Indiana 2nd Grade ELA Standards in Reading Literature

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RL Reading: Literature

• Learning Outcome
  • 2.RL.1 Read and comprehend a variety of literature within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 2-3. By the end of grade 2, students interact with texts proficiently and independently at the low end of the range and with scaffolding as needed at the high end.
• Key Ideas and Textual Support
  • 2.RL.2.1 Ask and answer questions (e.g., who was the story about; why did an event happen; where did the story happen) to demonstrate understanding of main idea and key details in a text.
  • 2.RL.2.2 Recount the beginning, middle, and ending of stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
  • 2.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and how characters affect the plot.
  • 2.RL.2.4 Make predictions about the content of text using prior knowledge of text features, explaining whether they were confirmed or not confirmed and why.
• Structural Elements and Organization
  • 2.RL.3.1 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
  • 2.RL.3.2 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters and identify dialogue as words spoken by characters, usually enclosed in quotation marks.
• Synthesis and Connection of Ideas
  • 2.RL.4.1 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
  • 2.RL.4.2 Compare and contrast versions of the same stories from different authors, time periods, or cultures from around the world.