Washington 2nd Grade ELA Standards in Language

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L Language

• Conventions of Standard English
  • L.1 Within the context of authentic English writing and speaking…
    • L.1.a Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.
    • L.1.b Use collective nouns.
    • L.1.c Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
    • L.1.d Use possessive nouns.
    • L.1.e Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs.
    • L.1.f Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future.
    • L.1.g Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
    • L.1.h Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
    • L.1.i Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
    • L.1.j Use adverbs depending on what is to be modified.
    • L.1.k Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
    • L.1.l Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
    • L.1.m Use and explain interjections.
    • L.1.n Correctly use common homophones (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).
    • L.1.o Ensure subject verb-agreement.
    • L.1.p Produce compound sentences.
    • L.1.q Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentence (simple subject/verb agreement).
    • L.1.r Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
    • L.1.s Use demonstratives (that, those, these, this).
    • L.1.t Use question words (interrogatives).
    • L.1.u Produce complete sentences in shared language activities.
    • L.1.v Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
    • L.1.w Common and proper nouns.
    • L.1.x Use regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/.
    • L.1.y Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked, I walk; I will walk).
    • L.1.z Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns.
    • L.1.aa Use frequently occurring adjectives.
    • L.1.bb Use articles.
    • L.1.cc Use adjectives depending on what is to be modified.
  • L.2 Within the context of authentic English writing and speaking…
    • L.2.a Use commas in addresses.
    • L.2.b Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
    • L.2.c Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
    • L.2.d Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
    • L.2.e Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of a sentence.
    • L.2.f Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?) and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
    • L.2.g Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
    • L.2.h Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.
    • L.2.i Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
    • L.2.j Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
    • L.2.k Form and use possessives.
    • L.2.l Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words.
    • L.2.m Add prefixes and suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
    • L.2.n Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
    • L.2.o Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed and/or using spelling patterns and generalizations. (e.g., word families, position-based spelling, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts).
    • L.2.p Capitalize dates and names of people.
    • L.2.q Use end punctuation for sentences.
    • L.2.r Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.
    • L.2.s Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
    • L.2.t Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
    • L.2.u Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.
    • L.2.v Capitalize important words in titles.
• Knowledge of Language
  • L.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
    • L.3.a Compare formal and informal uses of English (e.g., texting vs. presentation vs. conversation style).
• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
  • L.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.4.a Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
    • L.4.b Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).
    • L.4.c Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).
    • L.4.d Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).
    • L.4.e Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
  • L.5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
    • L.5.a Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).
    • L.5.b Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
  • L.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, 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).