Oklahoma Academic Standards 2nd Grade ELA Activities

OK.2.2RF. Reading Foundations - Students will develop foundational skills for future reading success by working with sounds, letters, and text.

2.2.PWS. Phonics and Word Study - Students will decode and read words in context and isolation by applying phonics and word analysis skills.

2.2.PWS.1. Students will decode one- and two - syllable words by using their knowledge of:

2.2.PWS.1.4. Vowel sounds:

2.2.PWS.1.4.a. Long

2.2.PWS.1.4.b. Short

2.2.PWS.2. Students will decode words by applying knowledge of structural analysis:

2.2.PWS.2.1. All major syllable patterns (e.g., closed, consonant +le, open, vowel team, vowel silent e, r-controlled)

2.2.PWS.2.2. Inflectional endings (e.g., -s, -ed, -ing)

2.2.PWS.2.3. Compound words

2.2.PWS.2.4. Contractions

2.2.PWS.2.5. Abbreviations

2.2.PWS.2.6. Common roots and related prefixes and suffixes

2.2.F. Fluency - Students will recognize high-frequency words and read grade-level text smoothly and accurately, with expression that connotes comprehension.

2.2.F.1. Students will read high frequency and/or common irregularly spelled grade-level words with automaticity in text.

OK.2.2RW. Reading and Writing Process - Students will use a variety of recursive reading and writing processes.

2.2.R. Reading - Students will read and comprehend increasingly complex literary and informational texts.

2.2.R.1. Students will locate the main idea and supporting details of a text.

2.2.R.2. Students will begin to compare and contrast details (e.g., plots or events, settings, and characters) to discriminate genres.

2.2.R.3. Students will begin to summarize events or plots (i.e., beginning, middle, end, and conflict) of a story or text.

2.2.W. Writing - Students will develop and strengthen writing by engaging in a recursive process that includes prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.

2.2.W.1. Students will develop drafts by sequencing the action or details in a story or about a topic through writing sentences.

2.2.W.2. Students will develop and edit first drafts using appropriate spacing between letters, words, and sentences.

2.2.W.3. Students will correctly spell grade-appropriate words while editing.

2.2.W.4. Students will use resources to find correct spellings of words (e.g., word wall, vocabulary notebook, dictionaries).

OK.2.3. Critical Reading and Writing - Students will apply critical thinking skills to reading and writing.

2.3.R. Reading - Students will comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and respond to a variety of complex texts of all literary and informational genres from a variety of historical, cultural, ethnic, and global perspectives.

2.3.R.1. Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., tell a story, provide information).

2.3.R.3. Students will find textual evidence when provided with examples of literary elements and organization:

2.3.R.3.1. Setting (i.e., time, place)

2.3.R.3.2. Plot

2.3.R.3.3. Characters

2.3.R.3.4. Characterization

2.3.R.5. Students will locate facts that are clearly stated in a text.

2.3.R.6. Students will describe the structure of a text (e.g., description, compare/contrast, sequential, problem/solution, cause/effect) with guidance and support.

OK.2.4. Vocabulary - Students will expand their working vocabularies to effectively communicate and understand texts.

2.4.R. Reading - Students will expand academic, domain-appropriate, grade-level vocabularies through reading, word study, and class discussion.

2.4.R.2. Students will use word parts (e.g., affixes, roots, stems) to define and determine the meaning of new words.

2.4.R.3. Students will use context clues to determine the meaning of words with guidance and support.

2.4.R.4. Students will infer relationships among words, including synonyms, antonyms, and simple multiple-meaning words.

2.4.R.5. Students will use a dictionary or glossary (print and/or electronic) to determine or clarify the meanings of words or phrases.

OK.2.5. Language - Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to reading and writing.

2.5.R. Reading - Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

2.5.R.1. Students will recognize nouns, pronouns, and irregular plural nouns.

2.5.R.3. Students will recognize adjectives.

2.5.R.4. Students will recognize prepositions.

2.5.R.5. Students will recognize the subject and predicate of a sentence.

2.5.W. Writing - Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

2.5.W.3. Students will compose grammatically correct simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences with appropriate end marks.

OK.2.6. Research - Students will engage in inquiry to acquire, refine, and share knowledge.

2.6.R. Reading - Students will comprehend, evaluate, and synthesize resources to acquire and refine knowledge.

2.6.R.2. Students will use graphic features including photos, illustrations, titles, labels, headings, subheadings, charts, and graphs to understand a text.

OK.2.8. Independent Reading and Writing - Students will read and write for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to, academic and personal.

2.8.W. Writing - Students will write independently for extended periods of time. Students will vary their modes of expression to suit audience and task.

2.8.W.1. Students will write independently over extended periods of time (e.g., time for reflection and revision) and for shorter timeframes (e.g., a single sitting or a day or two).