Missouri 2nd Grade Standards in Language

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2.L Language

• 2.L.1 Communicate using conventions of English language.
  • 2.L.1.A In speech and written form, apply standard English grammar to:
    • 2.L.1.A.a use nouns and pronouns in writing
    • 2.L.1.A.b use collective nouns
    • 2.L.1.A.c use common irregular nouns
    • 2.L.1.A.d use reflexive pronouns
    • 2.L.1.A.e use regular verbs
    • 2.L.1.A.f use helping verbs with regular verbs
    • 2.L.1.A.g use adjectives and adverbs in sentences
    • 2.L.1.A.h produce simple declarative, imperative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences
  • 2.L.1.B In written text:
    • 2.L.1.B.a write legibly (print, cursive)
    • 2.L.1.B.b use dialogue that contains quotation marks
    • 2.L.1.B.c use apostrophes correctly for contractions
    • 2.L.1.B.d capitalize weeks, days, months, holidays
    • 2.L.1.B.e capitalize abbreviated titles of people
    • 2.L.1.B.f spell words using irregular spelling patterns
    • 2.L.1.B.g spell and use the plural of nouns by adding –es to nouns ending in -s, -ss, -sh, – ch, or -x
    • 2.L.1.B.h use nouns that change their spelling in plural form
    • 2.L.1.B.i arrange words in alphabetical order, to the second letter