Second Grade Reading Expectations

2. The student understands the meaning of what is read.

2.1 Demonstrate evidence of reading comprehension.

2.1.1 Demonstrates basic comprehension of content of literary, informational, and task-oriented texts such as plays, newspaper articles, and instructions.

Apply comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading.

• Monitor for meaning by identifying where and why comprehension was lost, and use comprehension repair strategies to regain meaning.
• Generate and answer questions before, during and after reading.
• Draw, write about, or verbally describe the mental imagery that occurs while reading.
• Complete teacher-generated graphic organizers to organize information and to comprehend text.

2.1.2 Demonstrate comprehension of the main idea and supporting details; through summarizing in own words using evidence from the text.

Understand how to determine the relative importance of information in text.

• Identify the main idea of a passage and explain the choice, with teacher guidance.

Understand how to summarize.

• Summarize simple text, with teacher guidance.

2.1.3 Connect previous experiences and knowledge when reading to understand characters, events, and information.

Understand and apply the use of prior knowledge.

• Identify similarities and differences between self and characters, events, and information.

2.1.4 Make inferences and predictions based on the text.

Understand how to infer and predict.

• Predict text content using prior knowledge and text features (e.g., illustrations, titles, chapter headings).
• Use text and prior knowledge to make, inferences about characters and/or predict events before, during, and after reading.

2.2 Understand and apply knowledge of text components to comprehend text.

2.2.1 Use time, order, and/or sequence to accurately recall text.

Apply knowledge of sequence.

• Retell text focusing on the problem or events in sequential and chronological order.

2.2.2 Understand organization structures of literary and informational text.

Understand simple text organizational structures.

• Recognize characteristics of sentence, paragraph, and chapter.

2.2.3 Understand story elements (plot, characters, setting, point of view, problem, solution).

Understand story elements.

• Describe characters, setting and plot  (specific events, problem and solution) of a story.

2.2.4 Locate and use text features (title, heading, table of contents, index, captions, alphabetizing, numbering, glossaries, etc.) to understand text.

Understand how to use text features to comprehend text.

• Identify and use grade level appropriate text features (e.g., examples from Text Forms and Features) with teacher guidance.
• Interpret information from graphs and charts with teacher guidance.

2.2.5 Recognize and use features of electronic information such as pull-down menus, key word searches, icons, etc.

Understand and apply knowledge or organizational features of electronic information.

• Identify and use icons, pull-down menus, key word searches.

2.3 Expand comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing information and ideas in literary and informational text.

2.3.1 Find similarities and differences in stories: understand relationship between parts of a text or between two texts.

Understand the relationship between and among texts.

• Compare and contrast literary elements in one story or between two stories.
• Explain cause and effect relationship in a text.

2.3.2 Identify literary devices (figurative language and exaggeration).

Understand literary devices.

• Recognize similes, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.

2.3.3 Find, sort, and analyze information for a specific topic or purpose.

Understand how to locate specific information.

• Use alphabetical and numerical systems to locate information in dictionary or book.

2.4 Think critically and analyze author's use of language, style, purpose, and perspective in literary and informational text.

2.4.1 Recognize the validity of what is read.

Understand there are facts and opinions.

• Explain the difference between a fact and an opinion.

2.4.2 Analyze author's purpose for and style of writing.

Understand that there are purposes for writing.

• Identify different purposes for writing (to inform, to persuade, or to entertain) with teacher guidance.

2.4.6 Apply information gained from reading to give a response, express insights, and draw conclusions.

Understand how to give a response based on information gained from reading.

• Give a personal response to a text using a teacher-generated prompt.

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