.4 Determine the meanings of words and phrases in a
text relevant to a second grade subject area
I can understand words in nonfiction
Support
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 1
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
RI.2.6: Identify the main purpose of a text, including what
the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
I can understand what the author is trying to teach me
Comprehension
Entertain
Explain
Describe
Inform
Persuade
Purpose
Support
RI.2.8: Describe how reasons support specific points the
author makes in a text.
I can find reasons to support the main idea of
nonfiction.
Analysis
Entertain
Explain
Describe
Inform
Persuade
Purpose
Support
Reading Literature
R.L.2.1 Ask and answer questions such as who, what,
where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding
of key details in texts.
I can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after
reading stories
Comprehension
Culture
Fable
Folktale
Moral
Purpose Recount
Challenge
RL.2.2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from
diverse cultures, and determine their central message,
lesson, and moral
I can retell a story
Comprehension
Culture
Fable
Folktale
Moral
Purpose Recount
Challenge
RL.2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to
major events and challenges.
I can tell how characters in a story respond to parts in
the story
Comprehension
Culture
Fable
Folktale
Moral
Purpose Recount
Challenge
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 1
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
RL.2.4: Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular
beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm
and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
I can understand how word in a story can sound like
music
Knowledge
Alliteration Phrases
Regular beat
Rhyme
Rhythm
Syllable
Conclusion
Plot
Sequence of events
Setting
Solution
Story structure
Dialogue
Point of view
Quotation
RL.2.7: Use information gained from the illustrations and
words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding
of its characters, setting, or plot.
I can use words and pictures to help me tell about the
Application
Characters
Plot
Problem and solution
Sequence of events
Setting
Text
characters, setting and plot
Reading Foundational Skills
R.F.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word
analysis skills in decoding words
RF.2.3a: Distinguish long and short vowels when reading
regularly spelled one-syllable words.
Difference
Distinguish
Vowel team
Affix
Prefix
Suffix
Pronounce
I can tell the difference between long and short vowel
sounds
Comprehension
Difference Distinguish
Vowel team
Affix
Prefix
Suffix
Pronounce
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 1
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
RF.2.3b: Know spelling-sound correspondences for
additional common vowel teams.
I can spell words with vowel teams
Application
Difference Distinguish
Vowel team
Affix
Prefix
Suffix
Pronounce
RF.2.3f: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly
spelled words.
I know how to spell second grade words
Comprehension
Difference Distinguish
Vowel team
Affix
Prefix
Suffix
Pronounce
R.F.2.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
support comprehension
R.F. 2.4.a Read grade-level texts with purpose and
understanding
R.F. 2.4.b Read grade-level texts orally with accuracy,
appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
I can read 2
nd
grade text for a reason
I can read with expression
Comprehension
Comprehension
Expression
Fluency
Rate
Context
Rereading strategy
Analysis
Expression
Fluency
Rate
Context
Rereading strategy
I can read with accuracy
R. F. 2.4.c Use content to confirm or self-correct word
recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
I can reread to understand what words mean
Expression
Fluency
Rate
Context
Rereading strategy
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Speaking and Listening
SL.2.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with
diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers
and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.1a: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g.,
gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with
care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts
under discussion).
Quarter: 1
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
Discussion
Key ideas
I can follow rules for discussions
Application
SL.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text
read aloud or information presented orally or through other
media.
I can tell about the key ideas and details after I listen
or read
Comprehension
Discussion
Key ideas
SL.2.3: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker
says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional
information, or deepen understanding of a topic.
I can ask and answer a question about what a
speaker says
Comprehension
Discussion
Key ideas
Writing and Composition
W.2.3 Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated
event or short sequence of events, include details to describe
actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event
order, and provide a sense of closure.
I can write about something that happened, what I have
seen or something I remember
Application
Closing statement
Closure
Details
Narratives
Recount
Sequences
Time order words
I can include actions, thoughts, and feelings in my writing
I can use words such as first, next, and then the tell events
in order in my writing
I can write a closing statement
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
W.2.5 With guidance and support for adults and peers, focus on a
topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Quarter: 1
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
With help, I can edit to make my writing clearer
Synthesis
With help, I can revise my writing to make sure I stay on
topic to make my writing clearer
Language
L.2.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
Descriptive language
Edit
Grammar
Proofreading
Publishing
Revise
Topic
Adjectives
Adverbs
Groups
Irregular plural nouns
Nouns
Past tense verbs
Plural nouns
Pronouns
Application
Synthesis
I can use plural nouns that don’t follow rules like feet,
children teeth and fish
Application
Synthesis
Adjectives
Adverbs
Groups
Irregular plural nouns
Nouns
Past tense verbs
Plural nouns
Pronouns
Knowledge
Application
Synthesis
Apostrophe Closing
Comma
Contradictions
Dictionaries Greeting
Letter Thesaurus
Possessive personal
pronoun
Possessives
Reference materials
Spelling patterns
L.2.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
L.2.2a: Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic
names.
Vocabulary
I can use nouns when I am writing
L.2.1a: Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
L.2.1b: Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural
nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
Level of
thinking
I can capitalize proper nouns
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
L.2.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions
when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
L.2.3a: Compare formal and informal uses of English
Quarter: 1
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
I can write, speak, read and listen by using what I
know
Comprehension
I can compare formal and informal uses of English
Analysis
L.2.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and
multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2
reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of
strategies.
L.2.4a: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the
meaning of a word or phrase.
L.2.4e: Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both
print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of
I can use context clues to help me understand new
words
Application
I can use dictionaries and glossaries to help me
understand new words
Application
I can use my senses to help me describe things
Knowledge
words and phrases.
L.2.5:Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and
nuances in word meanings.
L.2.5a: Identify real-life connections between words and
their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
Identify
Sentence-level clue
Root/Base word
Alphabetize
Definition
Dictionary
Glossary
Adjective
Adverb Conversation
Phrases
Identify
Sentence-level clue
Root/Base word
Alphabetize
Definition
Dictionary
Glossary
Adjective
Adverb Conversation
Phrases
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Quarter: 1
Level of
thinking
Ongoing Standards for Reading and Writing in each quarter:
Standard 1: Oral Expression and Listening
GLE 1) Discussions contribute and expand on the ideas of self and others
GLE 2) New information can be learned and better dialogue created by listening actively
Standard 2: Reading for all Purposes
GLE 1) Fluent reading depends on specific skills and approaches to understanding strategies when reading literary text
GLE 2) Fluent reading depends on specific skills and approaches to understanding strategies when reading informational text
GLE 3) Decoding words with accuracy depends on knowledge of complex spelling patterns and morphology
Standard 3: Writing and Composition
GLE 1) Exploring the writing process helps to plan and draft a variety of literary genres
GLE 2) Exploring the writing process helps to plan and draft a variety of simple informational texts
GLE 3) Appropriate spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation are used and applied when writing
Standard 4: Research and Reasoning
GLE 1) Reference materials help us locate information and answer questions
GLE 2) Questions are essential to analyze and evaluate the quality of thinking
Vocabulary
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 1
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
Recommended ELA Integrated Unit Maps by Quarter
Quarter/Length/
Title
Concepts
Possible Resources
Suggested End-Of-Unit Performance
Task
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Quarter: 1
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Quarter: 1
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary