ELA Curriculum Map 2020

Focus Areas for Second Grade aligned with standards:
1. Know and use various reading strategies to gain a deeper understanding of story elements and information learned
in second grade texts *Fiction and nonfiction stories and poems
2. Apply grade-level phonics skills to read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
3. Write stories for a variety purposes with sufficient detail and dialogue
4. Build upon conversation with peers to add and gain new information -ask for clarification when needed
5. Demonstrate understanding of the conventions of standard English with speaking and writing
Instructional time should be spent on the following critical areas in second grade:
1. Systematic, explicit foundational skills with ample time for practice
2. Fluency practice with grade-appropriate texts
3. Formative assessments to modify instruction based on student progress
4. Regular close reading of complex, anchor texts
5. Sequences of text-specific questions and tasks to support close reading
6. Systematic work with text-based vocabulary and syntax
7. Frequent evidence-based discussions about anchor texts
8. Regular evidence-based writing about anchor texts
9. Regular reading of multiple texts and media on a range of conceptually related topics