Georgia 2nd Grade ELA Standards in Language

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L Language

• Conventions of Standard English
  • ELAGSE2L1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
    • ELAGSE2L1a Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
    • ELAGSE2L1b Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
    • ELAGSE2L1c Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
    • ELAGSE2L1d Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told).
    • ELAGSE2L1e Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
    • ELAGSE2L1f 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).
    • ELAGSE2L1g Create documents with legible handwriting.
  • ELAGSE2L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
    • ELAGSE2L2a Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.
    • ELAGSE2L2b Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.
    • ELAGSE2L2c Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
    • ELAGSE2L2d Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
    • ELAGSE2L2e Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
• Knowledge of Language
  • ELAGSE2L3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
    • ELAGSE2L3a Compare formal and informal uses of English.
• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
  • ELAGSE2L4 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.
    • ELAGSE2L4a Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
    • ELAGSE2L4b Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).
    • ELAGSE2L4c Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).
    • ELAGSE2L4d Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).
    • ELAGSE2L4e Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
  • ELAGSE2L5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
    • ELAGSE2L5a Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).
    • ELAGSE2L5b Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
  • ELAGSE2L6 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).