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ELA: Grade 2 - SPEAKING
Standard One Standard Two Standard Three Standard Four Literary Competencies Top
Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
	2.1.S.1	Provide simple directions
	2.1.S.2	Express an opinion	Is This the Right Book for Me? Strategies for Beginning Readers
	2.1.S.3	Ask questions	Digging Up Details on Worms: Using the Language of Science in an Inquiry Study Down at the Shore
	2.1.S.4	Summarize, with assistance
	2.1.S.5	Provide a sequence of steps	Butterfly 1: Observing the Life Cycle of a Butterfly
	2.1.S.6	Describe a problem and suggest a solution	Digging Up Details on Worms: Using the Language of Science in an Inquiry Study
	2.1.S.7	State a main idea with supporting examples and details, with assistance
	2.1.S.8	Present a short oral report, using at least one source of information, such as a person, book, magazine article, television program, or electronic text	My Family Traditions: A Class Book and a Potluck Lunch
	2.1.S.9	Use complete sentences, using age- and content-appropriate vocabulary	Action ABC's: Learning Vocabulary With Verbs A Schema-Building Study with Patricia Polacco
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Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.
	2.2.S.1	Present original works, such as stories, poems, and plays, to classmates	Imagining Abraham Lincoln
	2.2.S.2	Describe characters	Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study
	2.2.S.3	Compare literary texts and performances to personal experiences and prior knowledge, with assistance
	2.2.S.4	Identify cultural and ethnic features in literary texts	My Family Traditions: A Class Book and a Potluck Lunch Packing the Pilgrim's Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom
	2.2.S.5	Ask questions to clarify literary texts and performances	Reading and Writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts Down at the Shore
	2.2.S.6	Use complete sentences, correct verb tense, age-appropriate vocabulary, and logical order in oral presentation	Action ABC's: Learning Vocabulary With Verbs
Standard One Standard Two Standard Three Standard Four Literary Competencies Top
Standard 3: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
	2.3.S.1	Explain the reasons for a character�s actions, considering the situation
	2.3.S.2	Express an opinion or judgment about a character and plot in a variety of works, with assistance	Imagining Abraham Lincoln
	2.3.S.3	Discuss the impact of illustrations and titles in evaluating ideas, information, and experiences
	2.3.S.4	Use personal experience and knowledge to analyze new ideas	Digging Up Details on Worms: Using the Language of Science in an Inquiry Study Latino Poetry Blog: Blogging as a Forum for Open Discussion
	2.3.S.5	Role-play to communicate an interpretation of real or imaginary people or events	Vocabulary With Franklin: Helping Students Become Word Wizards
	2.3.S.6	Ask and respond to questions	Reading and Writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts Down at the Shore
	2.3.S.7	Speak with appropriate rate and volume for the audience	My Family Traditions: A Class Book and a Potluck Lunch Using Greeting Cards to Motivate Students and Enhance Literacy Skills
	2.3.S.8	Take turns speaking in a group
Standard One Standard Two Standard Three Standard Four Literary Competencies Top
Standard 4: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
	2.4.S.1	Respect the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the listener when speaking
	2.4.S.2	Discuss the content of friendly notes, cards, letters, and personal narratives, with a partner or small group, in order to get to know the writer and each other	Book Buddy Biographies: Intermediate and Primary Students Working Together Using Greeting Cards to Motivate Students and Enhance Literacy Skills
	2.4.S.3	Avoid interrupting in social conversation
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Literacy Competencies
	2.LC.S.1	Speaking Speak in response to the reading of imaginative and informational texts	Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing, and Writing About Nonfiction Texts
	2.LC.S.2	Speaking Use grade-level vocabulary to communicate ideas, emotions, or experiences for different purposes (e.g., share ideas about personal experience, books, or writing)
	2.LC.S.3	Speaking Use conventional grammar in own speech	Action ABC's: Learning Vocabulary With Verbs
	2.LC.S.4	Speaking Vary formality of language according to purpose (e.g., conversation with peers, presentation to adults)
	2.LC.S.5	Speaking Speak with expression, volume, pace, and facial or body gestures appropriate to the purpose of communication, topic, and audience
	2.LC.S.6	Speaking Take turns in conversation and respond respectfully when speaking in a group
	2.LC.S.7	Speaking Participate in group discussions	Creating Class Rules: A Beginning to Creating Community
	2.LC.S.8	Speaking Offer feedback to others during conferences


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