Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 4
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
Reading Informational Text-Quarter 4
R.I.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
R.I.2.7 Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify
a text
I can use words and pictures to help me tell about the
characters, setting and plot
Synthesis
Diagrams
Illustrations
Informational text
Compare
Contrast
Difference
Version
RI.2.9: Compare and contrast the most important points
presented by two texts on the same topic.
I can compare and contrast ways of telling the same
story
Comprehension
Diagrams
Illustrations
Informational text
Compare
Contrast
Difference
Version
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 4
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
R.I.2.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend
informational texts, including historical/social studies,
science, and technical texts in the grade 2-3 text complexity
band proficiently, with scaffolding as need at the high end of
the range.
I can read and understand second grade nonfiction
Comprehension
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
R.L.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
Folktale
Purpose
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
R.L. 2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including
describing how the beginning introduces the story and the
ending concludes the action.
I can find and understand the beginning, middle and
end of a story
Comprehension
Conclusion
Plot
Sequence of events
Setting
Solution
Story structure
Dialogue
Point of view
Quotation marks
Fable
Moral
Recount
Responds
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
RL.2.6: Acknowledge differences in the points of view of
characters, including by speaking in a different voice for
Quarter: 4
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
I can tell about the points of view of different
characters
Comprehension
I can read and understand second grade fiction
Comprehension
each character when reading dialogue aloud.
R.L.2.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend
literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text
complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at
the high end of the range.
Reading Foundational Skills
R.F.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word
analysis skills in decoding words
R.F.2.3d: Decode words with common prefixes and
suffixes.
Vocabulary
Alliteration Phrases
Regular beat
Rhyme
Rhythm
Syllable
Conclusion
Plot
Sequence of events
Setting
Solution
Story structure
Dialogue
Point of view
Quotation
Difference
Distinguish
Vowel team
Affix
Prefix
Suffix
Pronounce
I can read words with prefixes and suffixes
Application
Difference Distinguish
Vowel team
Affix
Prefix
Suffix
Pronounce
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 4
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
R.F.2.3e: Identify words with inconsistent but common
spelling-sound correspondences.
I can find words that are spelled differently
Application
Difference Distinguish
Vowel team
Affix
Prefix
Suffix
Pronounce
R.F.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
Quarter: 4
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
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.
Vocabulary
Discussion
Key ideas
S.L.2.5: 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.
I can record what I am reading out loud
Knowledge
S.L.2.6: Produce complete sentences when appropriate to
task and situation in order to provide requested detail or
clarification. (See grade 2 Language standards 1 and 3
here for specific expectations.)
I can answer questions out loud in a complete
sentence
Comprehension
Writing and Composition
W.2.3: Write narratives in which they recount a wellelaborated event or short sequence of events, including
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
Synthesis
Descriptive language
Edit
Grammar
Proofreading
Publishing
Revise
Topic
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
W.2.5 With guidance and support for adults and peers,
focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by
revising and editing.
With help, I can edit to make my writing clearer
With help, I can revise my writing to make sure I stay
on topic to make my writing clearer
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 4
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
W.2.6: With guidance and support from adults, use a variety
of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in
collaboration with peers.
W.2.7: Participate in shared research and writing projects
(e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a
report; record science observations)
I can research and write with my classmates
Comprehension
Application
Descriptive language
Edit
Grammar
Proofreading
Publishing
Revise
Topic
I can use adjectives and adverbs to make sentences
clearer
Application
Synthesis
Adjectives
Adverbs
Groups
Irregular plural nouns
Nouns
Past tense verbs
Plural nouns
Pronouns
Language
L.2.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
L.2.1e: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between
them depending on what is to be modified.
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 4
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
L.2.1f: Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple
and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the
movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie
was watched by the little boy).
I can add description or rearrange sentences to
create new sentences
Application
Synthesis
Adjectives
Adverbs
Groups
Irregular plural nouns
Nouns
Past tense verbs
Plural nouns
Pronouns
L2.2d: Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing
words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
I can spell words using patterns
Knowledge
Application
Synthesis
Apostrophe Closing
Comma
Contradictions
Dictionaries Greeting
Letter Thesaurus
Possessive personal
pronoun
Possessives
Reference materials
Spelling patterns
L.2.2e: Consult reference materials, including beginning
dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
I can use dictionaries or other resources to check m
spelling
Knowledge
Application
Synthesis
Apostrophe Closing
Comma
Contradictions
Dictionaries Greeting
Letter Thesaurus
Possessive personal
pronoun
Possessives
Reference materials
Spelling patterns
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: 4
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
I can write, speak, read and listen by using what I
know
Comprehension
I can compare formal and informal uses of English
Analysis
I can use small words to help me learn compound
words
Application
Identify
Sentence-level clue
Root/Base word
Alphabetize
Definition
Dictionary
Glossary
Adjective
Adverb Conversation
Phrases
I can use dictionaries and glossaries to help me
understand new words
Application
Identify
Sentence-level clue
Root/Base word
Alphabetize
Definition
Dictionary
Glossary
Adjective
Adverb Conversation
Phrases
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.2.4d: Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words
to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse,
lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).
L.2.4e: Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both
print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of
words and phrases.
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Quarter: 4
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
L.2.5:Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and
nuances in word meanings.
L.2.5b: Distinguish shades of meaning among closely
I can tell the difference between similar verbs
Analysis
I can use adjectives to describe nouns
Application
related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related
adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
L.2.6: Use words and phrases acquired through
conversations, reading and being read to, and responding
to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe
(e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Quarter: 4
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: 4
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: 4
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary
Sand Creek Zone Curriculum Map
Subject: ELA
Grade: 2
Strand/Concept
Student Expectation
Student Friendly Learning Objective (SLO)
Quarter: 4
Level of
thinking
Vocabulary